Local markets offer a great Christmas shopping experience.
THERE’S no comparison! A stroll through a pleasant local market, with friendly faces and fresh air or jostling for position among hundreds of stressed Christmas shoppers down the line?
Local community markets are a great place to visit for a relaxed, friendly shopping experience with the benefits flowing back to local craftspeople, growers and community organisations.
Craft Markets Australia’s Twilight Market at Healesville race course on Saturday 17 December, along with late night shopping in Healesville’s main street on Thursday 22 December, makes shopping locally easier than ever. Pick up not only unique and beautifully crafted gifts, but fresh local produce, wrapping papers, home-made Christmas cakes and puddings, fresh flowers… the list is endless.
The Healesville organic market each Saturday morning is a great place to get fresh, healthy, seasonal fruit and vegetables for the Christmas table.
Many townships across Yarra Ranges have markets scheduled in the lead-up to Christmas so check with your local market group, or your Chamber of Commerce and make a date to shop in the relaxed, easy-going atmosphere of an open-air market.
