Bermagui Growers and Makers Market

Bermagui Growers and Makers Market takes over the old bowling green at Bermagui Country Club every week, kicking off when a bell rings at 3:30pm on Thursdays. The market is entirely volunteer-run, and its stallholders are drawn from within 250 kilometres of Bermagui, a rule that keeps the produce and handmade goods on offer genuinely local rather than trucked in from further afield. It has become one of the regular fixtures of life on this stretch of the Sapphire Coast, timed to catch both locals after work and visitors staying nearby.

A market that shifts with the seasons

Trading follows the coast's own rhythm: weekly Thursday sessions run from October or November through to April, the peak of the region's visitor season, before the market drops back to a single monthly winter session across June to September. The venue itself, on the corner of Lamont and Tuross Streets, sits on what used to be the club's lawn bowls green, giving the market a wide, open, grassy setting rather than a car park or hall, and wet weather doesn't close it either, since stallholders can move undercover inside the club.

Market at a glance

3:30pmThursday bell start

250kmStallholder catchment

Oct-AprWeekly season

Jun-SepMonthly winter season

What's on offer

Stalls mix farm-fresh produce with ready-to-eat food, home-baked goods, drinks and handmade arts and crafts, so a single visit doubles as both a grocery run and a browse. The market caters for wheelchair users, and its family-friendly setup includes a dedicated play space for children, a genuine drawcard for a market that runs on a weekday afternoon rather than a weekend morning. Car and coach parking are both available on site, along with public toilets, and the market runs as a non-smoking event throughout.

The market is a listed stop on the Gourmet Coast Trail, the region's self-guided food and producer trail, and organisers acknowledge the Djiringanj people of the Yuin Nation as the traditional custodians of the land it trades on. If you're planning a visit outside the main October-to-April run, check ahead first, since winter sessions trade only once a month rather than weekly.