Gift shopping in Victoria

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   Bernard’s Magic Shop

   • Melbourne, Australia
   • Shopping › Gifts

   Australia’s oldest magic shop, open since 1937, Bernard’s sure knows a good whoopee cushion, fake vomit or fly-in-the-ice-cube when it sees one. Practical jokes aside, there are also items for the budding magician such as rope and card tricks and instructional videos.

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   Zakkaya

   • Melbourne, Australia
   • Shopping › Gifts

   Cute without the kitsch, these Japanese homewares, accessories and small range of fashion pieces have a touch of ’70s nostalgia and a slather of Gen-Y joyfulness. Rare craft magazines will get your stitching juices flowing, even in kanji.

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   Third Drawer Down

   • Melbourne, Australia
   • Shopping › Gifts

   Abigail Crompton designs and commissions witty rethinks of everyday objects. Illustrative, hand-printed tea towels were the beginning, now there’s ‘artkerchiefs’, ‘bubkins’ and ‘artprons’. Both shop and gallery, it’s equally good for grabbing gifts or leisurely browsing.

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