
Past BIRD SALES and EVENTS from 2024
Saved here to assist organisers and bird clubs in planning future avicultural events.
Details of past events have been edited to: event name, date, & location.
2024
January
QLD QFS January Bird Sale, Sunday 14th January 2024. Strathpine, QLD.
WA Open Day and Bird Sale, Sunday 28th January 2024. Rivervale, WA. Avicultural Society of WA Inc.
February
NSW Inverell Early Bird Sale, Saturday 10th February 2024. Inverell, NSW.
WA Finch Society Expo, Sunday 18th February 2024. Cloverdale, Perth, WA. Postponed to March, due to extreme temperatures: animal welfare.
ACT Canberra Finch Club Bird Sale, Sunday 25th February 2024. Holder ACT.
WA Open Day and Bird Sale, Sunday 25th February 2024. Rivervale, WA. Avicultural Society of WA Inc.
March
NSW Orange Bird Sale, Saturday 2nd March 2024. Orange, NSW.
QLD Rockhampton Bird Expo, Sunday 3rd March 2024. Rockhampton, QLD.
NSW Mid North Coast Avicultural Society Bird Sale, Sun 3rd March 2024. Kempsey, NSW.
WA Finch Society Expo, Saturday 9th March 2024. Cloverdale, Perth,WA.
QLD Birdfest, Sunday 10th March 2024. Cleveland, QLD.
NSW Clarence River District Bird Club Sale, Sun 17 March 2024. Grafton, NSW.
NSW Central Coast Bird Expo, Sunday 17th March 2024. Morisset, NSW.
NSW Sydney Royal Easter Show, Aviary Birds. 22 March to 2 April 2024. Sydney, NSW.
WA Open Day and Bird Sale, Sunday 31st March 2024. Rivervale, WA. Avicultural Society of WA Inc.
April
NSW Gunnedah Bird Sale and Expo, Saturday 6th April 2024. Gunnedah, NSW.
Namoi Valley Avicultural Club Inc.
VIC Geelong ASA Bird Expo, Sunday 7th April 2024. Breakwater, VIC.
TAS North West Bird Expo, Saturday 13th April 2024. Devonport, Tasmania. North West Bird Club Inc.
QLD Downs Bird Breeders Bird Sale, Saturday 20th April 2024. Toowoomba, QLD.
Downs Bird Breeders Association Inc.
VIC Great Southern Bird Expo, Sunday 21st April 2024. Dandenong West, VIC.
NSW Shoalhaven Avicultural Society Bird Expo, Sunday 21st April 2024. Nowra, NSW.
QLD North Brisbane Bird Sale, Saturday 27th April 2024. Caboolture, QLD.
WA Open Day and Bird Sale, Sunday 28th April 2024. Rivervale, WA. Avicultural Society of WA Inc.
May
VIC Wimmera Bird Expo, Saturday 4th May 2024. Stawell, VIC.
QLD Beenleigh Bird Sale, Sunday 5th May 2024. Eagleby QLD.
NSW Fairfield Bird Sale, Sunday 5th May 2024. Prairiewood, NSW. Parrot Breeders & Exhibitors Society of NSW.
NSW ABA Bird Sale and Expo, Saturday 11th May 2024. Clarendon, NSW. Associated Birdkeepers of Australia Inc.
QLD Annual Nanango Bird Expo, Sunday 12th May 2024. Nanango, QLD.
QLD Thuringowa Bird Club Annual Expo/ Sale, Sunday 19th May 2024. Rasmussen QLD.
VIC Shepparton Bird Expo and Sale, Sunday 19th May 2024. Showground, Shepparton, VIC.
QLD Queensland Finch Society May Bird Sale, Sunday 19th May 2024. Morningside, QLD.
TAS Australian National Budgerigar Championship Show, Fri 24 to Sun 26 May 2024. Launceston, TAS. 48th annual event.
NSW 23rd Annual Hunter Valley Bird Expo, Saturday 25th May 2024. Cessnock, NSW.
