Shalom Markets

Shalom Markets are held every Sunday from 6am to 12pm at Shalom College, 9 Fitzgerald Street, Bundaberg. The market's own Facebook page calls it Bundaberg's biggest farmers market, and the 6am start makes it an early one, one of the earliest starts around.

A school market with a farmers market core

The college's market page lists around 20 stall categories, including produce from local farmers, plants and flowers, clothing, arts and crafts, food, books, toys and household goods. The college runs the market itself and says new stallholders are welcome. Its Facebook page has about 10,000 followers, and on Facebook 90 percent of its 201 reviewers recommend it.

Market at a glance

6amSunday opening

20+Stall categories

1984College opened

13 haCampus bushland

The setting is a school campus. Shalom College opened in 1984 when the Christian Brothers College for boys and Loyola College for girls amalgamated, and its main campus covers 13 hectares of bushland on Fitzgerald Street, on land donated by Walter Adams. The college sits in Norville, a suburb of 2,476 residents at the 2021 census, about 3.5 kilometres south-east of Bundaberg Central, The college had about 1,530 students in 2023 and also runs an 85 hectare Chaverim campus at South Bingera for student camps and outdoor activities. The college describes the market as 3 kilometres east of Bundaberg Airport and 16 kilometres west of Bargara.

Good to know before you go

Food is easy to sort out on the day. A BBQ sells burgers and sausage sandwiches, and the canteen serves tea, cold drinks, snacks and barista coffee. There is an ATM on site, which helps if a stallholder prefers cash.

The market runs on Sundays only and the college says it is open from 6am to 12pm. Stallholder enquiries go through the college's market page or the phone number on the Shalom Markets Facebook page, so check there before you turn up with a stall to set.