Every Sunday, visitors and locals are pulled in by smells of bacon sandwiches and other local produce.
Up for grabs yesterday were slices of cake, doused in rum, created to celebrate the market’s fifth birthday.
Stalls were decked out in birthday paraphernalia.
"Turning five really marks a turning point for us," market manager Lucianne White said.
"We spent a lot of time making sure people knew we were operating every Sunday and marketing our existence in the early days, but now we are very much a community asset and we can start to really sell how community oriented we are."
One of the original drivers behind the creation of the market, Dixie Boraman, who stepped away from the organisation after her son died, said the market had come a long way in five years.
Even before the market was physically launched, there were at least two years put into its planning with future proofing in mind, she said, so the market could survive personalities and stand on its own even if key organisers left for other opportunities.
She said the market served as a launching pad for small commerce and allowed people the chance to grow their businesses.
"Of the stallholders, two or three are still there. Lots of them have blossomed into bigger business."
Mrs White said the future would mean growth for the market and hopefully a sense of permanence at the waterfront site.
"I think we’re really lucky to be operating in the area we are.
"We’ve got a really good working relationship with council and they identify with our values and see us as a community asset, so hopefully we’ll stay in the same location."
