Mullumbimby Weekly Farmers Market
Local Farmers and Artisans Market at
the Mullum Showgrounds
The market is held on Friday mornings and is a traditional local Farmers Market.
It includes opportunities for local farmers, food and plant
producers, artisans and for
small businesses producing value added local foods and native
plants.
There is also a section where locals can buy hens, ducks,
beehives and alpacas.
A monthly recycling component selling recycled farm implements
and recycled gardening tools
will be established later. This model provides a more diverse
and vibrant market for the community.
Anyone interested in either becoming a stallholder or a volunteer
to help organise this community market can
phone 04 1361 0222 or email mullummarket@gmail.com
Mullumbimby,
just 15min drive from Byron Bay is in the middle of the Rainbow
Region, surrounded by rolling hills, volcanic cliffs and breathtaking
valleys. This is the region where the first wave of surfers
and hippies chose to settle after the Aquarius Festival in the
early 70s. In years they have been joined by urban professionals
and many of them emerged as civic leaders, doctors, lawyers,
teachers, editors, writers, poets, photographers and technology
wizzes. They share a love of music and dance and cherish their
environment. The Brunswick River winds through the town on its
way to the sea. Palms and trees line its wide, welcoming streets.
Cafes that are never crowded and a laid back buzz give the town
a rare sense of rural ease and cosmopolitan abandon.
As
the smaller and quieter cousin of Byron Bay, and just 8 km from
Mullumbimby to the east is Brunswick Heads. There is an ambience
of peacefulness and an easy sense of holiday making which pervades
this quiet town. Prior to European settlement the area around
Brunswick Heads was inhabited by the Bundjalung Aborigines.
In 1828 Captain Rous discovered the Brunswick River which he
named after Queen Caroline of Brunswick who was the wife of
King George IV. Cedar cutters moved into the area in the 1840s
and by the 1850s and 1860s the area was being settled and timber
was being shipped out through the Brunswick River.
Mullumbimby Monthly Market
3rd Saturday of the month, Stuart
St, Mullumbimby Museum
Phone: 02 6684 3370
Mullumbimby’s Craft Market attracts craftspeople,
woodworkers, potters, horticulturists,
pizza makers, buskers, clowns & palm readers from around the district.
