03/09/2026
A new market for us this Sunday — and this one comes with quite a history! 🌿
We’re covering a fair bit of ground again this weekend… although thankfully not quite as far as Toowoomba! 😄
On Saturday we’ll be back at Helensvale Farmers Market, and then on Sunday we’re trying somewhere completely new — the Witton Barracks Sunrise Market at Indooroopilly.
Indooroopilly is certainly a little closer to home for us, but what really caught my attention was the location.
Witton Barracks has quite a story behind it. During World War II, the site became the Australian headquarters of the Allied Translator and Interpreter Section, a joint Australian-American intelligence unit. It was also Australia’s primary interrogation centre for enemy prisoners of war. Some of the original brick cell blocks and exercise yard still remain today.
One particularly fascinating piece of its history is that intelligence staff there translated captured Japanese military documents, including the “Z Plan” in 1944, which revealed important Japanese defence strategies in the Pacific.
Today, the old military site has a very different purpose. It has been reimagined as a community and social enterprise hub — which makes it rather lovely that people now gather there for things like markets and community events.
So this weekend you’ll find us:
🌿 Saturday — Helensvale Farmers Market
🌅 Sunday — Witton Barracks Sunrise Market, Indooroopilly
There is always something exciting about trying a new market. New surroundings, new people to meet and, this time, a little Brisbane history to discover as well.
If you’re an Indooroopilly local — or you’ve been wondering where you can find us a little closer to Brisbane — come and say hello on Sunday. We'd love to meet you. 💗
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