To market, to market....

Yesterday was great - finally got to go for the market at Flemington, which was also the site of the Royal Melbourne Show & near the Flemington Race Course. Had heard much about how good this market was, so was really looking forward to getting there.
Went with Faith, my nurse friend from Singapore, and her elder son, Keane, who's about 8 yrs old.

Was advised to drive as the market was not that near to public transport, plus would allow us to carry all the stuff we were likely to buy. Parking was also relatively cheap - only A$3 for as long as you like. So I drove & picked up Faith & Keane at Flinders St station, as they took the train down from their home in Rosanna.
We got there at about 10am - there were already quite a lot of people who had come earlier.

My verdict of the market - fantastic ! It was a good mix of things for everyone - had lots of stalls selling almost everything from plants & flowers, to furniture & furnishings, to arts & crafts & jewellery & clothes & of course, food stalls. There were also a lot of stalls selling stuff for kids - toys, clothes, baby gifts, etc.
We spent about 3 and a half hours there going round all the stalls & grabbing egg & bacon rolls on the go. Poor Keane got a bit sian after a while, especially after Mummy & Aunty Jenny said "we are going" but then got waylaid by yet another stall selling hand-crafted jewellery.

We even stopped halfway to go back to the car & unload stuff so that we could buy more & not be too burdened by what we were carrying around. :-)

Finally left at about 1:30pm, happy with the purchases which included a pot of French lavender & a smallish cactus in a pot, numerous gifts for Christmas ( for friends as well as for myself ) & some lovely Fuji apples in a bag. Missed getting the cherries as I had run out of cash on hand.
Now got to figure out how to lug everything back home to Singapore ! Wonder if the lavender will survive in the tropics...