Cheese Platter featuring Long Paddock Cheeses (Castlemaine), Wellwood Organic Walnuts (Ballarat), Salis Artisan Foods Lavosh (Creswick) and pickled onions (Fossickers) , photo by Leon Schoots Photography and ceramics by Mel Ogden.
ESPRESSO
WINE BAR
STORE
ART SPACE
We are open at the following times:
Fridays: 10am - 3pm
Saturdays: 10am - 3pm
Sundays: 10am - 3pm
We will be running monthly pop-up dinners and events. Please check out our events page for information.
Liquor Licence for eat in and takeaway, no BYO. Under 18 welcome but must be accompanied by an adult.
Hand-made, small-batch & sustainable food and design from the Victorian Goldfields —
Fossickers Fine Food & Eatery is an espresso, wine bar, store and art space [The Folk Experiment] located in the tiny heritage town of Talbot in the Victorian Goldfields known as Djarra, the unceded lands of the Dja Dja Wurrung, whose living culture has endured for thousands of years. We pay our respects to Elders past, present and emerging.
EVENTS
Find out about our special events or book your own special event with us.
Art Series Lunch with Diana Orinda Burns & Robyn Gibson :
Saturday, 18 October 12pm
Visit the heritage town of Talbot and the exhibition by local print makers, Diana Orinda Burns and Robyn Gibson, titled Memory Marks.
Join Diana and Robyn for a leisurely three course Spring inspired lunch at Fossickers Fine Food & Eatery. The artists will engage in a conversation about their passions, process, practice and printmaking, providing an insight into the latest exhibition.
Tea, coffee, wine or beer included.
Tickets are $45pp, check out the menu in the link below.
ART EXHIBITIONS
Upcoming…
MEMORY MARKS
DIANA ORINDA BURNS & ROBYN GIBSON
03-26 OCTOBER 2025
An exhibition of prints by Diana Orinda Burns and Robyn Gibson
This exhibition invites audiences to reflect on their own experiences of nature through the eyes of two printmakers who live and work on Dja Dja Wurrung Country. With curiosity and a deep emotional connection to the land, Diana Orinda Burns and Robyn Gibson capture the essence of place and the memories it evokes.
Burns explores the colour yellow—a hue that signals the passing seasons and dominates the local landscape. Her layered collagraphs are meditations on light, time and atmosphere.
Gibson uses mono printing techniques to translate the shapes, sounds and textures she encounters while walking through the Castlemaine Forest. Through repetition, she creates rhythmic and intuitive compositions that trace her journey and connection to place.
ART SERIES LUNCH: DIANA ORINDA BURNS & ROBYN GIBSON
SATURDAY 18 OCTOBER 12.00PM
See details above.
Diana Orinda Burns (2025) Sunlight I 27.5 x 27.5cm collagraph print on ply
Robyn Gibson (2025) Memory Marks XIV 18 x 12.9cm monoprint on ply
The Store —
We have a large range of fine foods and drinks from the region. Select individual items or grab one of our carefully curated hampers that showcase our amazing artisans and producers.
Gift Vouchers Now Available
$25 - $150 which can be used across our gallery, store, cafe and bar.
Enbom Honey
Creamed honey, natural honey and honeycomb.
