Adelaide
Lefty, arty and subversive in the best possible way, Streetlight is the place to find that elusive Miles Davis disc, Del Amitri rock biography or Charles…
Must-see shopping in South Australia
Fleurieu Peninsula
Heavy on the organic, the bespoke and the locally sourced, Willunga Farmers Market happens every Saturday morning on the corner of High St and Main Rd…
Adelaide
The best bookshop in Adelaide is in the worst location (in the thick of the Hindley St strip-club-and-hookah-pipe fray). Still, don't let it bug you: jazz…
Adelaide
Running between Rundle Mall and Grenfell St, the 1885 Adelaide Arcade is a high-Victorian commercial masterpiece, lined with high-end watchmakers,…
Adelaide
Don't mind dragging yourself out of bed too early on a Sunday and paying $6 for an organic parsnip? Then the Adelaide Farmers Market is for you! Actually,…
Adelaide
Named after a famed Rundle St trader from the 1920s (the first woman in SA to incorporate a business) this hip shop is the place for fab frocks, rockin'…
Adelaide
Stocks a snarling range of Americana punk, skate, vintage, biker and rockabilly gear, plus secondhand cowboy boots. Rock on! Check out the Facebook page…
Adelaide
Textiles, jewellery, bags, cards and canvases from a 35-member local arts co-op: prime gifts-for-the-folks-back-home terrain. Meet the artists in-store.
Barossa Valley
The Barossa Valley Cheese Company is a fabulously stinky room, selling handmade cheeses from the milk of local cows and goats. Tastings are free, but it's…
Adelaide
If you’re into guitars, point your plectrum towards Derringers, 3km south of the city in funky Forestville – a compact cave-of-wonders hung with gorgeous…
Outback South Australia
The only bookshop between Adelaide and Alice Springs, sincere little Underground Books occupies part of a 1930s dugout and has shelves full of books on…
Adelaide Hills
Recently relocated from Mt Barker's industrial backblocks to Hahndorf's main street (movin' on up), Buzz Honey has been generating quite a buzz of late,…
Adelaide
Packed full of racks of records and dressed to the nines with rock posters, old copies of Rolling Stone, picture discs, vintage Elvis record sleeves and a…
Adelaide Hills
What a surprise! This compact village bookshop is just as good as anything down the freeway in Adelaide, with an especially good range of kids’, gardening…
Adelaide
Kids’ clothes, fashion, arts, crafts, buskers and general commercial hubbub consume an old redbrick dairy building at the Adelaide Showgrounds. A…
Fleurieu Peninsula
On the road to Mt Compass, 18km north of Victor Harbor, this Fleurieu success story opens its doors to cheese fans and milkshake mavens. Taste the gouda,…
Barossa Valley
Happens every Saturday in the big farm shed behind Vintners Bar & Grill, a few kilometres west of central Angaston. Expect hearty Germanic offerings,…
Adelaide Hills
'Bustling' is such a corny, overused adjective…but in this case it applies! Market stalls fill oak-lined Druid Ave: much plant life, busking, pies, cakes,…
Adelaide Hills
A passionate and unpretentious Hills gem, producing classic, artisan and experimental cheeses (soft styles a specialty) from locally grazing sheep and…
Murray River
All the good stuff that grows around here in one place. A bacon-and-egg roll and some freshly squeezed orange juice will right your rudder.
Adelaide
For all your SA map and GPS requirements (and globes – everyone loves a good globe). Plenty of Lonely Planet guides too (not so lonely). A few kilometres…
Adelaide
An international success story, SA’s own Jurlique (made in the Adelaide Hills) sells fragrant skincare products (some Rosewater Balancing Mist, anyone?)…
Adelaide
Another SA smash hit, selling boots handmade from single pieces of leather, plus belts, hats and stripy shirts for the dapper pastoralist.
Adelaide
Beyond central Port Adelaide on a bleak reach of the Port River, this multicultural mart is a top spot for bargain-priced fruit, veg and seafood. The…
Murray River
Enough varieties and incarnations of Riverland almonds to send you nuts: whole almonds, diced almonds, chocolate almonds, blanched almonds, dry-roasted…
Steiny's Traditional Mettwurst
Barossa Valley
What with all that German heritage, it's no surprise that smallgoods are a big deal in the Barossa. Steiny's is the place to sample some of the best…
Murray River
This modest highway-side shop just out of Waikerie on the way to Barmera sells high-end Riverland produce, neatly packaged-up for passers by. Olive oil,…
Adelaide Hills
For all your organic produce, baked goods, coffee, potted herb and dubious busker requirements, head for the laid-back Adelaide Hills Farmers Market, held…
Yorke Peninsula
Part of the Moonta Heritage Site 1.5km east of town, the Old Sweet Shop was built in 1946 (not as old as many buildings around here) and also served as a…
Adelaide
Adelaide's best secondhand bookshop is downstairs off nondescript Twin St near Rundle Mall. If you can't find what you're after on the shelves, they're…
Limestone Coast
The Mount Gambier region is much more cool and rainy than the the rest of SA – great for growing stuff! Farmers bring their multicultural wares to this…
Adelaide
If you’re visiting Port Adelaide on a Sunday, this waterside, two-level indoor market has antiques, bric-a-brac and crappy collectables. Don't go out of…
Melba's Chocolate & Confectionery Factory
Adelaide Hills
Stock up on rocky road, scorched almonds and appallingly realistic chocolate cow pats. A long-running Hills institution.
