PacificShopping

Shopping Centre shopping in Pacific

  1. A

    GPO

    GPO houses fabulous boutiques including Akira and Veronika Maine, plus the ABC shop.

    reviewed

  2. B

    Strand Arcade

    With its stained-glass windows and iron-lacework balconies, this quirky centre makes for a truly atmospheric shopping trip. Built in 1892, this is the city's only Victorian arcade to survive in its original form and it rivals the QVB in the ornateness stakes. Three floors of designer fashions, Australiana and old-world coffee shops will make your short cut through here considerably longer. Top Australian designers commune and collude on level one: Leona Edmiston, low-cut, butt-hugger jeans from Bettina Liano, devilishly daring gear from Wayne Cooper, Sydney’s best swimwear from Zimmermann and fishnets and flounce from Alannah Hill. Jeweller Love & Hatred is also here.

    reviewed

  3. C

    Westfield Bondi Junction

    Vast. That’s the only word to describe Australia’s flashest shopping mall. Expect to get lost; the space–time continuum does funny things as you explore the 438 stores set over six levels. It’s even worse in the mazelike underground car park. Big-brand fashion outlets include Morrissey, Bracewell, Calibre and Leona Edmiston, alongside the big internationals such as Hugo Boss, Armani and Versace. Australia’s two big department stores – Myer and David Jones – do battle here, plus there are cinemas, bars, food courts… Everyone’s spending up big, but the vibe is oddly depressed – smiles on faces are rare here.

    reviewed

  4. D

    Melbourne Central

    This shopping centre complex (with 300 stores, a cinema complex, bars and eateries) subsumed a number of Melbourne’s arcades and alleyways when it was built. It also houses a lead shot tower dating from 1889. The old brick chimney props incongruously beneath a great glass pyramid, a staid structure in a fast-moving retail environment. Ironically, the centre’s most recent redevelopment re-created the alleyways and arcades over which it was built only a decade or so before. New lanes, made to look old with bluestones, create café and retail precincts. It can be fiendishly noisy, confusing and characterless, but the scores of students who shop, eat and socialise here don’t…

    reviewed

  5. E

    World Square

    The old Anthony Horden & Sons department store on this site was demolished in the '80s, and it's taken 20 years for World Square to emerge in its place. City-slickers have been rewarded for their patience with coffee shops, sushi bars, a supermarket, shoe stores and a huge Rebel Sport outlet for every conceivable bat, ball or racket.

    reviewed

  6. F

    Broadway Shopping Centre

    Inside the rejuvenated Grace Bros building (check out the cool old globes above the facade), this centre has dozens of shops, a food court, a cinema complex and two 24-hour supermarkets. There’s also a massive Rebel Sports outlet with every conceivable bat, ball, shoe and racket.

    reviewed

  7. G

    Chifley Plaza

    For many Sydneysiders, luxury shopping starts and ends at the base of Sydney's tallest office block, with overseas name brands competing with Leona Edmiston , Herringbone , Oxford and RM Williams .

    reviewed

  8. H

    Emporium

    This retail centre has more than 35 boutique shops and eateries. Check out Coaldrake’s, a well-stocked family-owned bookshop with an espresso bar, or grab a Turkish pizza at Mecca Bah.

    reviewed

  9. I

    QV

    QV is Melbourne’s newest shopping centre and features populist commercial options and a supermarket.

    reviewed

  10. J

    Boulevard Shopping Centre

    There is a supermarket and cafe at the Boulevard shopping centre.

    reviewed

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  12. Géant

    This supermarket is in Ste Marie about 2km east of the city centre.

    reviewed

  13. Galerie Palm Beach

    Has shops and a couple of restaurants. There is a bank nearby.

    reviewed

  14. K

    Woolstore

    The Woolstore has a cafe and souvenirs.

    reviewed

  15. Centre Commercial Baie des Citrons

    Has a lot of restaurants and bars, and a cybercafé.

    reviewed

  16. L

    Galerie Commerciale Port Plaisance

    Has a supermarket, bank and laundry service.

    reviewed

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  18. N

    Coles Supermarket

    Self-caterers should head here.

    reviewed

  19. O

    Pier Marketplace

    Developed as a waterfront shopping mall. As of recently, it had only a limited range of specialist boutiques.

    reviewed

  20. P

    Cairns Central Shopping Centre

    Enormous centre with a huge range of speciality stores selling everything from books to bikinis.

    reviewed