This morning, I didn't plan on going to the Richmond market but
after buying my newspapers, I felt hungry and was wondering what
type of cheap fruits the market would have today, so I took a short
walk over to the Richmond Saturday Market. 
As its name suggests, this market exists only
on Saturdays, where a street is closed for the market, which starts
from 0700 (or earlier) to 12 noon.
I didn't plan on taking photos, but halfway through my
marketing, I thought, why not? 
So out came my mobile phone, and here are a few
snapshots, not very well-taken, but oh well...
One of the largest fruits stalls there. When I first
arrived in Melbourne about two years ago, a typhoon in Queensland
had destroyed most of the crop of bananas for that year and bananas
were selling at A$11.50 / kg at its peak! 
The prices then steadily dropped as the months
went by, and at one stage during the same season, it dropped to A$5
/ kg.
Today, the price of bananas - A$1.79 / kg! 
In the photo, you can also see Nectarines, Peaches that look too
pale, and ooh! Sultana Grapes! 
I love how neatly-stacked the vegetables in this stall
are! Amongst the pile, I can spot celery, carrots, cabbages,
cauliflower, turnips, and the box of vegetables at the bottom
left-hand corner I know not what! 
And over here, fat carrots, broccoli, and dunno what
leaves. 
Here, half a shop of flowers. Couldn't grab a shot of the entire stall
because people kept getting in my way. This half of the stall
had roses and lilies. The other half had tulips and... well,
too many people were blocking my way and I couldn't see.
Thank goodness I went there 'early' (0930hrs) because any later and
you can forget about taking shots!
Several different types of Apples are in season. Sadly,
they aren't in the habit of displaying the types of apples for
sale, but as you can see, at A$1.50 / kg, it's really really
cheap!!
Apples, apples, apples, mangoes and grapes!
This is a really amusing moment where doggie, doggie's owner,
and doggie's owner's neighbour, all looked in the same direction at
don't know what! 
Starting from the far left : Blushing Mangoes, Ruddy Grapes,
Carrots, Red Onions, Long Beans, Gigantic Eggplants (Brinjals),
Broccoli, Zucchini, Gigantic don't know Tapioca or Sweet Potato,
Yellow Onions, and Girl (Not For Sale). 
Haiz... I had a clear shot, and then this man HAD to get in my
way! 
In this photo, Avocados (3 for A$3), Mangoes
(3 for A$4), Cherries (A$7 / kg) and Bananas (A$1.79 / kg).
Lelong! Lelong!! I didn't manage to snap photos of the
Tasmanian Cherries - they are much larger and cost A$9 / kg.
I bought about five handfuls today.
The baby black grapes were so cheap today - A$1.99 / kg, that I
simply HAD to purchase two bags for my neighbours as well!
Sugar buzz! Sugar buzz!! 
Today was quite a good day - no shoving, jostling, nor
pushing. I think the earlier one heads to the market, the
less crowded it is, meaning the less the chances of one getting
poked, prodded, pushed, and shoved. Old Greek women (who are
built stout like bulldogs and who are extremely masculine in their
features) and Old Vietnamese folks are the biggest culprits of the
pushing and shoving incidents. 
I remember one incident where a
Vietnamese man 'pretended' to shove his way to the front of the
fish van and tried to cut everyone's queue! One Aussie man
started to scold him, and then several others joined in, including
me. 
Whilst queuing at the fish van, I often like to kaypoh and chat
with others in the queue to see what they'd be buying and how
they'll be cooking it. A jolly Aussie family runs the fish van.
It literally is a large van with a shelter built over it, and a
canvas roof extension for the queue, and one side of the van opens
up to show a display area with a counter at the top. It was
too crowded to snap a good shot of the van, hopefully the next
trip, I can! The fishmongers are very friendly and once, when
I bought 1/2 kg of Jumbo Prawns, the lady asked how I'll be cooking
it, and I said, my favourite way - Spicy Prawns, and she went,
"Mmmm... yum yum! You have to cook for me
someday!" 
