[VIDEO] Rocklea | What Happens Behind the Scenes at the Brisbane Produce Market?

Author // Georgina Auton, Place Graceville

The Brisbane Produce Market in Rocklea has been in operation for 53 years and they’re still going strong.

Vendors start every day between 3-4am to get their stock ready for an influx of buyers at about 6am.

Stock gets bartered over and there’s virtually no time to take a breath during this frenzied time of the morning when most people are probably still asleep!

We speak to Peter Tigh, the CEO of J.H. Leavy & Co, who has worked at the market for 40 years and has seen it grow and change.

We ask Peter about a typical day and the community of vendors, who spend so much of their time here.