Melbourne Heads Back to the Trailer Park

Once upon a time hunting down a food truck was hard work. Between following its movements through cryptic tweets, mapping the location and getting there before the spoils sold out, the food you so desperately sought was, by that time, well deserved; that taco was a beacon of achievement, something to be savoured — that is, if you weren't so damn hungry that you scoffed it in three seconds. The thrill of the chase was half the fun. But, as is often the case, we get tired of chasing. We just want our object of desire in our hands (and in our mouths) without the drama and exhaustion. Lucky for us (and our weary hearts), all our food truck dreams have come true once again as Trailer Park prepares to open for winter.

After a super successful summer run, Trailer Park is reuniting Melbourne's best food trucks in one, non-roaming place for a series of winter weekends over June, July and August. I know what you’re thinking: it's cold. It is cold and that's presumably why this season's Trailer Park has a fully heated indoor dining hall, meaning that there'll be no raindrops in your Beatbox burger and the wind won't whip your Thai food into the garden bed (tragic). There will also be outdoor seating, DJs and a full bar stocking beer, wine and Lageritas.

Held in the courtyard of Ormond Hall at Village Melbourne (just off St Kilda Road), Trailer Park will be running every Sunday in June, as well as the weekends of July 19-20 and August 16-17. The whole gang will be there, including Gumbo Kitchen, Chingon, The Brulee Cart, Beatbox Kitchen, Taco Truck and White Guy Cooks Thai, amongst others.

Although the seasons have changed, Trailer Park remains perhaps the only place in Melbourne where you can down a fried catfish po' boy for dinner and order salted caramel creme brulee for dessert. And you don't even have to work for it.

June 1, 8, 15, 22 and 29: Gumbo Kitchen, Lil Nom Noms, Chingon, The Brulee Cart

July 19-20: Beatbox Kitchen, Korean Fried Chicken, Greek Street Food, Rue De Creperie

August 16-17: Pizza Wagon, Taco Truck, White Guy Cooks Thai, Waffleworks