When is the Churchill Island market on?

The first Saturday of every month, 8am to 1pm.

Where exactly is Churchill Island?

It is a small island off the eastern end of Phillip Island, reached by a bridge from Newhaven. The market is at the Heritage Farm on Samuel Amess Drive.

What sort of produce?

Growers and makers from Phillip Island and the wider Gippsland region, which is some of the better food-producing country in the state.

What are Churchill Island Farmers' Market opening hours?

The first Saturday of the month. The market is at Phillip Island, VIC.

Churchill Island Farmers Market: 1st Saturday, 8am-1pm

About this market

Churchill Island is a small island off the end of a bigger one, joined to Phillip Island by a bridge, and it holds a heritage farm that has been worked since the 1850s. On the first Saturday of the month it also holds a farmers market, which is a setting no purpose-built market site is going to match.

Gippsland on the trestles

The market's remit is produce grown and made on Phillip Island and across Gippsland, and that is a genuinely strong catchment: dairy country, vegetable country, and a coastline's worth of small producers behind it. Five hours from eight in the morning suits a farmers market where the serious shopping happens early.

Market at a glance

1stSaturday monthly

8-1Five hours

1850sFarm has been worked since

1Bridge to get there

The island is managed by Phillip Island Nature Parks, so the market sits inside a working heritage property rather than on a paddock hired for the morning. That gives the whole thing a different feel from a showground market.

Check the Saturday

This one is the first Saturday of the month, and a number of directory listings have it wrong. If a site tells you the fourth Saturday, it is out of date. Phillip Island Nature Parks, who run the island, and Visit Bass Coast both list the first.

Good to know before you go

The drive is the main planning item: Phillip Island is around two hours from Melbourne, then across the bridge at Newhaven onto Churchill Island itself. That makes an 8am market an early start from town, so plenty of people fold it into a weekend rather than a day trip. Bring bags and cash. Once you have shopped, the heritage farm is right there and worth the time, and the rest of Phillip Island is fifteen minutes back across the bridge.

Frequently Asked Questions

When is the Churchill Island market on?: The first Saturday of every month, 8am to 1pm.
Where exactly is Churchill Island?: It is a small island off the eastern end of Phillip Island, reached by a bridge from Newhaven. The market is at the Heritage Farm on Samuel Amess Drive.
What sort of produce?: Growers and makers from Phillip Island and the wider Gippsland region, which is some of the better food-producing country in the state.
What are Churchill Island Farmers' Market opening hours?: The first Saturday of the month. The market is at Phillip Island, VIC.
What days is Churchill Island Farmers' Market open?: Saturday, 8am to 1pm.