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Sydney Bookstores
Kinokuniya Bookstore
Galeries Victoria, George St, Sydney
02 9262 7996
This huge Japanese owned bookstore, located in the trendy Galeries Victoria is definitely amongst Sydney’s very best. Its shelves contain over 300,000 titles with a strong focus on the modern arts and culture. If you are looking for anything from Japanese magna comics to cookery books, this is the place to visit.
Gleebooks
49 Glebe Point Road, Glebe
02 9660 2333
(An excellent independent bookstore)
Dymocks
424 George Street, Sydney
02 9235 0155
(250,00 titles in varied selections spread over 3 levels)
Better Read than Dead
265 King Street, Newtown
02 9557 8700
(Well-known and well-stocked independent bookstore)
Berkelouw Books
19 Oxford Street, Paddington
02 9360 3200
(Popular antiquarian book specialist)
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Sydney Discount Outlets
Birkenhead Point
This large complex has over 120 outlet stores concentrating mainly on fashion and home wares and many well known retail brands are represented
Roseby Street, Drummoyne
Tel 02 9181 3922
Direct Factory Outlets
Located in Homebush Bay, this busy complex has over 80 stores offering discounts on major brands
Cnr Homebush Bay Drive & Underwood Rd, Homebush
Tel 02 9748 9800
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Sydney Gift Stores
Collect
88 George St The Rocks, Sydney
02 9247 7984
This store is the retail showcase for Object, one of Australia’s most innovative art organizations. Object supports and promotes local contemporary craft and design by showcasing the work and talent of local artisans and makers. Collect is a fantastic, if somewhat pricey place to browse or purchase unique and collectable Australian homewares and accessories.
Vividshop
558 Crown St, Surry Hills
02 8399 1210
(Excellent and quirky selections of gifts and homewares, great staff)
Australian Geographic
Centrepoint, Market Street, Sydney
02 9231 5005
(Australiana and nature themed gifts)
Simon Johnson
181 Harris Street Pyrmont
02 9552 2522
(Leading fine foods & homewares store)
Dinosaur Designs
Shop 77, Strand Arcade, Sydney
(Renowned jewellry and home ware designs all made from resin)
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Sydney Markets
Every weekend, the city plays host to numerous markets. Some have a distinctly glamorous vibe, others are glorified car boot sales whilst some attract an earthy collection of dreadlocked locals, but all are good fun and if you’re lucky you may come
across a bargain.
Bondi Markets
9am – 4pm
Sundays only
Warners Avenue, Bondi
(Clothing, used books, exotica, gifts and ephemera)
Paddington Markets
10am – 5pm
Saturdays only
Oxford St Padddington
(Up market new and vintage clothing, jewellery, food and gifts)
The Rocks Markets
10am – 5pm
Saturday & Sunday
George Street, The Rocks
(Tourist focused, gifts, Australiana)
Paddys Market
9am – 5pm
Thursday to Sunday
Market City, Haymarket
(Large covered & slightly tacky commercial market, cheap souvenirs, fruit and vegetables)
Glebe Markets
10am – 4pm
Saturday
Glebe Point Road, Glebe
(Vibrant and earthy locals market – good for used and vintage clothes, books and records and ephemera)
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Mens Wear
Skin Deep
251 Elizabeth Street , Sydney
02 9264 1239
Any store that can count Jack Nicholson, Laurence Fishburne and ummm Cliff richard amongst its clientele must be doing something right. In the fickle world of fashion, for over 25 years this urbane gentlemen’s outfitters has offered its own unique snappy sense of style. Classic hand tailored suits, loud shirts and excellent accessories make this a Sydney retail institution.
Robbie Ingham
426 Oxford Street, Paddington
02 9332 2151
(Upscale and top international designer brand menswear)
David Jones
65-77 Market Street, Sydney
02 9266 5544
(Department store - large selection of local and international mens wear)
Mooks
500 George StreetSydney
02 9283 8388
(Young urban Australian street wear)
Marcs
Mid City Centre, Pitt St Mall, Sydney
02 9221 5575
(Quality upscale Australian menswear)
Mountain Equipment
491 Kent Street, Sydney
02 9264 5888
(Outdoor and adventure wear)
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Sydney CD & Record Stores
Mojo Records
32 York Street, Sydney,
02 9262 4999
With knowledgeable and approachable staff, this is one of Sydney’s premier specialist record stores. Thankfully you won’t see a Brittany Spears CD anywhere in sight, just a great collection of soul, blues and jazz CDs. They specialize in quality re-issues and come recommended by music purists citywide.
