Category Archives: Discover Camberwell

Happy Valentine’s Day

At the Camberwell Sunday Market in Melbourne, bargain hunters rise early to uncover vintage jewellery, rare vinyl, retro fashion, quirky antiques and forgotten treasures. Established by the Rotary Club of Balwyn in 1976, the market blends community spirit with sustainable shopping, giving pre-loved goods a second life.

Valentine’s Day traces back to Saint Valentine, a third-century priest said to have secretly married couples despite imperial bans. Later honoured by the Church, his feast day evolved into a celebration of romance, marked by flowers, cards and enduring symbols of love – many such items that can be picked up at the market or other traditional gifts, like chocolates, are available in the Camberwell Junction shopping precinct.

The market is open every Sunday (except 10 days before Christmas), from 7am to 12:30pm at the corner of Market Place and Station Street, Camberwell Junction.

Sunday, Sunday

In addition to a vibrant dining, fashion and retail shopping scene, Sunday’s come alive in Camberwell with thousands of people gathering for our weekly market.

The Camberwell Sunday Market operates each Sunday from 7am – 12:30pm (rain, hail or shine) at the Camberwell Junction car park at the corner of Station Street and Market Place, Camberwell. Join us and:

• Discover a treasure
• Discover a cause
• Discover Camberwell

♻️ To Melbourne’s east and easily accessible by train and tram, the circular economy has been raising money for Rotary community projects for 50 years: a public space for recycling, reusing and repurposing while raising funds for good causes.

Join our community, every Sunday.

Merry Christmas & thank you

Wishing everyone a very Merry Christmas. Camberwell Market Sundays will resume 28 December 2025 and then we are open all through the New Year period.

❌ Closed 21 Dec 2025
✅ Open 28 Dec 2025
✅ Open 4 Jan 2026

Thank you to everyone for your support during 2025 and we look forward to our 50th anniversary year in 2026!

And don’t forget to support your local traders during Christmas shopping at r!

Open every weekend – except the Sunday before Christmas

Support your local traders at Camberwell Junction in the run up to Christmas!

We will be closed for one week to provide more convenient parking for shoppers during festive season.

By shopping local you support local businesses (the engine of the economy), local employment and maintain the vibrance of Camberwell Junction.

The market will be:
• Open 7 & 14 Dec 2025
• Closed 21 Dec 2025
• Open 28 Dec 2025
• Open 4 Jan 2026

We are very happy to be giving our Rotary volunteers, stall holders and market team a week break. And you will see their happy faces to welcome you back on Sunday 28 Dec 2025!

Swinburne Fashion Students Project with Ellen McKenna

Get ready for free family-friendly fun as Camberwell celebrates the music and fashion of 2 home-grown pop icons.

Celebrating Camberwell’s own Kylie and Dannii Day, local artist Ellen McKenna and Swinburne Fashion Design students have transformed second-hand fashion looks inspired by the stylings of Kylie and Dannii. Discover 10 unique outfits on display around Camberwell and vote for your favourite for a chance to win a $200 gift card.

Join us on event day, Sunday 5 October to show off your own look!

Proudly presented by City of Boroondara, in partnership with:

  • Boroondara Arts
  • Camberwell Centre Association
  • Swinburne University of Technology

About the artist

Ellen McKenna is a pattern designer and artist from Melbourne. Ellen loves to create abstract, seamless repeat patterns and canvas artworks that focus on colour and movement. Her aesthetic is inspired and shaped by multidisciplinary design elements from the early to mid-20th century, as well as her lifelong study and love of the arts. A graduate of the Victorian College of the Arts, Ellen wants to inspire her local community to rediscover their local op shops through her hand-painted clothes, showing that second-hand clothing and accessories can be both beautiful and useful.

For information on Ellen McKenna’s upcoming exhibition at Hawthorn Arts Centre, visit ‘Opportunity’ by Ellen McKenna.

Traders in Camberwell that have agreed to display the fashion ‘looks’ in their windows for the exhibition:

  • La Figure Lingerie
  • Creswick Woollen Mill
  • Ballet Emporium
  • Brava Lingerie
  • Carolina
  • Camberwell Place
  • Dillon’s Laneway
  • Eternal Weddings