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SHOPPING IN MELBOURNE

The Central Business District (CBD) is a There are areas known for particular
magnet for the city’s shoppers. Major products, such as High Street, which runs
department stores are supplemented by a through Armadale and Malvern, with its
network of boutiques and specialist shops, antiques stores. The city’s multicultural
many of which are tucked away in arcades society is also reflected in its shopping
and lanes. There is also a network of inner-city districts: Victoria Street, Richmond, has a
and suburban shopping streets: fashionable stretch of Vietnamese stores; Sydney Road,
clothing and retail stores abound in urban Brunswick, is renowned for its shops selling
areas, while large one-stop shopping Middle Eastern goods; and Carlisle Street,
towns are a feature of Greater Melbourne. St Kilda, has many Jewish delicatessens.

arcades and malls include the
Galleria Shopping Plaza, with
an emphasis on Australiana and
Australian-owned stores. The
ABC Shop sells merchandise
associated with the national
television and radio network,
such as books, videos and
DVDs. Australian Geographic
is an excellent shop for
information on Australian
landscape and geology.
Located on Collins Street,
renowned for its up-market
shops, clothing and shoes,
Ornate and elegant Royal Arcade, which was built in 1869 are St Collins Lane, Block Arcade
(see p393) and Collins234.
Shopping Hours
Street Mall. Myer have nine St Collins Lane comprises 60
In Victoria, most traders are other stores throughout shops over many levels, with an
open every day. Some small Melbourne. David Jones, emphasis on luxury fashion
businesses close on Sundays known to locals as DJs, has and design from Australia and
but, increasingly, many stay more up-market stock and abroad. Collins234 contains a
open, competing with the high-quality service. The store smaller selection of men’s and
long hours of chain stores and has three sites within the city, women’s fashion alongside
supermarkets (some of which with a main entrance adjacent other stores across four
are open 24 hours a day). to Myer in Bourke Street Mall; floors. Block Arcade, itself
Standard hours are 9am to opposite is its menswear of historic interest, sells more
5:30pm (10am to 6pm in the department. A third section is classic clothing amid a
CBD), although some retailers accessed in Little Bourke Street, beautifully restored 1890s
have extended hours on again adjacent to Myer. interior; there is an entrance
Thursdays or Fridays. Hours Two other popular stores are on Elizabeth Street. Also on
can vary at weekends. Most Target and K-mart. Both offer
shops close on Christmas Day discounted prices on a range
and Good Friday. of goods. There are many
branches of K-mart but they
are located outside the CBD.
Department Stores
There are two major Arcades, Malls and
department stores in central
Melbourne: Myer and David Shopping Centres
Jones, both are open for Melbourne’s best arcades and
business seven days a week. malls are located in the heart
Australia’s largest department of the CBD. Chief among these
store, Myer, encompasses a full are Bourke Street Mall, with
two blocks of the city centre, shopfronts for the Myer and
with seven floors in Lonsdale David Jones department stores.
Street and six in Bourke Street. Occupied mostly by speciality Up-market window display in Melbourne
Its main entrance is in Bourke stores and boutiques, other Central shopping centre