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Markets     17 October 2026     Recurs monthly

# Emu Plains Market, Balnarring

Monthly artisan market at Emu Plains Reserve (Coolart Road, Balnarring). Showcases craft, design, vintage, music, and food. Family and community favourite under stringybark gums.

Worth the drive   First timer

Editor's verdict

Emu Plains is the artisan market that actually feels like the Peninsula. Stringybarks, music, makers worth coming back to.

Emu Plains runs monthly at the Coolart Road reserve in Balnarring. Craft, design, vintage and food, the proper artisan mix rather than reseller tat. Volunteer-run, with the occasional twilight edition (usually January, 3pm to 8pm) worth diarising.

The move: arrive by 9:30am for the food queues, walk a full lap, then either across to Coolart Wetlands and Homestead (right next door) or push on to Balnarring Beach for an afternoon. In peak summer the shade thins out fast, so come early or skip.

Hosted at

Emu Plains Reserve

Coolart Road   ,   Balnarring VIC

- [Visit venue website →](<https://www.mornpen.vic.gov.au/>)

- [Get directions →](<https://www.google.com/maps?q=-38.3951,145.0804>)

At a glance

**When**

17 October 2026

**Time**

09:00 to 14:00

**Recurrence**

Recurs monthly · Monthly (3rd Saturday approx)

**Price**

Free entry

**Where**

[Balnarring](<https://peninsulainsider.com.au/explore/places/balnarring/>)

**Weather**

Weather flexible

**Worth the drive**

Yes - unprompted recommendation

**First time on the Peninsula**

Start here

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