Bus Depot Markets shuffling into the Fitters' Workshop

Those who are non-plussed about the Bus Depot Markets have never tried to create something with their own hands. Those who are non-plussed about the Bus Depot Markets most probably prefer to buy cheap mass produced throw away goods. That is most probably why you just do not understand.

I make stuff with my own hands all the time. Am I not allowed to say the BDMs are a bit crap because I don’t sit in the middle of a drafty, crowded concrete shed trying to sell said stuff to apathetic passers-by with nothing better to do on a Sunday than look at lumps of Himalyan salt for the umpteenth time?

Next time you want to claim to have some sort of deep understanding of an issue, bring something a bit better than your artisanal organic strawman (purchased from China, flimsy cellophane bag and tags removed, 400% markup).

Zan said :

Those who are non-plussed about the Bus Depot Markets have never tried to create something with their own hands. Those who are non-plussed about the Bus Depot Markets most probably prefer to buy cheap mass produced throw away goods. That is most probably why you just do not understand.

The market is for creators to try and make a living off their work without having to be employed by a government or multinational for their income.

It would be a boring world without the arts.

I wasn’t criticising the products, more the whole promotion of it as some kind of Canberra institution. I’ve patronised the Handmade Markets and varying ‘home made’ initiaitves that support local producers, but the bus depot experience does nothing for me. You will find no one more opposed to plastic crap than me – I advise rellies not to buy it for my son as it ends up getting thrown out pretty quick. But stalls in a dingy old bus depot do not a fabulous experience make on their own.

Those who are non-plussed about the Bus Depot Markets have never tried to create something with their own hands. Those who are non-plussed about the Bus Depot Markets most probably prefer to buy cheap mass produced throw away goods. That is most probably why you just do not understand.

The market is for creators to try and make a living off their work without having to be employed by a government or multinational for their income.

It would be a boring world without the arts.

460cixy said :

Madam Cholet said :

I’ve never worked out what the attraction is with this place. I’ve been there a few times and always walked back out a bit non-plussed.

You are not the only one. But people rave about. Come on folks what’s so great about it?

Plus another – I think there’s a large dose of “but at least it’s not a tacky shopping mall” – which is true, but it strikes me as a fairly slick commercial operation, so anyone who might think it’s all airy fairy art and craft and mystic crystals for the love of it, is probably kidding themselves in a major way.

All those who took part in the campaign to preserve the venue for music, based on what they call its exceptional acoustics, should feel at least a twinge of shame at this result.

They won’t though.

I made a bet early this year that there would be carpet sales where there could have been print making. I must buy a drink with my winnings.

Madam Cholet said :

I’ve never worked out what the attraction is with this place. I’ve been there a few times and always walked back out a bit non-plussed.

You are not the only one. But people rave about. Come on folks what’s so great about it?

I’ve never worked out what the attraction is with this place. I’ve been there a few times and always walked back out a bit non-plussed.