Uki Farmers Market

Uki Farmers Market trades from Uki Hall every Saturday morning, its stalls spilling out onto Kyogle Road at the foot of Mount Warning in the Tweed Valley hinterland, about 8 kilometres south of Murwillumbah.

A village market with alternative roots

Uki is a small village whose character was shaped by the wave of alternative-lifestyle settlers drawn to the region after the 1973 Aquarius Festival in nearby Nimbin, and that arts-and-crafts community feel still runs through the market today. The village itself began as a cedar-cutting and dairying settlement before the local dairy industry contracted in the 1960s, and its population has stayed small, recorded at 765 at the 2011 census. Even the town's name carries that timber history: one account traces it to cedar-getters who marked the district's finest logs 'UK1' for export to the United Kingdom, a label that was eventually corrupted into Uki, though a Bundjalung origin is also recorded. The Saturday market has become one of the fixed points of village life, drawing visitors down from Murwillumbah and further afield along the Kyogle Road.

Market at a glance

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765Uki population (2011)

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What's on the tables

Expect organic fruit and vegetables, bulk foods, seedlings, baked goods and bread, cheese and dairy, honey and preserves, and coffee from an on-site stall, alongside handmade crafts, pre-loved clothing and the odd antique find. The market has a reputation for running rain, hail or shine, so the stalls are a reliable Saturday fixture rather than a fair-weather event.

Uki sits within easy reach of the coast, roughly 40 minutes from the Gold Coast and under an hour from Byron Bay, which makes the Saturday market a workable stop on a longer Tweed hinterland day trip rather than only a destination for locals. As with any small-town market, it is worth checking current stallholder numbers and any seasonal changes directly with the organisers before a special trip.