Shopping

Think shopping in Sydney is about fake didgeridoos and beach wear? Then think again, because Sydney is your gateway to international fashion, gemstones, opals, indigenous art and some of the best chocolate you'll ever eat in your life! There are also quirky markets and hidden bargains that are sheer fun to uncover.

Sydney is an easy city to shop in, and a rewarding one. The shopping precincts in the CBD such as Pitt Street Mall, The Strand, the Queen Victoria Building, Westfield Sydney and Sydney Central Plaza tend to be clustered together and joined by walkways and pedestrian malls, making getting around easy. As for what you can buy, Sydney offers a range of fashion, footwear, chocolates, homewares and anything else you can think of. What’s unqiue about Sydney is its fresh fashion, aimed at an outdoor lifestyle; its galleries, offering rare and valuable Aboriginal art and artefacts; and its jewellers, where you can have opals, pink diamonds and Broome pearls made into a personal, heirloom piece. Then there are the specialty shops, offering such products as saddles, leatherware, Akubra’s and all-Australian bush clothes. Let the wheremagazines.com.au shopping guide point you in the right direction.