Shopping Melbourne
Shop, Shop, Shop
Shopping MelbourneMelburnians love shopping. Along with sporting, cultural event, theatre, live shows and eating out, Melbourne shopping ranks highly in their preferred list of leisure activities. it was predicted that consumers would be shopping from the comfort of their homes. Well not the case in Melbourne, Melburnians are still heading to the cash registers in our retail stores and shops they want to touch & try on the items or test the goods before buying. They also love to get a bargain, for many Melburnians shopping is incomplete without the sales. Shoppers here line up waiting for the doors to open at the half yearly and Christmas sales. Many would consider their shopping incomplete if they were not able to “pick up a bargain” this is where they buy a products at discounted rates below the advertised price.Where to shop in MelbourneThere are many shopping options to be found through out Melbourne Victoria Australia. Within the central business district you will find shopping precincts like Bourke Street Mall where you will find the Major Retail Department stores Myer & David Jones as well as the GPO the former Melbourne Post Office heritage building, now a shopping complex full of individual retail stores. From Bourke Street Mall you can enter the Block arcade one of the many lane shopping precincts containing boutique stores. Or try the “Paris End” of Collins Streets where international designer brands can be found. Also on Collins Street you will find Georges a former major retail steep in history, now full of individual retail stores with in this heritage building. Back up Swanston Street to Latrobe Street there you will find the shopping centre of Melbourne Central (Close to 300 Stores) and is conveniently located above the Melbourne Central train station & QV (120 stores running along laneways) and has CBD’s only full lined supermarket, Safeway. Now lets head for water side, in dockland you will find Harbour Town ( two levels of unique laneway shopping with over 90 outlet stores) or at Crown at Southbank you will find the best known designer brands in the world like Louis Vuitton, Versace, Burberry and Prada are just some of the international designer names that call Crown home. Or if it’s a bargin your afte,r DFO on south wharf is a must, or head north up Elizabeth Street to rhe top end of the CBD to the Queen Victoria Market to haggle with the stall operators. | Inner MelbourneVenturing out of the CBD to the inner city suburbs, this is where you will find the renown 'fashion, dining and lifestyle' street shopping strip, such as South Yarra’s Chappel Street, where you will find Melbourne’s cutting edge fashion and designer gift stores, Richmond’s Bridge Road fashion outlet stores, Fitzroy’s Brunswick Street, where you’ll find bargain retro and recycled fashion, young designers, arty home wares, unique locally made jewellery, Armadale’s High Street antique’s and art galleries, Collingwood’s Smith Street Factory outlets for major outdoor clothing brands. Camberwell’s Burke Road lifestyle mixRinging the CBD is some of Australia’s largest shopping centre’s these being Chadstone The Fashion Capital, Doncaster shopping town, Northland Shopping Centre, Highpoint Shopping Centre, Southland Shopping Centre and Eastland shopping Centre, these centres provide a one stop shopping experience. Melbourne offer’s shopping diversity and abundance choice where you will experience your shopping desires, enabling you to put together the perfect look that you will love or a memorable Melbourne shopping gift. |