Newcastle

High Tea with Mrs Woo
74 Darby Street, Cooks Hill
4926 4883

Darby Street is also a good place to browse in the boutiques, although the options here aren't cheap.

Newcastle City Farmers Market
Newcastle Showground, Brown Road, Broadmeadow
02 4930 5156

Most Sundays 8AM-1PM.

Patsan Dance Music Specialist
301 Hunter St
4925 3996
Hunter Street Markets
Hunter Street Mall, Newcastle
02 9999 2226

Every Th-Sa 9AM-3PM. Also runs whenever a cruise ship is in town.

second-hand stores

some of which are priced very competitively when compared with their Sydney counterparts.