City

There are two Woolworths Supermarkets located in the city. One is on the Murray Street mall near Barrack Street. This is open 7 days and until 9PM on Weeknights. It can get very busy around 5PM the end of the business day for Perth office workers. Another newly opened store is on St Georges Terrace, in the enex100 development. This store is open until 9PM on weeknights and 5PM on Saturday. On Sunday the store is open from 11AM-5PM. Woolworths accepts all forms of payment including Visa, MasterCard and American Express. Both of these stores carry the new Woolworths logo and branding on their signage, so they may differ in appearance to older stores around Perth.

King Street has some of the more expensive shops in Perth, including Louis Vuitton and Gucci. 'But' at the Northern end of King Street from Murray Street to around the corner of Wellington Street you will find a mix of fantastic locally owned boutique stores with more afforable designer Australian clothing and interesting designer imported clothing and a great coffee shop. Some of the best shops to visit are 'Love in Tokyo, Billy and Rose, Cult Status, Zekka, Mame and Dilettante. Hay Street and Murray Street malls are the main shopping precinct of Perth. They have a number of chain music, clothing and department stores. The two are connected by a number of arcades, including Carillon arcade, Plaza arcade and Picadilly arcade. These have a number of off-beat asian fashion stores, unique jewelry shops, and even a shop which specialises in gourmet teas. Basement level of Carillon arcade has a large food court. You can go and have a free Didgeridoo Lesson at Creative Native in Forrest Chase.

People seeking alternative clothing with a dance/street bent might want to check out Narcissist clothing located along Barrack St - just listen out for the drum & bass oozing from the stairs that lead down to this basement level shop and Red Rover clothing Murray St east, the former of which also sells 12" vinyls, CDs, DVDs and a small selection of DJ equipment.

Keep an eye out for Elizabeth's secondhand bookstores - along Hay St west near King St. There is also one located along the cappuccino strip in Fremantle which is open 'til late on weekdays.

Harbour Town located on Wellington Street in West Perth Yellow Cat to Harbourtown or Train, Fremantle line to City West. Within Free Transit Zoneis good for a budget shopping spree, and contains primarily outlet stores.