They generally offer individual stalls leased by a variety of dealers inside a large warehouse space. Wares vary from antique to retro, and often reflect the individual styles of each stall holder. Expect to find antiques; collectables; retro, rustic, industrial or upcycled furniture; crockery and glassware; clothing and accessories; music; books and memorabilia.
ADDRESS: Upstairs at 288 Brunswick Street, Fitzroy, Victoria
PHONE: 0499 449 199
OPEN HOURS: Wednesday to Sunday 10am – 6pm
WEBSITE: www.lostandfoundmarket.com.au
900 square metres of vintage fashion, homewares, furniture, art, books, records, musical instruments, vintage hi-fi and turntables.
ADDRESS: 305 Smith Street, Fitzroy, Victoria
PHONE: 03 9419 4889
OPEN HOURS: Monday 12pm – 6pm, Tuesday to Friday 11am – 6pm, Saturday/Sunday 10.30am – 5pm
WEBSITE: smithstreetbazaar.com
Smith Street Bazaar specialises in beautiful designs like mid 20th century Danish furniture with sleek shapes and premium prices. It’s a lovely store to browse in and there are smaller pieces up the back to suit most budgets.
ADDRESS: 217 Chapel Street, Prahran, Victoria
PHONE: 03 9529 1727
OPEN HOURS: 7 days 10am – 6pm
This bazaar makes the most of cramped space by filling right up to the ceiling and it feels a little overwhelming on the first visit. Due to space restrictions there is not a lot of big furniture in here so expect to find plenty of smaller collectable homewares, records, vintage clothing and lighting.
ADDRESS: 88 Garden Rd, Clayton, Victoria
PHONE: 03 8522 7895
OPEN HOURS: 7 days 10am – 5pm
WEBSITE: Facebook
It may be a bit of a drive out to Clayton if you don’t live nearby but this bazaar is worth a visit. It’s a huge space, well laid out with wide aisles and plenty of room to move, and I found the variety of stalls really appealing. Instead of different versions of the same stuff there is a clear style distinction from stall to stall which makes browsing really interesting. Think industrial, upcycled, shabby chic, retro, country, rustic, refined antique, collectable or kitsch. There is also plenty of space for bigger furniture items so you’ll find old workbenches and antique tools, vintage armchairs, all sorts of homewares, signage and clothing.
ADDRESS: 80-86 Canterbury Road, Kilsyth, Victoria
PHONE: 03 9761 8618
OPEN HOURS: 7 days 10am – 5pm
WEBSITE: www.huntedantiques.com
An acre of antique and collectable stalls run by same team as Waverley Antique Bazaar.
ADDRESS: 740 Heidelberg Road, Alphington, Victoria
PHONE: 03 9497 4000
OPEN HOURS: Tuesday to Saturday 10am – 5pm, Sunday and public holidays 1pm – 5pm
WEBSITE: www.vintagebazaar.com.au
An eclectic range of items from the 1970s back to the 1770s with an emphasis on 20th century. Several dealers.
ADDRESS: 1-9 Walker St, Castlemaine, Victoria
PHONE: 03 5470 6555
OPEN HOURS: 7 days a week 10am – 5pm
WEBSITE: www.castlemainebazaar.com.au
Located in The Mill – Castlemaine’s 1875 woollen mill rejuvenation as a small business and retail hub. Over 1400 square metres of mixed vintage shopping. Multiple stall holders offering retro homewares, vintage clothing, secondhand furniture, vinyl, collectables and one-off finds.
ADDRESS: 287-301 Melbourne Road, North Geelong (parking via Mackey Street)
PHONE: 03 5277 1186
OPEN HOURS: 7 days 10am – 6pm
WEBSITE: www.geelongvintagemarket.com.au
This market stretches across two huge warehouses and is roughly divided into furniture/homewares and vintage industrial. It’s exciting to see the stunning Federal Woollen Mill building back in use for vintage. Also love the look of the Pickers Union Cafe with its cool recycled fit out. The cafe is open Monday to Friday 7.00am – 3.30pm, Saturday/Sunday 8am – 3.30pm.
ADDRESS: 308 Melbourne Road, North Geelong
PHONE: 03 5278 5453
OPEN HOURS: Weekdays 9am – 5.30pm, weekends 10am – 5.30pm
WEBSITE: www.howbazaarantiques.com.au
A diverse collection (by one dealer rather than many) and enough quirky pieces to make rummaging around a fun adventure.
ADDRESS: 114 Bellarine Highway, Newcomb, Victoria.
PHONE: 03 5248 2390
OPEN HOURS: 7 days 10am – 6pm
WEBSITE: www.millmarkets.com.au
Mill Markets are spacious, well organised and stock a great variety of styles. They are always fun to include on day trips from Melbourne and all have a Peppermill Cafe on site (10am – 4pm) if your sugar levels get low.
ADDRESS: 105 Central Springs Road, Daylesford, Victoria.
PHONE: 03 5348 4332
OPEN HOURS: 7 days 10am – 6pm
WEBSITE: www.millmarkets.com.au
ADDRESS: 9367 Western Highway, Warrenheip,, Victoria.
PHONE: 03 5334 7877
OPEN HOURS: 7 days 10am – 6pm
WEBSITE: www.millmarkets.com.au
ADDRESS: 545 Mornington Tyabb Road, Moorooduc, Victoria
PHONE: 03 5978 8677
OPEN HOURS: Monday 10.30am – 5pm, Thursday to Sunday 10.30am – 5pm
WEBSITE: www.thebottomdrawerantiques.com
ADDRESS: 93 Mornington Tyabb Road, Tyabb, Victoria
PHONE: 03 5977 4195
OPEN HOURS: Monday 11am – 3pm, Thursday to Sunday 10am – 5pm
WEBSITE: www.thevintageshed.com.au
PHILLIP ISLAND
ADDRESS: 158 Thompson Avenue, Cowes, Victoria
PHONE: 03 5952 3235
OPEN HOURS: 7 days 10am – 5pm
WEBSITE: Facebook
Wow, that’s a lot of groovy junk to wade through! You’ll also find smaller, individual vintage shops on The Junk Map with contact details and lots of photos. Check out our shop profiles.
ADDRESS: 2 Collins Road, Dromana, Victoria
PHONE: 03 5981 4141 or 0413 589 005
OPEN HOURS: Seven days 9.30am – 4.45pm
SOCIAL MEDIA: Facebook
The Factory is not on the popular Tyabb vintage trail and doesn’t do a lot of advertising so you may find it less picked over than other markets in the area. A wide range of stock from old shed tools and machinery to furniture, retro homewares, kitchenalia, books, records, rustic country wares and vintage clothing. Read our full write up with photos.
