st kilda's art & crafts market on sunday

ida came back to the lantana's place after church with dorcas. dorcas, who is doing foundation at trinity, had helped to bring over all the stuff that she had forgotten except the disney's diary which lay bee could not find in the house. we waited for ivy to drive us to st kilda. whole day parking at st kilda on a sunday costs aus$7.00.

st kilda art & crafts market is a 'makers market'. this means that the stallholders either make their own stuff or design the stuff and get it produced. so, the items that are on sale are not cheap stuff because they are quite exclusive and of a high standard. in fact, you can pay for your purchases using your credit cards.

after having parked the car, we walked the length of the art and crafts market. unlike the last time when we had spent a few hundred dollars buying stuff like handbag, hat and art pieces, this time we did not buy anything. the stalls selling japanese calligraphy works and personalised book marks were not around previously.

from the market, we walked towards the luna park where a busker was performing outside the entrance. decided to have coffee and cake at one of the popular cake shops. there are four cake shops along the stretch of road: alcand, monarch, le bon and europa. we picked le bon because there were seats available. the tiramisu, mango cheese cake, chocolate rum cake and the sausage pie were yummy.

we walked to st kilda pier as it was still bright. the sun was about to set and there were many people on the pier. from the pier you can take a cruise out to watch penguins. they charge $20 for an adult and $10 for a child.