Gympie Rotary Heritage Makers Fair
Highlights
- Explore over 80 traditional makers showcasing heritage crafts, inspiring creativity and appreciation for artisan skills.
- Discover a unique collection of over 90 Massey Ferguson tractors, each telling a story of Australia's agricultural past.
- Wander through Roadside Relics' extensive display of vintage petroliana, featuring over 500 oil bottles and historical treasures.
- Enjoy a weekend filled with community spirit and craftsmanship at the largest makers fair in Queensland.
Attracting visitors, exhibitors and artisans from far and wide, the event is the largest of its kind in Queensland.
This celebration of craftsmanship now spans theee sites: The Fiar, The Farm and The Relics.
Meet over 80 traditional makers of heritage and rare trades, from blacksmiths and forgers, woodcrafters and coopers to weavers, pliers and ropemakers – inspiring artisan displays, exquisite quilting and award-winning crafts. Get ready for a weekend of knowledge, inspiration and country camaraderie.
Over 90 Massey Ferguson tractors – from the grand old models of the 1930s and ’40s to the younger stars. Each has a story and role in Australia’s agricultural heritage – collectors Roy and his son Clinton will guide you through this museum-quality collection.
Roadside Relics – Australia’s leader in Petroliana and Garagenalia – will open the doors for a sneak preview of the new premises for event visitors. Explore a gob-smacking collection built over 41 years: 50+ antique and vintage fuel bowsers, 250 signs, 500 plus oil bottles and tops, plus motorcycles, cars, rarities and historical treasures from the 1900s to 1970s. A must for any motoring enthusiast!
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Dates & times
- Next occurrence: reoccurring
Features
Actively welcomes people with access needs.
General access
- Offers multiple options for booking – web, email, phone is available.
- Companion Cards are accepted.
- Accessibility information and photos, including of a bathroom, room and/or floor plan on their website (can be emailed on request).
- Assistance with booking arrangements (includes providing clear itineraries with written instructions on what to do at various destinations)
Communication
Welcomes and assists people who have challenges with learning, communication, understanding and behaviour. (includes people with autism, intellectual disability, Down syndrome, acquired brain injury (ABI), dyslexia and dementia)
- Uses Plain English / easy read signage and information (includes menus and emergency information)
Physical – Wheelchair
Caters for people who use a wheelchair.
- Step free outdoor pathways (includes picnic areas, barbecues and shelters)
- A step free main entrance to the building and/or reception area (includes ramps or slopes with a maximum gradient of 1:14, otherwise are too steep for wheelchairs)
- Step free access to restaurant, lounge and bar
- Step free access to the conference or function room
- Lifts with enough space for people using a mobility aid to enter and turn around to use the lift buttons. Buttons are at accessible height.
- Doorways which are easy to open and have lever handles (doorways 850mm or wider when open and not heavy).
- An accessible public toilet which is unlocked.
- A wheelchair accessible toilet / shower and change room is available.
- Wheelchair accessible picnic tables (picnic tables require 720mm knee clearance and 800mm maximum height).
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