The Valla Beach Community Association hold a market festival on the first Saturday of every even month (Feb, Apr, Jun, Aug, Oct, and Dec), focusing on home made and home grown local produce - food, arts, crafts and fantastic musical talent. The event runs from 8am to 2pm at the Valla Reserve (also known as “Lion’s Park”), at Valla Beach, a serene and peaceful seaside village.

The location is next to the footbridge across Deep Creek, at the end of Ocean View Drive, and just a kilometre or two from the Pacific Highway. Head towards the Valla Beach Tourist Park and turn left just before the entry - follow the signs! The valley’s community groups also attend, giving locals and visitors information & access to their services.

Next Market - February 4th

The next Valla Beach Community Market is on February 4th 2012 and we have been lucky enough to snare a fantastic music act - The String Contingent.

Virtuosic instrumental trio The String Contingent compose and perform music of sparkling beauty and originality that explores the full spectrum of musical expression. Australians Chris Stone (violin) and Holly Downes (double bass) with Scotsman Graham McLeod (guitar) integrate disparate musical styles through their own refined acoustic sensibilities.

For more information see www.thestringcontingent.com

December Market

A huge THANK YOU to everyone who supported our December market - the public, the stallholders and the committee.

All proceeds from the market raffle were donated to Justin Lees as part of the local Jumpin for Justo fundraising event and the Valla Beach Community Association was excited to hand over almost $700 to this great cause. Ten lucky prize winners have walked away with great prizes including the fantastic first prize, a Valla Beach painting by local artist Rob Bugden. Most of the committee were envious of the third prize winner, a De Walt cordless electric drill!

But it doesn't stop there as we had our biggest market yet; there were so many stalls that the committee were a bit stretched at times but we'll review all our procedures in time for our next market in February. The bottom line is that our thermometer is now considerably closer to 50% so thank you stallholders.

Thanks are also due to the legendary Errol Gray - the Backyard Balladeer - for his topical and very entertaining music. Did anyone count how many cars he listed that ended with the letter A?

The market is an initiative of the Valla Beach Community Association to raise money for the protection, repairs and positive growth of Valla Beach along with creating an avenue for networking and bringing the community together for good times and great bargains.

Our current target is the provision of playground and exercise equipment at Anderson Park. The markets are contributing funds towards an estimated $40,000 for this project; your support of our markets means we are making good progress (see left). In fact, installation of the children's playground at Anderson Park is well underway - check out the Community News page!

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Working with Community Groups

The valley's community groups such as WIRES, Nambucca Valley Conservation Association, Valla Beach Fire Brigade, and 2NVR Community Radio also participate to spread the good word and valuable work they carry out in the area.

The Valla Beach Community Market is proudly supported by many local businesses, including Nambucca Shire Council, Lions Club of Valla, AKS Electrical, Mike Blewitt Ford, Pushkar, Valla Real Estate, Valla Beach Tourist Park, the Community Drug & Alcohol Team (CDAT), and 2NVR Community Radio 105.9FM.

We would like to thank them for their continued support of this wonderful community event.

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Credits

Thanks to the Valla Beach Community Market team for maintaining this site and providing photos; special thanks also to Alison Windmill for the graphic design of the logos.