Market 3765
A monthly makers and growers market on the green at Montrose, named for the postcode it serves.
About this market
Market 3765 takes its name from the Montrose postcode, and runs on the green at Montrose Town Centre on the third Saturday of the month, 9am to 1pm, with January off. It also goes by Montrose Community Market, and both names point at the same monthly gathering of local makers and growers.
Makers and growers at the foot of the range
Montrose sits at the base of Mount Dandenong, where the flat country east of Melbourne starts climbing into the ranges, and the market draws on a catchment full of small producers and home-based makers. The format is deliberately simple: a regular monthly outdoor market for local makers and growers, on the green in the middle of the town centre rather than tucked into a hall or a school ground. That visibility matters for a market this size, since a good part of the crowd on a Saturday morning is people who were already on Mount Dandenong Tourist Road and stopped because they could see it.
Market at a glance
Skipping January is standard practice for outdoor markets in this part of Victoria, where the combination of holidays, heat and fire risk makes a midsummer market a poor bet. The other eleven months run without a break, which for a volunteer-supported community market is a reasonable commitment to keep, and it means the third Saturday is a fixed point in the local calendar rather than something to look up each time.
This market runs under two names at once, and both are current. Its website trades as the Montrose Community Market while its Facebook and Instagram accounts run as Market 3765, and the organisers use whichever suits the channel rather than treating one as an old name being retired. So a search for either will find the same third Saturday on the same green, and listings sites carry it under both. The number is simply the Montrose postcode, which covers this town and nothing else.
Practical notes
Third Saturday, 9am to 1pm, no market in January. Bring cash and bags, since a market of this scale will not have card facilities on every stall. Mount Dandenong Tourist Road runs straight past the green, with parking around the town centre. The Dandenongs sit cooler than Melbourne and the weather changes fast as you climb, so a jacket is sensible even on a clear morning. Montrose is the natural first stop on a drive up to Olinda and Sassafras, which is how most visitors end up there. This is Wurundjeri country.
Frequently Asked Questions
- When is Market 3765 on?
- The third Saturday of the month, 9am to 1pm, with no market in January. It is held on the green at Montrose Town Centre, 935 Mount Dandenong Tourist Road.
- Why is it called Market 3765?
- 3765 is the Montrose postcode. The market also trades under the name Montrose Community Market, and both names refer to the same event.
- What sort of stalls are there?
- It is a monthly outdoor market for local makers and growers, so the stall list runs to produce and handmade goods from the surrounding Dandenong Ranges.