Boyanup & District Farmers Market
A South West produce market in a Memorial Park beside the old railway junction, holding to locally grown food only.
About this market
Boyanup was gazetted as a townsite in 1894, seven years after the Bunbury line reached it in November 1887, and that line was the first railway built in Western Australia specifically to serve an agricultural district. The farmers market that runs in Memorial Park on the fourth Sunday of the month, 8am to noon, is still selling what that district grows.
Locally grown, stated plainly
The market's own line is "100% natural, locally grown food", and the stall list reads like an inventory of South West farming rather than a market-day assortment. Seasonal fruit and vegetables sit alongside pasture-fed lamb, beef and goat, seafood off the coast an easy drive west, goat's milk and cheeses, fresh eggs and live poultry. Around that are honey and honey products, olives and olive oils, macadamia and pecan products, preserves, jams and chutneys, bread and coffee, plants, succulents and herbs, wine from local wineries, and handmade artisan and skincare items. Entry is free, so the only cost of the trip is what you carry home.
Market at a glance
Memorial Park sits on the corner of Charlotte Street and the South Western Highway, which is the practical reason this market catches passing traffic as well as the district's own. Boyanup is eighteen kilometres south-east of Bunbury and about 195 kilometres from Perth, close enough to the coast for a market morning to fit inside a day trip and far enough inland that the stallholders are farmers rather than resellers who drove down for the weekend.
Boyanup means "place of quartz" in Noongar. The town became a major railway junction with lines running to Katanning and Flinders Bay, and the South West Rail and Heritage Centre beside the heritage-registered railway precinct now holds Western Australia's largest collection of rolling stock.
Before you go
Fourth Sunday, eight to twelve, with one exception worth diarising: December moves to the third Sunday so the market does not fall over Christmas. Four hours is a short window for a produce market, and the meat and seafood stalls are the first to sell out, so the first hour is the useful one. Bring your own bags and an esky if you are buying meat or dairy for the drive home. The rail and heritage centre is next to the market site, which makes the morning worth more than the shopping. Parking is on and around the park rather than in a car park. This is Wardandi Noongar country.
Frequently Asked Questions
- When is the Boyanup & District Farmers Market on?
- The fourth Sunday of the month, 8am to noon, at Memorial Park on the South Western Highway. December is the exception and runs on the third Sunday instead.
- Is there an entry fee?
- No, entry is free.
- What sort of stalls does it have?
- Fruit and vegetables, pasture-fed lamb, beef and goat, seafood, goat's milk and cheeses, eggs, honey, olives and olive oil, macadamias and pecans, preserves, bread, wine from local wineries, plants and handmade artisan goods.