Rotary Club of Sorell

Monster Community Auction

Sunday 22 November 2026
Pembroke Park, Sorell

  • Sellers drop off 8am until the 12 noon cutoff
  • The auction starts at 12 noon
  • Free entry

Anyone can bring (almost*) anything to sell!

Boxes of books, Aunty's dinner set, garden tools, Johnny's bicycle, last year's Christmas tree. Sell in the morning, bid in the afternoon: pocket some cash before Christmas, take home a bargain, and Rotary's share of every sale goes back into the Sorell community.

How selling works How buying works

Poster: the Rotary Club of Sorell logo above a friendly blue monster raising an auctioneer's gavel. Monster Community Auction, Pembroke Park, Sorell, 22 November.
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What sells on the day

Anything in good order that someone else can use — and that is a wider net than most people expect. Furniture old and new, tools, garden plants, whitegoods, boats and kayaks, boxes of books and boxes of shoes, right up to a box trailer. If you are wondering whether it is worth bringing, it probably is.

  • A dozen boxes of shoes and boots laid out on a sheet on the grass.
  • An older timber writing desk, a dressing table, a cabinet and chairs set out on the grass.
  • Two sit-on-top kayaks, one blue and one orange, with their paddles.
  • A portable generator standing beside a polished timber blanket box.
  • A pair of dark leather lounges set out on the grass.
  • Potted garden plants and shrubs lined up ready to sell.
  • A box trailer with mesh rails, its jockey wheel down and a coil of hose in the tray.
  • An old timber school desk with an attached bench seat.
  • A large timber and wire mesh animal hutch with a hinged lid.
  • Aluminium security screen doors and a mesh gate leaning against a fence.
  • An enclosed box trailer with its lid propped open and a handwritten description taped to the side.

Got things to sell?

  • Bring them on the day, set up your lot, and the auctioneer sells them for you.
  • You will be paid by bank transfer on the Thursday after the auction.
  • Anything that does not sell goes home with you by 5pm.

How selling works.

Looking for a bargain?

  • You must register to bid. Register at the office at the PCYC hall, get a bidder number, then go and find a bargain.
  • Bid, pay, and take it home the same afternoon.

How buying works.

The details

When
Sunday 22 November 2026.
  • Sellers drop off items 8am until the 12 noon cutoff.
  • The auction starts at 12 noon, with auctioneer Chris ‘Chop’ Cusick. Up to 400 lots are expected.
Where
Pembroke Park, Sorell.
  • Enter via Arthur St.
  • Traffic runs one way, anticlockwise around the two ovals.
  • Plenty of parking.
  • Rotary volunteers will direct you.
On the day
  • This is an outdoor event.
  • Food and drinks to buy.
  • No dogs in the auction area, 8am–5pm.
  • Keep off the ovals: no admittance.
  • No vehicles in the auction area from 12 noon until the auction ends (4pm at the latest): anything that needs a vehicle is collected after the auction.
Cost
  • Free to come, free to register as a bidder.
  • Sellers pay nothing up front.
  • 15% of each sale goes to Rotary.
  • An item that sells for under $10 becomes a donation to Rotary.
Paying
Cash, card or bank transfer at the office at the PCYC hall, on the day, before you take your items.

Questions?

Contact Rotary: secretary.sorell@rotary9830.org.au.