The Nunawading Market is an Art & Craft market which has been operating since 1985 and, in White Hat's opinion, the quality of the offerings has continued to rise over time. The market is based on the principle of Make it - Bake it - Grow it and features gourmet foods, fresh produce, original art & craft, jewelry, garden products, gifts and baby wear.

There is a special Christmas Market each year in December. In 2019 this will be on 8th December from 1 to 5pm.

Permenantly closed

Mulgrave Farmers Market was Melbourne's first weekly farmers market and features more than 45 stallholders selling everything from seasonal fruit and vegetables to fresh-cut flowers.

Entry by gold coin donation which goes to Mulgrave Primary School>

Full details at Mulgrave Farmers Market website

The Ian Potter Museum of Art at Melbourne University is a short tram ride from the city and a short walk from Lygon Street Carlton. Entry is free but from time to time there are special exhibitions in part of the gallery which may entail an entry charge. Exhibited works are chosen from teh art clocction of the Unversity of Melbourne - the largest university art collection in Australia. More info >>

Covering Victoria's immigration history from the early 1800s to the present day. More information on the Immigration Museum

This February and March, Werribee Open Range Zoo’s lawns will come to life with Village Market. Browse the market stalls for locally-made beaded sandals, hanging planters, and colourful fabric tops and skirts. Join South Sudanese Yirol dancers as they perform in traditional costumes. Enjoy the rich smells and flavours of an Ethiopian coffee ceremony and taste speciality Sudanese tea. Then watch animals emerge from stone through traditional carving demonstrations. Entrace to the market is included in the ticket price to Werribee Open Range Zoo.

Bringalbit is a country property near Mt. Macedon retaining some of its original remnant Peppermint Gums, Yellow Box and Manna Gums fail to break the winds. These have been supplemented  confers, oaks, willow and poplar thickets, Monterey pines and Osage trees, nearly all planted in the 19th century. The large trees, together with a small creek feeding a couple of dams and the garden lake before cascading down it’s rocky falls below the spillway forms a peaceful retreat in country Victoria. There is a 60metre Quince Walk that delights in Spring and Autumn. Elsewhere in the garden swathes of roses, lavender, dianthus and gaura soak up the sun on the north facing terraces with their silver foliage context of snow-in-summer edging. There is a small entry charge per person (children free). More info >>

Forest Glade Gardens is one of Australia's finest private gardens. It is short trip from Melbourne and is open to the public from September to May. It features large exotic trees, a bonsai house, a woodland section, a fern gully a blue bell patch and an impressive daffodil lawn during spring; a topiary garden, two aviaries, a laburnum arch, a peony walk highlighted with climbing roses, as well as numerous pergolas, ponds, fountains and statues. A small entry fee applies (children free)