Your guide to having fun in the new year at Camberwell Junction

There is something so exciting about stepping into a new year, and for us Aussies, we’re lucky that it happens in the middle of summer. The days are long, the weather is beautiful, and there are so many fun things to do.

We’ve rounded up the best things to do in Camberwell Junction so that you can start 2026 with a bang.

Sundays are for markets

Spend your morning strolling around the Camberwell Sunday Market, where you can find vintage clothes, cute housewares, and other beautiful handmade pieces. The market runs every Sunday from 7am to 12:30pm.

The Camberwell Fresh Food Market offers fresh, high-quality produce, including meats, fruits, vegetables, and seafood, plus fresh flowers, organic pet supplies, and delicious take-home treats. See their full opening times here.

Try different cuisines

We’re so lucky to live in such a multicultural city, and Camberwell Junction perfectly represents the diverse flavours and cuisines that can be found in Melbourne. Here are some great options to check out:

• Ambrosia Restaurant specialises in Mediterranean cuisine, cooking a variety of dishes in traditional styles.
• Bao Bao Go offers delicious handmade dumplings, bao, bubble tea, crispy spring rolls, and a few clever house specials that rotate throughout the week.
• At Con Noi Italian Trattoria, enjoy a menu of Italian-inspired dishes, including pasta, risotto, panini, salads, and rustico.
• La Cabra is a modern Mexican restaurant bringing spice to Camberwell. The menu offers tacos, enchiladas, burgers and burritos.
• Miss Korea Kitchen and Grill offers fresh, healthy, and authentic Korean BBQ and other Korean dishes.
• Mongkok Tea House offers a fusion menu featuring dishes such as a buttermilk pineapple bun with char-siu butter and pork floss, and a sesame spring onion sourdough with black vinegar glaze and spring onion oil.
• Okami Japanese Restaurant has a generous all-you-can-eat menu incorporating over 30 traditional Japanese dishes.

This is just a taste of what Camberwell Junction has to offer. Check out all our food and dining options here.

Find new ways to work out

Fitness is one of those things everyone writes in their New Year’s goals, and, of course, working out is a positive thing. We want to shift your mindset slightly. Take this time at the start of the year to try new ways of exercising.

Check out these fun ways to get fit:

• BFT Camberwell offers proven elite, high-performance group training methods tailored to deliver the best results at every stage of fitness.
• CLUB AM:PM offers full-body dynamic reformer and hot-mat Pilates for all levels, with options to dial it up or down ’cause some days you wanna move mountains, other days you just wanna move.
• At UBX, each workout balances boxing and functional strength. Work your way through an unlimited number of combinations as you learn the art of boxing. You’ll completely forget you’re exercising through the excitement.
• Little Mandarin Yoga & Pilates is an intimate and inclusive yoga and Pilates studio offering hot yoga, aerial yoga, and mat and reformer Pilates classes for all levels.
• The Secret Garden of Dance offers a place where students can feel comfortable and experience the joys of dance. Experience high-quality dance lessons with some of Australia’s most passionate and experienced teachers.

Learn a new skill

It is never too late to try something for the first time; in fact, learning a new skill as an adult can boost brain health, increase happiness, and create social connections.

Try these fun new skills:

• Academy Jiu-Jitsu is focused on high-quality Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu instruction and self-defence training for adults, teens, and children.
• Erin Blackie Singing Academy will help you develop and nurture your singing and performance artistry to a high level. You will gain an in-depth understanding of a great, healthy technique, reinforced and brought to life through who you are as a singer and your emotional connection to the stories in your songs.
• Blueming Pottery is a cosy, community-minded pottery studio where creativity meets comfort. They offer playful, beginner-friendly workshops in wheel throwing, hand-building, and painting pottery, with plenty of room for self-expression.
• Sinobeats Music School specialises in cross-cultural communication through fusion music that combines the East and the West. They offer both Western and Chinese music education and aim to create new fusion music and introduce authentic Chinese culture to the rest of the world.
• At Sharon Davis Music, they help students love music. They specialise in group piano and guitar classes, with each song available at multiple difficulty levels. They also offer private lessons in bass, vocals, trumpet, clarinet, sax and more.

So many wonderful things to do, where will you even get started!? We hope you have a fantastic start to the year and that the rest of 2026 brings joy, peace and good times.