AT THE MARKETS

CHECK out Geelong’s newest farmers’ market today, 8am-1pm, at Ashby Primary School, 2 Lawton Ave, just off Pakington St, Geelong West. Every stallholder is the farmer, employee, grower or maker of the food you’re buying. Gold coin donation for entry. THIS popular weekly Corio market offers two massive undercover areas and a variety of outside stalls selling fresh fruit and vegies, arts and crafts and handmade goods. Today, 8am-1pm. EVERY Saturday, 8.30am-1pm, this market, at 1 Merrijig Drive, Torquay, offers a taste of the region’s fresh produce, including fruit and vegetables, meat, eggs, artisan cheeses and breads, fresh fish, salami and olive oil. For details, contact David Bell on 0418 315 026 or email davidkbell@westnet.com.au. TOMORROW, 9am-1pm, visit the stalls of local retailers including She Sells Seafood, Torquay; Birdland Seeds, Wallington; City Harvest, Freshwater Creek; Delicious Emporium, Waurn Ponds; and Jel’s Preserves, Anglesea. The Farmer’s Place, 675 Anglesea Rd. HEAD to Terindah Estate tomorrow to browse 50 stalls with homemade wares on two levels. Open 10am-3pm, 90 McAdams Lane, Bellarine. SECRET Garden Market’s annual event is on next Saturday, with artisan stalls trading from 10am. Buy handcrafted ceramics, jewellery, clothes and photography and enjoy a coffee break, a locally crafted beer and some woodfire pizza for lunch before immersing yourself in the tunes of the Bellarine Peninsula. Music runs 48pm, 52 Hitchcock Ave, Barwon Heads.