Visiting Farm Gate Market

About Farm Gate Market

Hobart's Sunday growers' market closes off a block of Bathurst Street for farmers, bakers, cheesemakers, distillers and coffee carts. It is smaller and more food-focused than Salamanca and popular with locals doing their weekly shop.

Tip: Come hungry and early for pastries and coffee, and ask growers which fruit is in season that week.

Plan your visit

• Time needed: 1 hour.
• Cost: Free — no ticket needed for the main area.
• Book ahead: not usually needed; buy on arrival.
• Where: Waterfront and CBD, fishing docks, ferry piers and the compact grid of the city centre.

Best time to visit Farm Gate Market

To avoid the biggest crowds, aim for the quietest of the good months:

• May: 15°C (59°F) highs, about 9 rainy days, quiet crowds.
• March: 20°C (68°F) highs, about 8 rainy days, moderate crowds.
• April: 17°C (63°F) highs, about 9 rainy days, moderate crowds.

When to visit Hobart has the full month-by-month picture.

Fit it into your trip

Farm Gate Market is not on our short itineraries, so plan it as an extra once you have seen MONA – Museum of Old and New Art and Salamanca Market.

• No. 13 of the 16 sights in our Hobart things-to-do list.
• Listed in free things to do in Hobart.

Near Farm Gate Market

Also in Waterfront and CBD, so you can walk between them:

• Mawson's Huts Replica Museum — 45 minutes, low cost
• Theatre Royal — 2–3 hours with a show, mid-priced
• Constitution Dock and the fish punts — 1 hour, low cost

If you like Farm Gate Market

• Salamanca Market — Salamanca, 2 hours

Staying near Farm Gate Market

Stay in Waterfront and CBD ($$$) to walk here: fishing docks, ferry piers and the compact grid of the city centre. All areas to stay in Hobart.

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