The Greenstone Guide to Austin & The Texas Hill Country: Auctions, Clubs, Events

AUCTIONS

Auctions are a great way to buy really cool stuff at incredibly low prices! Attend a few antique or estate auctions and you'll never buy furniture and accessories at a store again. You can get very high quality stuff for a tiny, tiny fraction of what it would cost anywhere else. There are many auctions that go on year-round in the Hill Country, and below are some references that I have experience with.

AUCTIONZIP.COM

Great site for finding upcoming auctions in your area. Most of the auctions in the area are listed here, but not all (including Hill's Auctions below).

AUSTIN AUCTION COMPANY

Mostly antique furnitue, but at spectacular prices. They also have antique artwork, clocks, rugs, and such.

HILL'S AUCTIONS

Fun rural auctions out in the Fredericksburg area.

CLUBS

Here is a short list of clubs in Austin that are geared towards the outdoors. There are many other clubs, but I don't have much experience with them, so I'll have to write them up later.

AUSTIN SIERRA CLUB

The Austin Sierra Club has weekly hikes and trips to parks around Austin and the Hill Country. Both members and non-members are welcome.

A fantastic organization which hosts hikes, camping and rafting trips, volleyball games, rock climbing, etc.on a daily basis. If you are an active person and would like to participate in group outings then you should really check this out!

UT GROTTO

If you're interested in caving then this is a good group to hook up with. You don't have to be a UT student - it's open to all.

EVENT CALENDARS

There are many organizations that maintain events calendars for Austin, the Hill Country, and all of Texas. Below are links to many of their sites. An EXCELLENT source for information about neat stuff to see and do in Texas is Texas Highways Magazine. Unlike Texas Monthly which is basically all advertisements and geared toward city folk, Texas Highways Magazine is an excellent monthly publication with wonderful articles and photographs about all sorts of interesting places around Texas. I strongly recommend a subscription to that magazine.

AUSTIN CHRONICLE HILL COUNTRY GUIDE

This is a really good guide for all sorts of stuff in the Hill Country and also includes an events listing.

TEXAS COUNTRY REPORTER

Has a map of Texas broken down into regions. Click on the Hill Country region to get a good list of upcoming events throughout the Hill Country.

TEXAS PARKS & WILDLIFE CALENDAR

This is a very good site for finding out what events are going on at any of the State Parks in Texas.

TRAVEL TEX

A very nice looking site, but I've always had problems finding anything useful on it. Let's you choose the type of activity and the region that you would like to visit. Then it shows you what is available.

TEXAS HIGHWAYS MAGAZINE'S FUN FORECAST

This usually has it all.

TOUR TEXAS

This site is probably best suited for people driving through Texas or visiting from out of state. Their events info is scarce.

HILL COUNTRY SUN'S EVENTS CALENDAR

Yet another list of stuff going on throughout the Hill Country.

AUCTIONS, EVENTS & CLUBS