Organiser Shirl Marsden said the eighth annual fundraiser for the Teviot Valley charity Kids Count on November 8 was set to be the best one yet.
This year there would be people selling in the Lake Roxburgh Village and the Millers Flat halls, along with more than 55 addresses on the trail map, Mrs Marsden said.
The most unusual thing for sale that she knew about so far was a classic car.
While the location of the 1983 Mustang would be revealed when maps were bought on the day of the sale, it was "a beast", the owner said.
The car had been stored undercover for the winter and was just being revealed for the garage sale.
Mrs Marsden said people wanting to follow the garage sale trail had to buy a map with the garage sale addresses and list of items for sale.
Teviot Bulletin editor Diana Hall drew up the maps and organised them so they followed a loop from the centre of Roxburgh up to Lake Roxburgh Village and down either side of the river, Mrs Marsden said.
People could go in either direction and head to what piqued their interest.
Those having a sale paid $25 to be on the map and kept the proceeds from their sales.
The Teviot Valley Kids Count fund donated money to local families with sick children.
Trustees managed the fund and money could be used for whatever the families needed to make life easier during a stressful time, Mrs Marsden said.
• Maps for the garage sale trail will go on sale at 7.30am on November 8 from the Millers Flat Tavern, Roxburgh Freshchoice supermarket and Benger Cafe in Ettrick.
julie asher@odt.co.nz