Hunter Valley Avicultural Society Inc.
NT Fred's Pass Rural Show, Sat 25th & Sun 26th May 2024. Freds Pass, NT. Darwin & Rural NT Birds Assoc.
WA Open Day and Bird Sale, Sunday 26th May 2024. Rivervale, WA. Avicultural Society of WA Inc.
June
VIC Western Districts ASA Bird Expo, Sunday 2nd June 2024. Hamilton, VIC.
TAS Avicultural Society of Tasmania Expo, Sunday 2nd June 2024. Claremont, TAS.
QLD Northern Avian Conference, Sat 8th to Sun 9th June 2024. Proserpine, QLD.
NSW Wagga Wagga Annual Aviary Bird Keepers Swap Meet, Saturday 15th June 2024. Wagga Wagga, NSW. Wagga Wagga & District Cage Bird Society Inc.
VIC Avicultural Society of Australia Bird Expo, Sunday 16th June 2024. Lower Templestowe. VIC.
QLD Gold Coast Bird Sale, Sun 16 June 2024. Nerang, QLD. Gold Coast Aviary Bird Assoc. Inc.
NSW Annual Illawarra Bird Expo, Sunday 23rd June 2024. Berkeley, NSW. Illawarra Parrot Club Inc.
QLD Gympie Cage Bird Club Annual Bird Sale, Sunday 23rd June 2024. Gympie, QLD.
QLD Beaudesert Bird Sale, Sunday 30th June 2024. Beaudesert, QLD.
WA Open Day and Bird Sale, Sunday 30th June 2024. Rivervale, WA. Avicultural Society of WA Inc.
SA Riverland Birdkeepers Club Expo, Sunday 30th June 2024. Barmera, SA.
July
NSW Mid North Coast Avicultural Society Bird Expo, Sunday 7th July 2024. Kempsey, NSW.
QLD Brisbane Canary Association Show, Sunday 7th July 2024. Cannon Hill, QLD.
VIC Centre West ASA Bird Expo, Saturday 13th July 2024. Cobden, VIC.
QLD Hervey Bay Bird Club Annual Sale, Sunday 14th July 2024. Maryborough, QLD.
NSW Fairfield Bird Sale & Expo, Sunday 14th July 2024. Prairiewood, NSW. Postponed: biosecurity precaution due to AI incidents at commercial poultry facilities in NSW. Parrot Society of Australia (NSW) Inc.
VIC 37th ANPA National Show, Fri 19th to Sun 21st July 2024. Geelong, VIC. Cancelled: biosecurity precaution due to AI incidents at commercial poultry facilities in Victoria and NSW. Australian National Pigeon Assoc.
QLD Parrots 2024 Convention, Fri 19th to Mon 22nd July 2024. Chermside, Brisbane, QLD. Parrot Society of Australia Inc.
SA Budgerigar Auction, Saturday 20th July 2024. Enfield, SA. Budgerigar Council of South Australia Inc.
QLD Coral Coast Bird Expo, Sunday 21st July 2024. Proserpine, QLD.
VIC Gippsland Branch ASA Bird Expo, Sunday 21st July 2024. Drouin, VIC.
SA Barossa Bird Club Expo, Sunday 21st July 2024. Tanunda, SA.
NT Darwin Royal Show, Thurs 25th to Sat 27th July 2024. Winnellie, NT. Darwin & Rural NT Birds Association.
QLD Toogoolawah Bird Sale, Saturday 27th July 2024. Toogoolawah QLD.
WA Open Day and Bird Sale, Sunday 28th July 2024. Rivervale, WA. Avicultural Society of WA Inc.
NSW Mid North Coast Avicultural Society Budgerigar & Finch Show, Sunday 28th July 2024. Kempsey, NSW.
NSW Urana Bird Sale, Sunday 28th July 2024. Urana, NSW.
