On Saturday there was a festival combined with a market in North Sydney: the ultimate combination for me! The market is a weekly food/craft/farmer's market, and the festival was the Gurangai Festival. It's a yearly festival that's meant to raise awareness of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people that originally lived in the area. The festival actually goes on for a month with different events, but I thought it would be nice to check it out along with the market. So off I went!
The market is held in a parking garage, which is good for rainy days but makes everything really dark.
There were some of the usual things like antiques:
But also some very Gurangai-specific things, like this bush tucker vendor:
Everything on the menu made me feel very sad but it was interesting!
There was also a basket-weaving class, but I had just missed the beginning so I didn't go join in. But besides those things and a couple art displays, I have to say that I was a little disappointed at how generic the festival-market was. Maybe I need to go try one of the other festival events! =)
On the bright side, I did get some great produce from this guy selling stuff off his truck!
And it was also gummy bear giveaway day!
Who can complain about a day like that!?
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