Tasmania
Head to this popular local market to browse stalls selling turned woodwork, paper tole, bush remedies, garden sculptures, glass art, jewellery, handmade…
Must-see shopping in Tasmania
Launceston
Drag yourself into Sunday with a visit to this undercover market at Launceston Showground, just beyond the football stadium. Expect crafts of varying…
Richmond Farmers & Makers Market
Hobart & Around
This weekly Saturday market is brimming over with Coal Valley produce, buskers, face-painters, ready-to-eat food (such as wood-fired pizzas and crepes)…
Kingston Beach Handmade Market
Hobart
High-quality handmade arts and crafts, fresh local produce and good things to eat and drink, all just a short stroll from lovely little Kingston Beach –…
Tasmania
This store sells take-away food, supplies and petrol (fill up here if you're heading south on the Western Explorer), and is an agent for Australia Post…
The Southeast
Food, music and people – three of our favourite things about Cygnet, all on display at this twice-monthly market on the main street. Stalls usually number…
Hobart
Gorgeous (and ethically sourced) Aboriginal fine arts from around Australia have found their way to the Hobart waterfront. Packing and freight available.
Cradle Country & The West
Watch Huon pine being turned, and then buy the end results: kitchen utensils, platters, bowls, USB sticks, even rocking horses and $10,000 dining tables.
Hobart
Stocks a hefty range of local wines and can organise shipping and tastings for groups. The boss says the future of Tasmanian wine is sparkling whites…
Tasmania
Exhibits and sells inspiring, large-format landscape photographs. Sometimes closed if John is out on a field trip – call ahead or check the website.
Hobart
Interesting furniture, vinyl, books, clothes, glassware and jewellery, old and not-so-old. The kitsch mid-century stuff is particularly cool.
The East Coast
General store and newsagency. Has an ATM and sells petrol and holiday essentials: fishing rods, sunscreen, tackle, bait, buckets, spades…
Tasman Peninsula & Port Arthur
A humble chocolate manufacturer in Taranna, turning out 17 different types of chocolate produced using secret recipes. Intrigued?
Bloomin' Tulips Foreshore Market
Tasmania
Held on the foreshore in East Wynyard, this market has stalls selling secondhand goods, plants, bric-a-brac, good food and more.
Hobart
Advice on what's biting where, plus fishing supplies and trout-fishing licences (per person per 48hr/week/month $23/38.50/60).
Launceston
Named after a legendary bushwalker, Paddy Pallin sells (and hires out) all the gear you need for your Tasmanian camping epic.
Launceston
Got designs on a mountain? Swing into this city store for all your outdoor gear requirements, plus sound bushwalking advice.
Bruny Island
Has Eftpos facilities, takeaway food, limited provisions, petrol and an ATM. Also a post office and Commonwealth Bank agent.
Tasmania
In the old Bardenhagens General Store (1888), Lilydale's IGA supermarket is a handy place to stock up on supplies.
Tasmania
Open to the sea breeze at the back, this popular shop sells furniture, art, lighting, homewares and rugs.
Hobart
Bushwalking maps, phrase books, fancy globes and Lonely Planet travel guides aplenty.
Bruny Island
Eftpos facilities, takeaway food and limited provisions. Extended summer hours.
Stanley Supermarket & Newsagency
Tasmania
Sells groceries, newspapers and fishing bait and tackle. Also has an ATM.
Tasmanian Copper & Metal Art Gallery
Tasmania
This quirky art gallery is an Aladdin’s Cave of imaginative handmade metalwork airbrushed in lurid colours.
Cradle Country & The West
This gallery and shop in the Risby Cove compound showcases woodwork (especially furniture) and other crafts.
