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Sydney’s Best: Shopping Streets and Markets

Sydney’s best shopping areas range from galleries, arcades
and department stores selling expensive gifts and jewellery
(see pp198–9), to boutiques of extroverted cutting-edge
fashion. The range of styles is impressive, encompassing both
international couture brands and acclaimed local designer
labels (pp204–5). The city’s hip fringe areas, such as Glebe
and Surry Hills, are alive with street fashion and accessories.
Colourful markets are a delight for collectors and
bargain-hunters alike (p203). Those who seek out
quirky and one-off items are well catered for, as are those The Rocks Market
looking to take home quality craft and Indigenous art At weekends, the
as mementos of their visit. Specialist browsers will find stalls offer affordable
a tempting selection of book and music shops (pp206–7). arts and crafts and
jewellery. (See p203.)
THE ROCKS
AND
CIRCULAR
QUAY
BOTANIC
GARDEN AND
THE DOMAIN

Queen Victoria Building CITY
This elegant shopping gallery offers CENTRE
four floors of designer wear, gifts and
speciality stores amid cafés.

Darling Harbour
Quality Australiana, surf and
beach wear, souvenir ideas,
children’s clothes, colourful knits DARLING
and art and craft shops abound. HARBOUR
AND KINGS CROSS AND
SURRY HILLS DARLINGHURST
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Chinatown
This is the place to find
watches, gold jewellery,
opals and fabrics.
Newtown There are also
Trawl the stores along the suburb’s main Chinese butchers’
King Street for the best in original new, shops, herbalists
second-hand, offbeat and eclectic designer and supermarkets.
clothing, accessories, books and homewares. Market City show-
cases emerging
Asian trends and
designers. (See p203.)

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