THE Granite Belt Wildlife Carers will host their second market of the year on Saturday 12 September at the CWA Hall on Texas Road, Broadwater, from 7am until noon.
There will be an array of new stalls for visitors to fossick around in and find that bargain of the century, as well as the regular stallholders, whose support the organisation values greatly.
The stalls include men’s bric-a-brac, mason jar candles, native plants, CWA baked goods including their famous apple pies, second hand clothes, second hand books, jams and preserves, German specialty foods, fresh fruit and vegetables, free range eggs, antiques and collectibles.
The group’s ‘our wildlife’ stall, will feature a new range of possum and bird boxes for sale.
There will be face-painting for the kids and live music as well as bacon and egg works burgers and a sausage sizzle.
There are a few sites still available – contact Ruth on 0418 144 073.
As part of the group’s fund-raising, they will raffle a beautiful piece of scratchboard art depicting an eastern grey kangaroo.
The fully framed artwork measures 40cm x 33cm and was donated by master scratchboard artist Judy Edwards-White and is valued at over $300.
All funds raised by the raffle and the wildlife stalls go towards purchasing food and equipment for the native animals the group has in care.
The group is donating money to Eva the eagle’s care and rehabilitation as she recovers from horrific injuries sustained when someone tried to domesticate her.
Currently the carers are looking after 23 macropod joeys, two possums, a baby koala, a baby quoll, a dove, a currawong and two tawny frogmouth owls.
For the months of June, July and August, they received 49 calls on the rescue phone for six macropods, 14 bird varieties, a blue tongue lizard, a possum and a koala.
Just a reminder, if the general public come across orphaned, injured or sick wildlife in the Granite Belt area, please call the rescue phone on 0418 144 073.
