OUR MARKETS

Craft markets a mecca for savvy shoppers

RED HILL

Come one, come all to the jewel in the craft markets crown. If you like wandering for hours, observing the beautiful things handcrafted by skilled artisans, you’ll love Red Hill Community Market. When you arrive and are guided to your carpark, you’ll get a sense of what hundreds of market stalls actually look like. Snaking around the oval and beneath the trees, inside pavilions and back out again, are stalls as far as the eye can see. Strap on your best walking shoes and get here early before the good stuff is gone.

Red Hill Community Market: first Saturday of the month 8am-1pm. December and January markets from 8am-2pm. Parking $5 with small surcharge for electronic payments. Please, no dogs.

PORTSEA

If you looked up the dictionary definition of ‘picturesque’, you’d just find an image of Point Nepean Portsea Market. Our stallholder family set up barely a stone’s throw from the water’s edge. Take a walk through the trees and be sure to follow every deviation in the path to discover more wares for sale and eateries to sustain you. With views over the bay and out to sea, this is a shopping experience like no other.

Point Nepean Portsea Market: Sunday, January 22; Saturday, March 11; Saturday, April 8; Saturday, June 10; 9am-2pm. Parking $5 with small surcharge for electronic payments. Please, no dogs.

MORNINGTON

Those who have been coming to Mornington for a while know just how many treasures there are to discover at Mornington Racecourse Market. If you love a good market shop as the weather warms up, this one’s for you. You’ll find a glorious assortment of market favourites: clothing, homewares, stationery, condiments, chocolate, coffee, alcoholic tipples, cuisines from around the world, and those ‘just because’ purchases that are sure to catch your eye and make your day.

Mornington Racecourse Market: second Sunday of the month (except January), 9am-2pm. Parking $5 with small surcharge for electronic payments. Please, no dogs.

MOUNT MARTHA

Take a walk on the wild side at this beautiful nature reserve. At our Mount Martha Briars Market you’ll find plenty of soul and a whole lot of heart, and it all gets poured into every lovingly handmade item you’ll see on display around the grounds of the beloved Briars. Stop for a chat with the stallholders and discover something new as you journey through the market. And keep an eye on the natural world around you too; you might spy a faunal friend.

Mount Martha Briars Market: 9am-2pm. Check the www.craftmarkets.com.au website to see when the market is running. Small surcharge applies for electronic parking payments. Please, no dogs.