Stallholders at the 2013 Maldon Antique Fair
The Maldon Antique Fair continues to go from strength to strength with more than 6,000 people attending the 2013 event last weekend.
The fair is run by Maldon Inc and organiser Mark Blythe said all of the gate takings, the food and refreshment sales plus the fees for the powered sites went to the Maldon Football and Netball Club.
"They collect the money and they keep it," Mark said.
He said the fair was in its fifth year and now had 130 stalls erected across the Bill Woodfull Reserve in Maldon.
Tetsuro Izumitani and his family came from Ocean Grove for the second consecutive year to sell their rare Japanese hand tools.
"It's a very good day - we love coming here," he said.
Kaz and Jane from Vintage Etc in Castlemaine have been running a stall at the Maldon Antique Fair for the past four years.
"From our point of view, it's great for buying and selling plus it's a great networking opportunity," Kaz said.
Andrew Hough of Walmer has been coming to the fair since day one.
"I do it for the money," he laughs. "We do very well here."
Andrew said the most popular item on his stall was the `Sunraysia Suitcase'.
"They were actually grape baskets but back in the old days the swaggies would pinch them and use them as little suitcases to carry their clothes in."
One man who travels a long way to set up a stall at the fair is Kevin Parker, a resident of Kyneton for 30 years, who now lives in Brisbane.
"I come back to the Maldon Antique Fair every year because it's great to catch up with all of my friends," Kevin said.
One of the youngest stallholders was little Scarlett, 7, of Vaughan. She was there with her dad and brother and the family did a roaring trade selling homemade lemon cordial to bargain hunters on the very hot February day.
The fair is run by Maldon Inc and organiser Mark Blythe said all of the gate takings, the food and refreshment sales plus the fees for the powered sites went to the Maldon Football and Netball Club.
"They collect the money and they keep it," Mark said.
He said the fair was in its fifth year and now had 130 stalls erected across the Bill Woodfull Reserve in Maldon.
Tetsuro Izumitani and his family came from Ocean Grove for the second consecutive year to sell their rare Japanese hand tools.
"It's a very good day - we love coming here," he said.
Kaz and Jane from Vintage Etc in Castlemaine have been running a stall at the Maldon Antique Fair for the past four years.
"From our point of view, it's great for buying and selling plus it's a great networking opportunity," Kaz said.
Andrew Hough of Walmer has been coming to the fair since day one.
"I do it for the money," he laughs. "We do very well here."
Andrew said the most popular item on his stall was the `Sunraysia Suitcase'.
"They were actually grape baskets but back in the old days the swaggies would pinch them and use them as little suitcases to carry their clothes in."
One man who travels a long way to set up a stall at the fair is Kevin Parker, a resident of Kyneton for 30 years, who now lives in Brisbane.
"I come back to the Maldon Antique Fair every year because it's great to catch up with all of my friends," Kevin said.
One of the youngest stallholders was little Scarlett, 7, of Vaughan. She was there with her dad and brother and the family did a roaring trade selling homemade lemon cordial to bargain hunters on the very hot February day.
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