Markit @ Fed Square

About Markit
Markit@FedSquare is held twice per year in May and November at Federation Square. Markit is a curated shopping event featuring illustrative and decorative design products with limited edition pieces ranging from fashion to jewellery, prints, stationery, ceramics and homewares. Created by designers as a unique retail platform for independent Australian design,Markit@FedSquare provides an opportunity for the public to meet the designers and talk with them about their products. To buy or simply to admire, this is an event not to be missed.

Design Market at the Fed

Weekends Also mean Markets! And Melbourne has got to be Australia’s Design Capital… definitely no shortage of local talents and creativity !

Yet Another Melbourne Market at the Fed

Weekends Also mean Markets! And Melbourne has got to be Australia’s Design Capital… definitely no shortage of local talents and creativity !

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Drink Chai

Sunny Winter Saturday in Bourke St, Melbourne

It’s 1pm, 11deg and fingers and ears are getting chilled. .. But, grateful to be strolling around this lovely city that is unfolding its weekend cheer as always.  Street performers of the highest quality,  happy faces of tourists snapping away with their cameras,  weekend walks with lucky dogs, music floating in the air, the sound of tram bells, shops welcoming you with sales instore,  cafes with delicious coffee aroma that invite you to have yet another cuppa…engaging all your senses. . all these and more that make Melbourne one of the Best Cities in the world.  Super weekend to you !

Signs : Greek Donuts Loukoumades

These little deep fried golden dough balls are best home made!  ( grandma’s recipe ). It is a lovely quick treat sweetened with syrup and cinnamon.

Try making some with the SBS video on : http://www.sbs.com.au/food/recipes/loukoumades

Signs : The Street Store

The first ever street store in Australia to do something for the homeless and disadvantaged in Melbourne. A joint project by friends, Marcus Crook & Nick Pearce, this pop up initiative gives the public a chance to help the under privileged in the community by donating clean used clothes and shoes which those in need can come and select what they want. Another reason to love Melbourne !

Queen Victoria Market : QVM

To market, to market
To buy … gorgeous fruits! Crunchy persimmons, juicy mandarins, plump avocados, passion fruits, lemons and limes, kiwis and bananas and lots more ! What pleasure to spend a Sunday afternoon picking up fruits for the week ahead… In this century old market right in the city of Melbourne.

Go to  http://www.qvm.com.au/ for information on opening hours, map, what’s on, shops and tours!

Oxfam Melbourne

Oxfam Unwrapped is helping to transform the lives of people living in poverty by providing education, clean water and other life-changing essentials.

So when you gift a goat, not only will you give warm fuzzies to someone you know, you’ll be helping stop poverty for good.

There’s a gift to suit everyone and you can choose to send a personalised card, an e-card or even a card to print at home.

Oxfam store locations in Melbourne are: Walk Arcade (Bourke St Mall), Chadstone and Carlton.

There is an extensive range of products such as home décor & furnishing, kitchen & garden ware, fashion & books, toys & cds, coffee beans, chutneys & sauces, and that handy gift voucher for the undecided moments!