Gosford Waterfront Market

The Gosford Waterfront Market runs on the third Saturday of the month at Sailing Club Park, 9am to 2pm, directly on the Brisbane Water shoreline at Point Frederick. The setting is the point of difference on a coast that already has several established markets: this one is on the water rather than at a showground.

Handmade, vintage and produce on the shoreline

The stall list runs to handmade treasures, fashion, health and wellness, vintage finds, flowers and food, drawn from local farmers, craftspeople and small goods and services providers, with face painting for children. That is a broad enough mix to fill a five hour Saturday without leaning on any single category, and it puts the market in the general community bracket rather than the farmers market one, which matters on the Central Coast where the produce markets at Gosford Showground already have that ground covered. The market is pet friendly, which suits a waterfront park.

Gosford carries several markets on different weekends and at different sites, so the venue is worth naming when you plan. This is the waterfront one at Point Frederick, not one of the showground markets on Showground Road. The distinction matters in what you will find as much as where: the showground markets are produce-led, while the stalls here run to handmade goods, fashion, wellness products and vintage, with the flowers and food filling in around them.

Practical notes

Third Saturday, 9am to 2pm. Bring bags and a mix of cash and card, and a lead if the dog is coming. Masons Parade runs along the waterfront at Point Frederick, a short distance from central Gosford, with parking along the foreshore and the surrounding streets. It is an open park on the water, so there is little shade and the breeze off the estuary can be brisk regardless of the forecast. Gosford station is close enough to walk from. This is Darkinjung country.