Dandenong’s Trash and Treasure market will shut its doors after more than 40 years in the community
An iconic suburban trash and treasure market with a 40-year history will close at the end of the month. Find out why.
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A popular Sunday market in Melbourne’s southeast with a history that spans four decades will shut up shop at the end of the month.
The Dandenong Trash and Treasure market, a regular fixture for the past 40 years, has announced it will shut on June 25 as a result of its landlord Lunar Drive-in cinemas closing and the land set to be redeveloped.
Trash and Treasure managing director Steve Brown said the market was an iconic part of Dandenong.
“It was a wonderful fit to have a market there in the daylight hours,” he said.
“We’d have about 250 stallholders, and on a good day up to 4000 people through the gates.
“For some people it was their lifestyle and would have a stall there every weekend. It was a real community oriented thing where you had a group people who were all friends and interact with their community through the market”.
The market thanked its stallholders for their service in a Facebook post on Friday.
“Our staff and stallholders have been exceptional, and we thank them for their dedication. We couldn‘t have come this far without their hard work. Thank you for the memories”.
One person commented that they had been going to the market nearly every Sunday since it opened, describing its closure as “an end of an era with so many happy memories”.
Since launching in Melbourne in 1967, Trash and Treasure, the umbrella organisation with markets across Melbourne revolutionised the market scene, providing private sellers with an alternative and safer platform to get rid of second hand and quirky items.
The market’s Wantirna and Coburg locations will continue to operate as normal every Sunday.
The Lunar Drive-in will host its final screening on July 9 after nearly 70 years in Dandenong.