NSW Australasian Vertebrate Pest Conference, Mon 29th July to Thurs 1st August 2024. Sydney, NSW. Biosecurity, wildlife, policy advisors, pest management incl exotic birds.
August
NSW Central West Bird Expo, Saturday 3rd August 2024. Forbes, NSW. Cancelled: biosecurity precaution due to AI incidents at commercial poultry facilities in NSW.
VIC Ballarat ASA Bird Expo, Sunday 4th August 2024. Miners Rest, VIC.
SA UBSSA Seminar, Sunday 11th August 2024. Modbury, SA.
VIC Bendigo ASA Bird Expo, Sunday 18th August 2024. Bendigo, VIC.
VIC Zebra Finch Societies' Federation Show, Fri 22nd to Sun 25th August 2024. Cranborne VIC. Annual multi-state competition of show standard zebra finches in many colour-mutations.
QLD Downs Bird Breeders Bird Sale, Saturday 24th August 2024. Toowoomba, QLD. Downs Bird Breeders Association Inc.
WA Open Day and Bird Sale, Sunday 25th August 2024. Rivervale, WA. Avicultural Society of WA Inc.
QLD Far North Queensland Bird Breeders Expo, Sunday 25th August 2024. Cairns, QLD.
VIC Dandenong Fancy Pigeon Society Bird Sale, Sunday 25th August 2024. Dandenong, VIC.
ACT Annual Canberra Bird Sale, Sunday 25th August 2024. Mitchell ACT. Cancelled: biosecurity precaution due to AI incidents at commercial poultry facilities in NSW.
QLD 3rd Australian Biosecurity Symposium, Tues 27th to Thurs 29th August 2024. Gold Coast, QLD. Speakers/ presentations on biosecurity in Australia, incl poultry and birds.
September
WA Annual Gouldian Finch Count, 2024, first week in September. Conducted over five consecutive days. Wyndham, East Kimberley, WA.
Australia-wide National Threatened Species Day, Saturday 7th September 2024. Annual commemoration of extinct Australian flora & fauna. On 7th Sept 1936, the last known Thylacinus cynocephalus died in Hobart Zoo.
VIC Great Southern Bird Expo, Sunday 8th September 2024. Dandenong West, VIC.
NSW Armidale Bird Expo, Sunday 8th September 2024. Armidale, NSW. Armidale & District Bird Club Inc.
WA Finch Society WA Auction, Saturday 15th September 2024. Cloverdale, Perth, WA.
ACT Canberra Finch Club Bird Sale, Sunday 15th September 2024. Holder ACT 2611.
QLD Queensland Finch Society Auction, Sunday 15th September 2024. Morningside, QLD.
QLD Gympie Bird Sale, Sunday 22nd September 2024. Gympie, QLD. Gympie Cage Bird Club.
World-wide World Cassowary Day, Thursday 26th September 2024. Focus on conservation of cassowarys: Dwarf, Northern, Southern (Australian).
VIC Melbourne Royal Show, Thurs 26th September to Sun 6th October 2024. Ascot Vale, VIC. Over 1,000 chickens, ducks, turkeys, geese, in a competition poultry show.
WA Open Day and Bird Sale, Sunday 29th September 2024. Rivervale, WA. Avicultural Society of WA Inc.
NSW Mid North Coast Avicultural Society Bird Auction, Sunday 29th Sept 2024. Kempsey, NSW. Cancelled.
SA Avicultural Society of South Australia Bird Expo, Sunday 29th Sept 2024. Fullerton, SA.
October
NSW Spring into Finches and Softbills, Sat 12th to Sun 13th October 2024. Prairiewood, NSW.
QLD Bundaberg Bird Breeders Club Annual Bird Sale Expo, Sunday 13th October 2024. Bundaberg QLD.
WA Annual Spring Cocky Count, Sunday 13th October 2024. Perth, WA. Forest Red-tailed Black-Cockatoos are counted as they return to their night roosting sites.
Australia-wide Aussie Backyard Bird Count, Mon 14th to Sun 20th October 2024.
