Shopping sights in Melbourne
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Bourke Street & Around
West of Swanston St marks the beginning of the Bourke St Mall. The mall is thick with the sounds of trams clanging, Peruvian bands busking, spruikers and the general hubbub from shoppers. The expansive entrances of the mall's main department stores, Myer and David Jones, consume waves of eager shoppers, regurgitating them some time later with signature shopping bags.
The GPO (cnr Bourke & Elizabeth Sts) is a cosy collection of select shops housed in a grand neo-Renaissance landmark building. On the other side of the mall, the Royal Arcade, built between 1869 and 1870, is Melbourne's oldest shopping mall; the upper walls retain much of the original 19th-century detail. Fol…
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