Culture, arts & entertainment: things to do in Melbourne

SATURDAY 17TH MAY 2025
A THING TO DO TODAY

in MELBOURNE
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fruitmarket - Pick up lunch from local farmers. [ATTDT]
Estimated cost Free entry Estimated duration 1 hour Distance away Less than a mile away
The Gasworks Farmers' Market, on the third Saturday of each month, has around 50 stallholders selling local Victorian produce from 8.30am to 1pm on Graham Street in Albert Park. Put together all the ingredients you need - meats, fruit and veg, honey and handmade cheeses, while you talk to the very people who produced them.
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