Frommer's Australia from $50 a Day 13th Edition - To Parent Directory

SHOPPING 155
Value Discount Shopping
If you’re looking for bargains, head to Foveraux Street between Elizabeth
and Waterloo streets in Surry Hills for factory clearance shops selling last
season’s fashions and seconds at deep discounts. If you’re keen on bargain
shopping, consider joining up with Shopping Spree Tours (& 1800/625
969 in Australia, or 02/9360 6220; fax 02/9332 2641), which offers tours to
outlets and warehouses selling everything from clothes to cookware to
electrical appliances. Full-day tours cost A$70 (US$46) for adults and A$20
(US$13) for children 3 to 12 and include pickup at your hotel, visits to 8 to
10 outlets and warehouses, and a two-course lunch at a good restaurant.
Tours depart at 8:15am daily except Sunday and public holidays.
crafts for sale, including carved emu eggs, grass baskets, cards, and books. A firstrate
painted didgeridoo will cost anywhere from A$100 to A$450 (US$65–
US$293). Gavala also sponsors cultural talks, didgeridoo-making lessons, and
storytelling sessions. Open daily from 10am to 9pm. Shop 377, Harbourside Festival
Marketplace, Darling Harbour. & 02/9212 7232.
Original & Authentic Aboriginal Art Quality Aboriginal art is on sale here
from some of Australia’s best-known painters, including Paddy Fordham Wainburranga,
whose paintings even hang in the White House in Washington, D.C.,
and Janet Forrester Nangala, whose work has been exhibited in the Australian
National Gallery in Canberra. Expect to pay in the range of A$1,000 to A$4,000
(US$650–US$2,600) for the larger paintings. There are some nice painted pots
here, too, costing from A$30 to A$80 (US$20–US$52). Open daily from 10am
to 6:30pm. 79 George St., The Rocks. & 02/9251 4222.
ART PRINTS & ORIGINALS
Done Art and Design The art is by Ken Done, who’s well known for having
designed his own Australian flag, which he hopes to raise over Australia should
it abandon its present one following the formation of a republic. The clothing
designs—which feature printed sea- and beachscapes, the odd colorful bird, and
lots of pastels—are by his wife Judy. Ken Done’s gallery is in Hickson Road, just
off George Street, in the Rocks. Open daily from 10am to 5:30pm. 1 Hickson Rd.,
The Rocks. & 02/9247 2740.
Ken Duncan Gallery This photographer-turned-salesman is making a killing
from his exquisitely produced large-scale photographs of Australian scenery.
Open daily from 9am to 8pm in summer, until 9pm on Thursday and from 9am
to 7pm in winter. Amex, Diners Club, MasterCard, and Visa. 73 George St., The
Rocks (across from The Rocks Visitor Centre). & 02/9241 3460. Fax 02/9241 3462.
BOOKS
You’ll find a good selection of specialized books on Sydney and Australia for sale
at the Art Gallery of New South Wales, the Garden Shop in the Royal Botanic
Gardens, the Museum of Sydney, the Australian Museum, and the State
Library of New South Wales.
Abbey’s Bookshop This interesting, centrally located bookshop specializes
in literature, history, and mystery, and has a whole floor on language and education.
131 York St. (behind the QVB). & 02/9264 3111.