SA Budgie Fest, Saturday 26th October 2024. Campbelltown, SA.
WA Open Day and Bird Sale, Sunday 27th October 2024. Rivervale, WA. Avicultural Society of WA Inc.
NSW Hunter Valley Finch Club Bird Expo, Sunday 27th October 2024. Maitland, NSW.
ACT Canberra Budgerigar Club Annual Show, Sunday 27th October 2024. Flynn, ACT.
November
QLD Beenleigh Bird Sale, Sunday 3rd November 2024. Eagleby, QLD.
NSW African Lovebird Society Annual Show, Sunday 3rd November 2024. Castle Hill, NSW.
QLD Gold Coast Bird Sale, Sunday 17th November 2024. Nerang, QLD.
WA Finch Society WA Auction, Sunday 17th November 2024. Cloverdale, Perth, WA.
NSW Finch Society of Australia Annual Bird Expo Open Day, Sunday 17th November 2024.
Prairiewood, NSW.
VIC 4th Annual Bird Lovers Expo, Sunday 17th November 2024. Wantirna, VIC.
Australia-wide National Forum: Glossy Black-Cockatoo Conservation, Tues 19th to Wed 20th November 2024.
WA Open Day and Bird Sale, Sunday 24th November 2024. Rivervale, WA. Avicultural Society of WA Inc.
QLD Gympie Bird Sale, Sunday 24th November 2024. Gympie, QLD. Gympie Cage Bird Club Inc.
December
No events were notified for December 2024.
International events from 2024:
PH 12th World Gamefowl Expo, includes World Pigeon Expo, 19 to 21 January 2024. Manila, Philippines. https://worldgamefowlexpo.com/
USA National Parrot Festival, Fri 26th to Sun 28th January 2024. Houston, Texas, USA.
https://www.parrotfestival.org/parrot-festival
NZ Tauranga Bird Sale, Sunday 25th February 2024. Legion of Frontiersmen Hall, Elizabeth Street, Tauranga, New Zealand. https://www.birdclubs.org.nz/club_tauranga.html
UK Stafford Spring Bird Show, Sunday 3rd March 2024, Stafford, UK. The largest bird sale and avicultural expo in the UK. https://staffordspringbirdshow.co.uk/
NZ Parrot Society of New Zealand Annual Bird Sale, Saturday 9th March 2024. Mangere, Auckland, NZ. https://www.facebook.com/parrotsocietynz https://www.parrot.co.nz/
NZ Parrot Society of New Zealand Whangarei Sale, Saturday 6th April 2024.
Whangarei, NZ. https://www.facebook.com/parrotsocietynz https://www.parrot.co.nz/events
NZ 47th Annual Show, Dunedin Poultry, Pigeon & Cage Bird Club, Sat 25th to Sun 26th May 2024. Forrester Park, 182 Norwood Street, Normanby, Dunedin, NZ. Sat: 11.39am to 5pm, Sun: 10am to 2pm. Entry $5, children free. Poultry, pigeons & cage birds on display & for sale. Rare breeds feature. https://www.facebook.com/DPPCBC
UK Think Parrots Show, Sunday 9th June 2024. Middlesex, UK. https://www.thinkparrots.uk/
USA 45th Annual Assoc of Avian Vets Conference & Expo, Fri 28th June to Mon 1st July 2024. Kansas City, Missouri, USA. https://www.aav.org/mpage/2024conference
NZ Topflite National Bird Show, Thurs 25th to Sun 28th July 2024. Mt Maunganui, NZ. https://www.birdclubs.org.nz/club_tauranga.html
USA American Federation of Aviculture 50th Annual Education Conference, Wed 4th to Sat 7th September 2024. Costa Mesa California, USA. https://afabirds.org/2018_WordPress/conference-registration-2023/
USA 76th National Bird Show, Thurs 14th to Sun 17th November 2024. Knoxville, Tennessee, USA. Largest bird show in North America. https://www.ncbs.org/