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The Queen Victoria Building - Australia
The Queen Victoria Building
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Myer Perth City: A great store
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  • hopang
  • Updated By hopang on February 9, 2009
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  • Myer, Perth - Australia
    Myer, Perth
    by hopang
    Myer Department Store is a great place to do all your shopping in one roof in the city of Perth. Myer is a chain of approximately 60 super stores in almost all the states in Australia. It is also the largest chain of stores in the country.

    Myer Perth city has five floors of shopping spaces for your shopping pleasure. Wide range of items are available in the store ranging from men's and women's fashions to interior decorations. A café cum restaurant and a beauty saloon are also located in the building.

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  • Theme: Department Store
  • Address: 200, Murray Street, Perth
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    Coles and Woolworth: Supermarkets
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  • By darthmilmo on February 12, 2004
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  • You never know where the Coles bag will end up! - Australia
    You never know where the Coles
    bag will end up!
    by darthmilmo
    There are several first rate supermarkets and stores in Australia. Coles, Woolworth, and IGA are the most common supermarkets out there. IGA is slightly more expensive then Coles and Woolies. I prefer the last two as they offer good quality at cheap prices. You can sometimes buy snacks and cheap stuff at Crazy Clark Stores.

    Both Coles and Woolworth sell excellent reusable shopping bags that may save you stoprage space and hassle out of your luggage. Check them out!

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  • Theme: Food and Drink
  • Directions: There is a Coles, Woolworth, IGA or a smaller supermarket on every sizeable town and city. Just ask a local for diractions. Who knows, perhaps you'll make a friend of it!
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    Victoria Market (Melbourne): Largest Market in Victoria
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  • By darthmilmo on February 12, 2004
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  • Victoria Market - Australia
    Victoria Market
    by darthmilmo
    The following day, I visited the historic Victorian Market. Tagged as one of the largest of its kind in the Southern Hemisphere, it doesn't disappoint. Imagine a market that can take you back in time to a period where the merchants came to town to sell their many goods and products. You can buy anything from inexpensive souvenirs, to cheap veggies/fruits, to impressive works of art, to clothes, and much more. This market has it all. To top it off, it was one block from the hostel!

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    The Queen Victoria Building in Sydney
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  • By Paul2001 on May 6, 2004
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  • The Queen Victoria Building - Australia
    The Queen Victoria Building
    by Paul2001
    It has been called by Pierre Cardin "the most beautiful shopping centre in the world" and whom am I to argue. This is a stunning shopping arcade unlike anything that I have seen in the "New World" countries. The arcade was built in 1898 over what was at onetime the Sydney Markets. Throughout the last century it was used for various purposes such as municipal offices and market hall. Not until 1984 was it turned into the shopping centure that it is today. The building features wonderful woodened railings, a great overhead clock and antique elevators. Within the arcade itself are over 200 shops. The shops are open from 9am to 6pm from Monday to Saturday. They stay open until 9pm on Thursday. On Sunday they are open from 11am to 5pm. There was no Sunday shopping in Sydney during my visit in 1987 so I feel ripped off.

    Opals galore here. Lots of quality shops that will satisify all tastes.

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  • Directions: The Queen Victoria Building takes up a whole block. It is bounded by Market, Druitt, George and York streets.
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    Aboriginal Fine Arts Gallery: DIDGERIDOO
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  • Updated By JustinJansen on February 17, 2005
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  • My thingie....... - Australia
    My thingie.......
    by JustinJansen
    Many shops can be found in the larger cities in the North. I bought this one at Darwin. A fine colelction of aboriginal art can be found here.

    10 DIDGERIDOO FACTS
    1. Possibly the world's oldest musical instrument
    2. A wind instrument originally found in Arnhem Land, Northern Australia.
    3. Is made from limbs and tree trunks hollowed out by termites (insects).
    4. Is cut to an average length of 1.3 metres and cleaned out with a stick. or hot coals.
    5. Was used as an accompaniment to chants and songs.
    6. Produces a low-pitch, resonant sound with complex rhythmic patterns.
    7. In sure tribal groups only played by men but in most groups by men, women and children.
    8. Traditional various forms at the didjeridoo where found in Central Australia around Alice Springs.
    9. The Didgeridoo is the sound of Australia.
    10.If the earth had a voice it would be the sound of the Didgeridoo.

