Boutique
Kingston
Is yet another shopping and restaurant area not far from manuka.
Lonsdale St in Braddon
close to civic houses a handful of boutiques, specialising in independent clothing labels and other designer objects.
Manuka
Is another area that has boutiques and restaurants. millers of manuka boutique sells leading women's fashion brands like max mara and others. for less expensive women's clothing try witchery. booklovers would do well to check out paperchain bookstore.
Markets
Canberra Antiques Centre
Ph/fax: 02 61623737, (http://www.canberraantiqu...). 10am - 5pm seven days at 37 townsville street, fyshwick. over a dozen professional dealers, both local and interstate, offer a top variety of antique and retro furniture, funky vintage clothing, vintage fabrics, militaria, numismatics, pottery, vintage needlework tools & accessories, electricals, silver, art glass, quality bric-a-brac and designer items. well presented with great music playing and a nice vibe throughout.
Old Bus Depot Market
Every sunday. arts and crafts â all of a high standard. food stalls, including fresh produce and live music. theme days such as international food held occasionally.
Gorman House market
Every saturday in braddon, just north of the city easy walk. crafts, second-hand items, antiques, international food in a lovely, grassy setting.
Belconnen Market
Lathlain st, belconnen off benjamin way, act | telephone: +61 2 6251-1680 | fax: +61 2 6251-7721, (http://www.belconnenmarke...). the markets are open from 8:00am to 6:00pm wednesday to sunday. some stores now open 7 days a week. thursday's is senior's day with 10% discounts.
Capital Region Farmers Market
(http://www.capitalregionf...). epic well station road near federal highway, north canberra - saturday mornings 8am to 11am. sellers are the producers. stalls are all food related.
Southside Farmers Market
(http://www.southsidefarme...). woden cit formerly woden high school ainsworth street near hindmarsh drive, phillip - sunday mornings 9am to 12pm. sellers are the producers. stalls are all food related.
Fyshwick Market
Dalby st cnr mildura st fyshwick, tel +61 2 6295-0606. - fresh produce, including fruit, vegetables, meat and fish. open thursday to sunday. sunday afternoons are a good time to pick up some bargains.
Gold Creek Village
This is a 'village' of specialty shops, attractions, hotels for drinks, coffee shops, a native reptile 'museum', a butterfly enclosure, and garden supplies, in a group of separate buildings in a strip about 1km long. Locals and visitors alike use the area, especially on weekends.
Tuggeranong Market
First sunday of every month in the lovely tuggeranong homestead opposite the calwell shops. lots of stalls, selling amazing stuff.
Jamison market
Every sunday near jamison centre, in belconnen. fresh produce stalls and flea market. come and get your bargain. vinyl records, second hand clothing, furniture, bric-a-brac.
Trash and Treasure Market
In woden is hosted by rotary and held every sunday morning. expect a mixed bag of books, plants, and assorted household junk.
Shopping centres
Canberra Centre
(http://canberracentre.com.au) is a large shopping mall in civic, covering a large section of the central canberra shopping district. it has department stores, food hall and eateries, specialty shops for adults and kids fashion both upmarket and basic. there are also electronics, books, cds, souvenirs and australian made products.
City Walk
Is an outdoor mall area in civic. there is alfresco eating and shopping.
Woden Westfield
And tuggeranong hyperdome are the two major enclosed shopping centres to the south, located within the woden and tuggeranong town centres respectively. woden plaza features a 'david jones' department store, a 'big w', two supermarkets, as well as approximately 200 specialty stores and a food court. the tuggeranong hyperdome further south features a 'k-mart' and a 'target', as well as supermarkets and a food court plus specialty clothing stores.
Belconnen Mall
Is the name of the enclosed shopping centre owned by westfield located within the belconnen town centre to the north. although it does not have as many clothes stores, it features a 'myer' department store and a 'k-mart', as well as two supermarkets and a food court. it is located over three levels. note that the location of the bus stop/interchange moved to the opposite side of the centre in may 2009.
Fyshwick
Is the suburb to shop for appliances and technical stuff, along with furniture and homewares. it is also canberra's 'red-light' district. most of canberra's antique shops can also be found here. fyshwick now has a dfo - direct factory outlet.
specialty
Many of the most interesting shopping experiences are at the national institutions, almost all of which have specialist shops inside. The National Gallery has a superb range of art books, both overseas and indigenous. Likewise the National Library, the Questacon Science Museum, the War Memorial, the National Museum at Acton, the Film and Sound Archive, and so on - if you're looking for unique Australian items, these are the places to go.