From a “Proposed Trash and Treasure Market” to a Rotary Club LegacyOn Sunday 6 November 1977, in perfect weather, 73 stallholders and 3,340 paying pedestrians turned up to the first Bentleigh Sunday Market. The day raised $952. Few could have guessed they were starting what our club history calls “probably the singularly most significant project” we have ever undertaken.
The market had hard-won beginning's it was not handed to us. Approval from the City of Moorabbin depended on the support of the Bentleigh Chamber of Commerce, which stayed silent and then fought us once the project gained momentum. Our members answered with a detailed submission to every Councillor, and the result was a unanimous vote in favour of the Club using the Bent Street site.
A number of our Club members helped out at the Zone Conference this past weekend by manning the Interplast stand in the Conference House of Friendship.
Last Wednesday evening we were treated to an amazing guest speaker in Jen Willis. More on her a little later.
Taken from RDU 
Kellie Carruthers chaired today's club meeting at Gilberts. Kellie welcomed our two guest speakers, Cassidy Connor and Katrina from Headspace, and club member partner, Gary Ramage. Today's club meeting was marked as a special day to recognise the Australia Rotary Health program "Lift the Lid" on mental health - with October designated as Mental Health Month. All members were asked to wear a hat - and we saw some absolute beauties in all styles and colours and it was the men with the most colourful!. See who won prizes at the end of this report. 
A number of members visited the Riding for the Disabled facility in Moorabbin on October 24th, 2026.
Past District 9810 Governor Ian Ballantine
