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luxury stores in nearby King and DIRECTORY
Castlereagh streets. Gucci,
Cartier and Tiffany & Co. are Arcades and Malls
just some of the shops found Birkenhead Point Outlet
in this area. Centre
Harbourside Shopping 19 Roseby Street, Drummoyne.
Centre has shops selling ∑ birkenheadpoint.com.au
souvenirs, jewellery and Chifley Plaza
Australiana, along with a range 2 Chifley Square. Map 1 B4.
of waterfront restaurants. ∑ chifleyplaza.com.au
Further afield, the Westfield
Bondi Junction complex is The Galeries
only a 15-minute train ride from Canopy over the harbourside 500 George St (crn Park St).
the centre of Sydney. It offers Rocks Market Map 4 E2. ∑ thegaleries.com
more than 440 stores, as well as Harbourside Shopping
bars, restaurants and an 11-screen Markets Centre
cinema. The Birkenhead Point Scouring markets for the Darling Harbour. Map 3 C2.
Outlet Centre, a 20-minute cheap, the cheerful and the ∑ harbourside.com.au
bus ride from the city in unusual has become a popular MidCity
Drummoyne, has numerous pastime in Sydney. Pitt St Mall. Map 4 E2.
stores selling well-known Balmain Market, held each ∑ midcityshopping.com.au
brands at discounted prices. Saturday, includes interesting
works by a number of local MLC Centre
artists. The Bondi Beach 19–29 Martin Place. Map 1 B4.
Best of the Market on Sundays is known ∑ mlccentre.com.au
Department Stores
for its trendy second-hand Westfield
The spring floral displays and clothing. The Saturday Glebe 500 Oxford St, Bondi Junction.
Christmas windows at David Market is a treasure-trove for Tel (02) 9947 8000;
Jones are legendary, as is the the junk shop enthusiast and Cnr Pitt St & Market St, Sydney.
luxurious perfumery and canny scavenger. The market Tel (02) 8236 9200. Map 4 E2.
cosmetics hall on the ground is bright and popular with the
floor. The store spreads out in inner-city grunge set. Department Stores
two buildings, across the road The Rocks Markets features David Jones
from each other on Market and a foodie market in Jack Mundey Cnr Market & Castlereagh sts.
Elizabeth streets. The food hall is Place (9am–3pm Fri) and the Map 1 B5.
famous for its gourmet fare and bigger, bustling weekend ∑ davidjones.com.au
fine wines. Myer has a ground market sprawling on to nearby
floor packed with makeup and George Street (10am–5pm Myer
436 George St. Map 1 B5.
accessories, including a large Sat & Sun), with stalls selling ∑ myer.com.au
MAC counter. Both stores sell clothes, bags, one-off pieces
women’s clothing, lingerie, of jewellery, artworks, prints Markets
menswear, baby goods, chil- and more.
dren’s clothes, toys, stationery, Sydney Fish Market is the Balmain Market
kitchenware, furniture, china, place to go for fresh seafood. Cnr Darling St & Curtis Rd,
crystal and silver. You can choose from more Balmain.
than 100 species, both live and Bondi Beach Market
prepared. Above the market, the Bondi Beach Public School,
Sydney Seafood School offers Campbell Parade, North Bondi.
lessons in preparing and serving Carriageworks Farmers
seafood. The Carriageworks Markets
Farmers Markets include a 245 Wilson St, Eveleigh.
fresh produce market with a ∑ carriageworks.com.au
focus on local and unusual
produce and an artisans market Glebe Market
with creative arts and crafts. Glebe Public School, Glebe Point
They are held in a historic Rd, Glebe. Map 3 B5.
railway workshop a short walk Sydney Fish Market
from Redfern train station. Cnr Pyrmont Bridge Rd & Bank St,
Other good markets are Blackwattle Bay. Map 3 B2.
Paddy’s Markets (see p103), ∑ sydneyfishmarket.com.au
Chinatown’s Friday night The Rocks Markets
market (see p103), Fox Studio George St, The Rocks. Map 1 B2.
Part of the spring floral display in David Markets and Paddington ∑ therocks.com
Jones department store Markets (see pp128–9).