Caboolture Markets

Every Sunday morning at the Caboolture Showgrounds (approximately 50kms north of Brisbane city) the Caboolture Markets are held between 6am & 12pm. We ventured to this market last weekend with the view to get some cheap plants and some fruit and veggies.

The markets are quite large, with parking streaming out from the organised carpark into the surrounding streets and parklands. The markets host a variety of stall types with some being permanent and others offered on a more casual basis. Stall types include fruit and vegetable produce, cheap plants (including native, but with a good variety of traditional garden plants), pet fish and bird stalls, meat truck, bric-a-brac, cheap imports, hot foods through to the trash and treasure stalls. There is even a shed with the local poultry club selling chickens, ducks and other birds.

We arrived mid-way through the markets, finding the markets not too overwhelming in terms of number of people thankfully. By the time we reached much of the fresh produce stall it was around 11am and it seemed that much of their nicer produce had probably already been sold and they were busy consolidating produce or packing up. There were still certainly some bargains to be had from the plant stalls, with plants generally ranging between $2.50 & $20. Not bad really.

It was a good day out, although the day we went the weather was quite hot and there weren't many shady spots to seek refuge from the blazing sun. Overall the markets are probably just like any other local, weekend markets that you can find across the State. If you're wanting to make a day of your trip up to Caboolture, perhaps incorporating your visit with the Caboolture Historical Village just next door would do the trick.