Our one and only indoor market day for 2022 is on:
Date: Saturday, 23rd July, 2022
Free Entry: from 10am to 2pm
Bookings: Free Tickets via Eventbrite
Early Childhood Resources Market Venue: Club Macquarie
458 Lake Road ARGENTON. NSW. 2284
Muntries are a ground hugging native plant native to the southern coast of Australia from Portland in Victoria to the Eyre Peninsula and Kangaroo Island in South Australia.
The ripe crunchy berries are green with a red to purplish tinge form in clusters and ripen from February to March.
This woody plant bears clusters of green berries that turn purplish/red and fragrant as they ripen. Berries are about 1cm in diameter and crunchy in texture with the flavour of a spicy apple. Perfect for eating raw in salads and cheese platters, or cooked in jams, pies, muffins, puddings or with meats.
They contain up to four times more antioxidants than blueberries.
Muntries have been a highly valued fruit by the Aboriginal population in Victoria and South Australia; surplus fruit was collected and dried or baked into cakes for the winter. Muntries were also a welcome food source for early settlers, who used them in cakes, jams and chutneys.
The name 'muntries' was first recorded in 1840 and is one of the 400 aboriginal words adopted by the settlers into the Australian English language from the Kaurna and Ngarrinderi languages of eastern South Australia
ECRM Newcastle is a free indoor community market perfect for Families, Educators and Teachers, Home School, Primary Teachers, Early Education and Care Services, Family Day Care, Vacation Care, OOSH and Playgroups.
The Early Childhood Resources Market is proud to support and network with Australian small businesses who design, create and stock a range of educational, holistic and sensory resources for young children.
Maureen Hayes
ECRM Market Manager and Owner, Creator and Designer at Natural Play for Children
ECRM Newcastle first began after Natural Play for Children opened up our very first small winter market to our local community in 2015 after hosting an early childhood professional development event.
This is how the Early Childhood Resources Market came to be, created from one small business owners dream to create a free boutique market for our local community and to network with and showcase fellow Australian small businesses.
Together We Can Do Anything!
Our one and only indoor market day for 2022 is on:
Date: Saturday, 23rd July, 2022
Free Entry: from 10am to 2pm
Bookings: Free Tickets via Eventbrite
Early Childhood Resources Market Venue: Club Macquarie
458 Lake Road ARGENTON. NSW. 2284