HISTORY OF THE BATEMANS BAY SUNDAY MARKETS
Batemans Bay High School Parents and Citizen's Association (P&C) started a market on the school oval when the school opened in 1988. For many years the market was held there once per month, providing valuable income for the P&C to purchase equipment for the school.
In 2011, the P&C moved the market to Corrigan's Beach Reserve and in 2015 Rotary Batemans Bay took over the market when it became too much for the volunteer parents. Marine Rescue Batemans Bay then started a second market in the month on the same site and Batemans Bay Sunday Markets continued twice per month at Corrigan's Beach Reserve for many more years.
In December 2022, Rotary Batemans Bay took on the organisation of both markets in the month (the first and third Sunday) and moved them to the beautiful waterfront foreshore precinct in Batemans Bay township.
THE ROTARY CLUB OF BATEMANS BAY
The Rotary Club of Batemans Bay was established in 1960 and for more than 60 years members have supported our local community in many different ways. Batemans Bay Rotary Sunday Markets is only one project of the Rotary Club in Batemans Bay. The market is organised by volunteers and has no paid employees. All proceeds from the site fees collected at our Sunday Market go towards our local community projects.
Rotary has over 1.2 million members world wide. Rotarians are committed to ' Service Above Self' and belong to an international community service organisation. As well as local projects, there are many opportunities for Rotarians to help with international projects especially in third world countries.
Rotary Batemans Bay directly supports some local not for profit organisations from the proceeds of our Sunday Markets. In addition, Rotary supports many other local organisations including the Batemans Bay Youth Foundation, St Cecilia's Music scholarships, CanAssist and all our local schools.
Rotary is always interested in welcoming new members who wish to get involved in community service. Please see our website www.rotarybbay.org.au for more information about our projects and about joining Rotary.