Perth's Shopping Guide

The City of Perth boasts over nine hundred specialty shops, with more than enough to offer the avid shopper. Your choices span a wide range from designer fashion retail to local crafts, gourmet cuisine, and high tech gizmos and gadgets. Besides having a comprehensive variety of shops, the city also has the most convenient shopping hours in the metropolitan area with shops open seven days a week all year round (except for public holidays).

The Central Business District is a shopper s paradise all packed in one area of the city. Talk a stroll down the Perth Railway Station to St. George s Terrace and devour in the food and fashion offerings of the central city without yet even having to hit the streets. Rain does not bother the dedicated shopper here as a system of covered overpasses and arcades protect the pedestrian from the elements.

The shopping precinct was originally created to help shoppers traverse the large city blocks, arcades which include Carillon City, Picadilly, Plaxa, Trinity, Wesley and Paragon Arcades, along with the shopping areas of Raine Square and Forrest Chase, have over time, individually developed a distinct character. London Court for one, with its Tudor fa and ornate clock faces, continues to be a favored destination for visitors and locals alike. David Jones, Myer and Target, Perth City s major department stores are complemented by boutiques which specializes in everything you can possibly think of, from eveningwear to specialist teas, you name it, they have it. David Jones in particular, has even added an extra lure to Perth s shopping scene with a gourmet food hall located on its lower floor.

The West End for another, situated right in the heart of the heritage streetscape of King Street, is fast becoming reputed as the area to go to for shopping sophisticates and adventurers. West End is the place for you if the latest in Australian of foreign fashion, home design or unique artwork is what tickles your fancy. Hay Street on the other hand is worth a quick visit to pack up on gear for your next foray into the wild with their profusion of stores specializing in outdoor adventure kits.

If you are looking for souvenirs to take home to your friends, most souvenir shops can be found in Barrack Street and the Hay Street Mall. Aboriginal and modern art as well as specialist craft can be found around King Street and the west end of Hay Street. And then of course there is the Garden City Shopping Centre with its light, airy and elegant atmosphere.

Sophisticated and stylish, Garden City features glass ceilings sculpture and water features. This place offers an excellent range of shops, clothing stores, a cinema, post office, Italian, kebabs, healthy rolls and of course the obligatory McDonalds.