Caboolture Country Markets

Caboolture Country Markets began in 1979, founded by a couple, Jack and Jean Lindsay, working with a group of volunteers to build the ideal Sunday morning outing. Nearly five decades later it's grown into the largest market in South East Queensland, still running every Sunday at the Caboolture Showgrounds.

An early start, and a genuine farm feel

The market opens at 5am and wraps up by 11:30am, an early enough window that it's built around beating the Queensland heat rather than a leisurely late-morning wander. More than 500 stalls fill the showgrounds, including over 40 dedicated fruit and vegetable stalls, drawing crowds reported as high as 10,000 people on a busy Sunday.

One detail that genuinely sets it apart from most country markets: a small animal nursery on-site sells live poultry, chickens, hens, roosters and ducks, alongside the usual bric-a-brac, plants, seedlings and fruit trees. It's the kind of stall you don't see at many markets closer to a capital city.

Good to know before you go

Arrive close to the 5am start if fresh produce or the poultry stalls are the goal, since the busiest sections thin out well before the 11:30am close. It's closed on Caboolture Show day, Christmas Day and Anzac Day if either falls on a Sunday.