Kingsbury Market

Early on I posted some pictures from the Queen Victoria Market which is by far the best and biggest market I have ever been to.  We go there regularly - it is always a great day out, sights, sounds, smells...  a symphony for your senses.  Coming back with a bag of fresh items for dinner, along with a bottle of wine, lets us bring a bit of the market into our home.

Although Queen Victoria Market is the biggest, it is far from the only market.  Melbourne is covered with markets large and small in every location.  There is food, plants, produce, art, crafts, fish, flowers, buskers, used clothing, new clothing, tools, coffee - always coffee.  The different items in the markets is endless.  We have one every Sunday (year round) on the other side of campus - the Kingsbury market.  There are more than 100 stalls with great produce and all sorts of interesting to strange items.  I'm always fascinated by the guy selling gold fish or the other selling birds.  I stand and look longingly at the fig trees, orange, lemon & lime trees being sold by a number of different farmers.  We regularly buy local potatoes, avocados, and all manner of great local fruit - the fruit here is unbelievable.  A fresh baked bread and a few meat pies round things out.  A nice cappuccino and gozleme completes our Sunday before we walk back to the apartment with our bags full.

I'll miss having a market like this down the street.

A busker entertaining the kids

Fresh cut flowers are everywhere

This guy is a character - an aboriginal elvis.

Our avacodos for the week

Even the kids are out working for a buck

I'm waiting to buy Gozleme - a Turkish bread stuffed with meat or spinach & cheese. 

Fresh & cheap produce