	{"id":4388,"date":"2017-12-22T05:39:05","date_gmt":"2017-12-22T05:39:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bellarinetimes\/?p=4388"},"modified":"2017-12-22T05:39:05","modified_gmt":"2017-12-22T05:39:05","slug":"big-crowd-flocks-first-christmas-market","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bellarinetimes\/news\/big-crowd-flocks-first-christmas-market\/","title":{"rendered":"Big crowd flocks to first Christmas market"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ORGANISERS have labelled the first Christmas Makers\u2019 Market held in Ocean Grove at the weekend as a huge success.<\/p>\n<p>After six years of running the Bellarine Community Farmers\u2019 Market (BCFsM), owner Sally Waites decided to fully embrace the festive season by shaking things up and hosting the event on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was just fantastic to see locals supporting locals in every aspect of our community,\u201d Mrs Waites said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe got big crowds through with so many positive comments and from all accounts, most of the stallholders had a fantastic day, so much so that we are already in negotiations to do another one next month, plus several further seasonal ones throughout 2018 alongside the usual Farmers&#8217; Market.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ms Waites said it took a team of people on the day to make the event a reality.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThank you to Ocean Grove Park Inc. for giving us permission to run it, our fabulous community groups from Light of Day Parkinsons, Ocean Grove Community Garden and Queenscliff Rural Refugee group, John Bowman for organising the Open Mic busking all morning,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAlso, the Bellarine Times for the ad support, the stallholders and patrons, my long-term volunteer \u2018Farmer Greg\u2019 and of course my husband and kids \u2013 everyone together made it the success it was and I couldn&#8217;t have done it without them.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBring on 2018!\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bellarinetimes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/12\/Big-crowd-flocks-to-first-Christmas-market-2.png\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bellarinetimes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/12\/Big-crowd-flocks-to-first-Christmas-market-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"772\" height=\"350\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/12\/Big-crowd-flocks-to-first-Christmas-market-2.png 772w, https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/12\/Big-crowd-flocks-to-first-Christmas-market-2-300x136.png 300w, https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/12\/Big-crowd-flocks-to-first-Christmas-market-2-768x348.png 768w, https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/12\/Big-crowd-flocks-to-first-Christmas-market-2-610x277.png 610w, https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/12\/Big-crowd-flocks-to-first-Christmas-market-2-585x265.png 585w, https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/12\/Big-crowd-flocks-to-first-Christmas-market-2-24x11.png 24w, https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/12\/Big-crowd-flocks-to-first-Christmas-market-2-36x16.png 36w, https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/12\/Big-crowd-flocks-to-first-Christmas-market-2-48x22.png 48w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 772px) 100vw, 772px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ORGANISERS have labelled the first Christmas Makers\u2019 Market held in Ocean Grove at the weekend as a huge success. 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