Ready Steady
25 Glebe Point Road, Glebe
02 9660 3982
(As they themselves say "we sell preloved vinyl records" and for that reason alone they are worth a vist and they get our vote of approval)
Birdland
Shop 3, 231 Pitt Street, Sydney
02 9267 6881
(Sydney best selection of Jazz CDs)
Yesterday and Today
255A Church St, Parramatta
02 9633 3585
(Specializes in Country & Western records)
HMV
211 Pitt Street Mall, Sydney
02 9221 2311
(Comprehensive contemporary and classical selections)
Redeye Records
66 King Street, Sydney
02 9299 4233
(Comprehensive contemporary and second hand selections)
Egg Records
7 Wilson Street, Newtown
02 9550 6056
(Excellent secondhand vinyl and CD selections)
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Sydney Retail Strips
Oxford Street
Although affected by the opening of the very large and glamorous Westfield shopping centre in Bondi Junction, Oxford
Street still has a great selection of fashion and lifestyle stores to browse. The Saturday Morning Markets remain very popular
indeed
Suburb - Darlinghurst & Paddington
King Street
This funky and varied retail strip caters for the young and urban crowd of the inner west. Tattoo parlours to high art and all points in-between, King Street is well worth a cruise
Suburb - Newtown
Darling Street
This relaxed and cosmopolitan suburb has numerous shops, pubs, cafes and restaurants in which to while away a few lazy
hours.
Suburb – Balmain
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Shopping Arcades
Queen Victoria Building
This beautifully restored late Victorian building takes up an entire city block. Spread over 5 levels, it has over 200 quality outlets selling everything from kitchen knives to cosmetics
George Street, Sydney
The Strand Arcade
Another fabulously restored city arcade with a strong fashion focus. The ground floor level has a number of tourist-focused outlets whilst the upper levels house numerous top Australian fashion designers.
George Street, Sydney
Pitt Street Mall
The heart of Sydney CBD shopping. This pedestrian mall has access to both Centre Point and Sky Garden shopping centres as well as to the excellent David Jones and Myer department stores.
Pitt Street, Sydney
World Square Shopping Centre
A prime example of the southern CBD retail rejuvenation. World Square is home to some 90 leading fashion & lifestyle stores, a pub and a collection of cafes and restaurants. With Chinatown and the George Street cinema strip, literally on it's doorstep, World Square is a hive of activity 7 days a week.
George Street , Sydney
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Shopping Centres
The Westfield Group dominates the mid to upscale shopping centre market in Sydney. With handy locations to all our Sydney hotels, they remain a good option for a spot of retail therapy. The new and very glam Westfield Bondi Junction has had a major impact on the traditional eastern suburbs retail bastions of Paddington and Double Bay.
CBD & EAST - Westfield Bondi Junction
NORTH - Westfield Chatswood & Greenwood Plaza
WEST - Westfield Parramatta & Church St Mall & Bankstown
Square
SOUTH - Westfield Miranda & Cronulla Mall
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Womens Wear
Von Troska
294 Oxford Street, Paddington
02 9360 7522
From humble market stall beginnings, Von Troska has grown into one of Sydney and Australia’s pre-eminent women’s fashion labels. Now with four stores across the city, its continued use of quality fabrics matched to a fresh yet distinctly feminine design aesthetic has seen its clothes and jewellery ranges grow in distinction and style.
Belinda
8 Transvaal Avenue, Double Bay
02 9328 6288
(Upscale and top international designer brand women’s wear)
Myer
436 George Street Sydney
02 9238 9111
(Department store - large selection of local and international women’s wear)
Wheels & Doll Baby
259 Crown Street, Darlinghurst
02 9361 3286
(Clothes to snare a millionaire! – young edgy and very ‘rock n roll’)
Alannah Hill
Strand Arcade, 414 George Street Sydney 02 9221 1251
(Renowned Australian designer)
Pretty Dog
1a Brown Street Newtown
02 9519 7839
(Showcases new and upcoming Sydney designers)
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