From the moment we threw open the flaps on the marquee, we knew we were going to be busy. The Museum’s annual Bigfala Sale concluded on Friday last week after almost two weeks of raising much needed funds for the South Pacific WWII Museum.
The Sale, the brainchild of Museum Chairman Bradley Wood, sees a container load of excess hardware and homewares stock from GMID/Fill The Container Australia, get sold at heavily discounted prices – the profits of which, go straight back to the Museum.
The most popular items were those used in construction such as concrete reinforcing mesh, corrugated roofing, PVC pipe and cement sheet. While smaller items such as shovels, work boots, plastic pots and tarpaulins were also hot sellers.
Of course the constant stream of locals to the Bigfala Sale also meant a lot more locals dropped in to have a look through the Museum. Lengkon and Marina were rushed off their feet trying to look after both sites, but luckily for us, Santo Hardware staff were on hand. They did an extraordinary job moving products down to the Sale, looking after payments and ensuring everything ran smoothly.
The South Pacific WWII Museum would like to take this opportunity to thank Hamish Saunders from GMID/Fill-the-Container for once again getting behind the Museum with a container load of fantastic sale products.
We’d also like to thank the wonderfully generous Richard & Rosemary Lo from the LCM group for their ongoing support via Santo Hardware.
The Luganville Municipal Council Town Clerk is always very helpful in granting us the use of the empty space opposite Museum to set up the Bigfala Sale. Thank you sir.
A special thanks must also be given to Santo Hardware Sales staff Angela, Rosie, Justin, Karu, and Jordie for all their superb work during this sale. Plus the guys who came down and set up up the marquee for the event. You guys are the best.
To our Project Office Manager Lengkon Tokon, thank you for all your hard work jumping between the Sale and the Museum to look after visitors. And of course Marina Moli at the Museum. A huge thank you to you for so calmly and warmly showing everyone through the Museum and answering who knows how many questions about the Pacific War.
And lastly, a final word of sincere thanks must go to Museum Chairman and Santo Hardware MD Bradley Wood whose enthusiasm and passion for the Museum remains as strong as it was when we first embarked on this project.