The colours and aromas of Footscray Market

from Wendy

Shopping in Footscray Market

Yesterday we drove to Melbourne in driving rain and decided to park the car near Footscray station and market because the car park there is only $3 a day. It’s one of the best places for buying fruit, vegetables, fish and meat. I find the fascinating array of food there more interesting than going shopping for shoes or jewellery! Tropical fruits and vegetables were all shapes and sizes and aromas, but, bananas were still $12 a kilo!

We had Combination Chinese soup for our lunch - $5 each, then took the train into the city for an appointment at Southbank with Radio Australia (which I will post about on babasiga) then we caught another train back to Footscray.

The western suburbs are not the elite of Melbourne but there is a lot of life there. Footscray is absolutely multicultural, with Barclay Street full of Vietnamese shops. Many Sudanese people also go there for shopping and we talked with a Sudanese - Dinka family on the train.

While Peceli bought some fish and pork, I sketched a few people eating, including two Samoans. I didn’t have time to draw two little Chinese boys eating buckets of chips.