Thank you so much for volunteering for parking duty at the Farmers’ Market.

Please take a few minutes to read this information as moving cars pose a major risk and we want to ensure we keep everyone as safe as possible at all times - thank you!!

Preparation for your shift: - Please do not bring small children with you as there are lots of moving cars. All ages of children find it very boring (!) Have breakfast before you come as you may not get a break until 10am.

If you can’t make it due to childcare or work or other commitments, there is an option to pay a student so you can ask us for further details on this. Please do this ASAP so we can find someone to replace you for the shift.

In summary, on the day, the students employed at the gates take the donations straight into locked cashboxes whilst you help them by supervising and aiding them to find car parking spaces and manage the carpark so that the maximum amount of cars can be fitted in, and no one gets parked in or run over.

You are the supervisor of the students. It is suggested that one student takes money at the gate, whilst the other student finds spaces for the cars. Some patrons come every week and know where they wish to park and will go there despite any help (!) which is fine as well.

When it is busy, you will need to step in and help the students manage the space. Please keep them safe - it is their first job and so they may need gentle coaching.

There are 2 disabled bays reserved in the school staff carpark off Montgomery Avenue.

On the day,

7am - meet Di at the uniform shop. Help set up chairs and tables.
Head to allocated gate. Wear hi-vis vest provided for safety.
9am - give first student a break if quiet. Please ask them to bring fullest cashbox down to count with me.
9.15am - give second student a break.
Welcome to parkers:-

“Welcome to the farmers’ market, thankyou for your visit, would you like to donate to our P&C.?

Please note that it is a one way system. Exit gates are over there (point to exit).

Please be mindful of pedestrians and be careful, drive slowly through the carpark and take care when reversing. “

For both entries, when it is busy, there is a danger of traffic queueing on the road. To help avoid this please ask the student taking the donation to walk further inside the gates and motion to the drivers to drive further in to allow cars to come off the road to wait. Both students should stand up when there is a car entering.
9.30 or 10am - take a break yourself for 10-15mins if it’s quiet. Please bring fullest cashbox down to count with me - text me if you are going to do this so I can meet you at the uniform shop. 0411 895 101
11am or soon after when quiet, help students pack up. Take signs/cones in and place back against tree. Disassemble flag and put back in black case and bring chairs, flag, cash boxes, back down to uniform shop. Leave both gates open.
Help pack up chairs and tables. Wipe any dirty chairs down and wipe all table surfaces. Students will be helping and you may need to supervise them. Shift ends approx. 11.30am.
Thanks again !! Any concerns or queries, please contact Di on 0411 895 101.

FRONT CARPARK - Please mention “kerbs are high and so if concerned, park on areas with no kerbing.”

Suggest people do not step on the kerbs as when sandy they are extremely slippery.

With small cars/older drivers, suggest they park on no kerb areas.

If none available, suggest they drive out the exit gates, turn left onto Alfred Rd and first left onto Jacaranda Avenue and park in the rear carpark. They can walk through the back of the school grounds which is not much further than parking in the front carpark, and may save damage to their car.

Due to the limited space, it will get full at times, please close the gates and place the full sign in the driveway so it is clearly visible from the road.

Once you have 4 spaces free, re-open the gates.

REAR CARPARK - Please mention to cars parking in main area “pedestrian access is safest through the back (western end) of the carpark down past the playgrounds and through the school.”

Park cars in the main section first. Cars park front to front along the middle cones.

If busy, you can ask drivers to drive frontways hard left inside the gates (where the pedestrian path is) and turn the front of their car towards the blue basketball court/ flag poles then carefully reverse to the fence. See image below.

2-3 cars can be parked on the opposite side to the fence near that entryway however please take care that the row of cars does not get parked in.