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  • Address: 1st. floor cnr Mitchell & Knuckey Streets, Darwin
  • Phone: (61) 8 89811315
  • Website: http://www.aaia.com.au/gallery.htm
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    Market day at the Rocks (Sydney): Sydney's most interesting crafts market
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  • By darthmilmo on February 12, 2004
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  • Rocks Market (Helen on the far left) - Australia
    Rocks Market (Helen on the far
    left)
    by darthmilmo
    My friend Helen (hailun in VT) gave me a tour of downtown Sydney when we came across this wonderful market in Sydney’s oldest neighborhood, the Rocks. If you're into the historic aspects of Sydney, then you'll enjoy the old buildings in and around the Rocks. One can find all sorts of arts and crafts in this Sunday market.

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    King Cross Car Market: Go shopping for a used car
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  • King Cross Car Market - Australia
    King Cross Car Market
    by darthmilmo
    An area a lot of backpackers and long term travelers encounter is the shady neighborhood of King Cross, where you can actually see a bit of everything. I actually felt totally safe there at all times, but some prefer to miss this place at night. My main reason for going was to shop for a car at the infamous King Cross Car Market. It was an arduous process taking over 3 days of talking with shady characters and looking at total junk-on-wheels vehicles. In the end, I came away with a vehicle. One of the advantages of using this market is that they ran through all the paperwork and requirements on purchasing a car.

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    Tourist Refund Scheme: Do Not Forget to Claim Your Refund
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  • By Robachu1 on December 29, 2003
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    by Robachu1
    Claims can be made after you have passed through Customs and Immigration outward processing at :

    the TRS facilities at international airports at Sydney, Brisbane, Melboure, Perth, Cairns, Adelaide, Darwin and Gold Coast;
    cruise liner terminals at Circular Quay and Darling Harbour in Sydney, Cairns, Darwin, Fremantle, Darwin and Hobart.

    The Tourist Refund Scheme (TRS) enables you to claim a refund of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) and Wine Equalisation Tax (WET) that you pay on goods you buy in Australia. The refund only applies to goods you take with you as hand luggage or wear onto the plane when you leave the country. It does not apply to services or goods consumed or partly consumed in Australia. Unlike other tourist shopping schemes, such as duty free shopping, you can use the goods before leaving Australia.

    The refund will be paid on goods totalling $300 (GST inclusive) or more, bought from the same store, no more than 30 days before you leave Australia.

    You may purchase several lower-priced items from the one store, either at the one time or over several occasions within the 30-day period, provided the total purchase amounts to $300 (GST inclusive) or more. You will have to ask the retailer to consolidate these lower-priced purchases onto a single tax invoice.

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  • Phone: 61 2 6275 6666
  • Website: http://www.customs.gov.au/site/index.cfm?nav_id=670&area_id=5
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    all shops: Stubby Holder / cooler (beer bottle cooler)
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  • Updated By JustinJansen on February 17, 2005
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  • a stubby holder...... - Australia
    a stubby holder......
    by JustinJansen
    In most of the shops you can buy this easy thingie to keep youre drinks cold! Most larger beer brands have their own stubby holders! As most areas have their own. You can find many many different one's in Australia.

    A Stubby = a 375ml beer bottle

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    Purchase at any grocery store: Yummmmmmm! Tim Tams!
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  • By swings on October 23, 2004
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  • Tim Tam Biscuits- for the Chocoholic Fix! - Australia
    Tim Tam Biscuits- for the
    Chocoholic Fix!
    by swings
    It isn't the shop that's important, it's the chocolate fix! Just go to any grocery store or shop that sells Arnott's cookies!

    Buy Arnott's Tim Tam biscuits (cookies)! The company describes them as "the most irresistible chocolate biscuit", and I have to agree with that, in any of their several flavors! Another good product that I just tried yesterday is their Quatro Hazelnut Delight biscuit. Heavenly! Get your chocolate fix with one of these products.... ;)

    They are only about $2-3 per package.

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  • Website: www.arnotts.com
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