Cohuna Farmers and Makers Market

Cohuna Farmers and Makers Market is held on the fourth Sunday of the month, from 9am to 1pm, in the Cohuna Garden Park at 90 King George Street. Its organisers describe the setting as nestled under majestic gum trees and bordering Gunbower Creek, and the market is sponsored by the North Central Catchment Management Authority.

Gum trees, a creek and live music

The market runs all year round. It also adds extra dates on Easter Sunday and the Melbourne Cup long weekend Sunday. The organisers invite visitors to stroll under the gum trees, relax by the creek, and enjoy live music and brunch with friends.

Stallholders showcase handmade and home grown produce, craft, food, plants and more, which the market describes as the best its region has to offer. The market has pages for stall applications and a market rules and charter, so stallholders can check the requirements before applying.

Market at a glance

4th SunOf each month

4 hrsTrading, 9am to 1pm

274 kmFrom Melbourne

1 hrFrom Echuca and Swan Hill

Before you go

Cohuna is a dairy town on the Murray Valley Highway, 274 km north of Melbourne, and within an hour of Echuca and Swan Hill according to the market's own site. It had a population of 2,415 at the 2016 census. Wikipedia describes the town as surrounded by dairy farms on the banks of Gunbower Creek, an anabranch of the Murray River, and as a popular holiday spot. Gunbower Creek runs along the Main Street and Garden Park, and Cohuna is the main access point to the red gum and box forest of Gunbower Island, home to native birdlife, kangaroos and emus.

The town's post office opened in 1875, and its railway branch line from Elmore opened on 10 November 1915 before closing in 1981. The Cohuna and District Historical Society runs a museum in the old Scots Church building, which gives you something else to visit on the way to or from the market.

Check the market's Facebook page before you go, particularly around Easter and the Melbourne Cup weekend when extra dates apply.