The best way to get up close and personal with an area is to spend time at a local market. Between the stallholders and the crowd, the unique fabric of a suburb is always woven into these kinds of community events. Try these markets on for size, this summer…
THE VILLAGE MARKETS
First and third Saturday of the month, 8.30am-1pm Burleigh Heads State School Oval,
1750 Gold Coast Hwy, Burleigh Heads
CARRARA MARKETS NIGHT MARKET
Every Friday and Saturday, 5-9pm Carrara Markets, Cnr Gooding Dr & Manchester Rd, Carrara
CHINATOWN STREET MARKETS
First Saturday of the month, 4-9pm
Chinatown, Young & Davenport streets, Southport
www.cityofgoldcoast.com.au/chinatown
HER WARDROBE MARKETS
Check website for dates, 9am – 1pm Albert Waterways Community Centre, 61 Sunshine Blvd, Broadbeach
ART & CRAFT BEACH MARKETS
Every Sunday, 8am-2pm
Kurrawa Park, Old Burleigh Rd, Broadbeach Queen Elizabeth Park, Marine Pde, Coolangatta Justins Park, The Esplanade, Burleigh Heads
SURFERS PARADISE BEACHFRONT MARKETS
Every Wednesday, Friday and Sunday, 4-9pm Surfers Paradise Foreshore, Surfers Paradise
MARKETTA STREET FOOD
Every Wednesday, 5-9pm, Every Friday, 5-11pm Every Saturday, 4-11pm
Miami Marketta, 23 Hillcrest Pde, Miami
HIDE & SEEK MARKETS
Fourth Sunday of the last month of each season, 9am – 1pm
Elanora State High School,
Nineteenth Ave & Avocado St, Elanora