Lane Cove Rotary Fair and Sustainability Lane 2025 – Wrap Up

    By
    Jacky Barker
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    Well, that’s a wrap on Lane Cove Rotary Fair and Sustainability Lane for 2025, and it was a BIG day.

    Over 18,000 people packed the Lane Cove Village on a beautiful October day.  It was a hot one with a slight breeze, which turned into strong winds and rain.  Luckily, the rain was right at the end of the day, near pack-up time.

    The rides on Burns Bay Road

    To sum it up, there were:

    • 18,000 people
    • 138 market stalls (with local businesses and community groups on display)
    • 6 rides
    • 2 Jumping Castles
    • 4 face painters
    • 2 ice cream vans
    • 2 entertainment stages (with continuous entertainment)
    • 2 politicians (Jerome Laxale, Federal Member for Bennelong, and Anthony Roberts, State Member for Lane Cove)
    • 1 Mayor and Deputy Mayor plus numerous Lane Cove Councillors
    • 2 former Mayors and ex-councillors
    • 1 Petting Zoo
    • 1 Wildlife Man
    • 1 Rotary BBQ (sponsored by McGraths, and it was hot work, but as they say, if you want a successful BBQ, give a Rotarian some tongs)
    • 1 Sustainability Lane, organised by Lane Cove Council, with heaps of tips on how to save time, money and the planet.  There was also an electric vehicle display – did you see the cute VW (picture below)?
    • Numerous Lane Cove Council Staff overseeing Sustainability Lane and logistics
    • Countless overworked baristas and coffee machines all over the Lane Cove Village

    Lane Cove Rotary works for months on organising the Lane Cove Fair.  They liaise with Lane Cove Council, stallholders, local community groups, and entertainers.  They are there at 6:00 a.m. and the last to leave when it is all over.

    Congratulations to Lane Cove Rotary and Lane Cove Council for a hugely successful day.

    So many people stopped by the In the Cove tent and told us how much they were enjoying the day.

    See you next year – put it in your diary now, it is always the second Sunday in October.

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