Casuarina Square

If you want to go shopping in Darwin, the Casuarina Shopping Mall is a safe bet as the largest shopping centre in the Northern Territory, with over 180 businesses, supermarkets, department stores and a cinema. It is a major weekend gathering point for shopping and eating.

• Web:

  www.casuarinasquare.com.au

• Address:

  247 Trower Road, Casuarina NT

• Phone:

  +61 8 8920 2345

Cotton On

This fashion chain is, like Sportsgirl, another well-known brand in Australia. Cotton On was born in 1991 and offers a wide range of cool fashion clothing and accessories for women, men and children.

• Web:

  www.cottonon.com

• Address:

  Casuarina Square, 247 Trower Road, Casuarina NT

• Phone:

  +61 8 8936 8600

Mitchell Centre

The centrally located Mitchell Centre mall offers a good range of shopping options, including shops for health and beauty items, fashion and accessories, electronics and gifts, and more. It also houses numerous restaurants, cafes and ice cream parlours.

• Web:

  www.mitchellcentre.com.au

• Address:

  55/59 Mitchell Street, Darwin City NT

• Phone:

  +61 8 8981 5688

• Opening hours:

  Mon–Thu 9am–6pm, Fri 9am–8pm, Sat 9am–4pm, Sun 10am–3pm

Mitchell Street

Mitchell Street offers mainly tour agencies, cafes, bars, aboriginal art galleries and a few other miscellaneous shops. There is also the air-conditioned Mitchell Centre with stores selling jewellery, mobile phones, clothes, photographic equipment and toys, along with Coles 24-hour supermarket.

• Address:

  Mitchell Street, Darwin City NT

Off Ya Tree

Off Ya Tree is an alternative fashion store, full of unique items, accessories and beauty products that push the boundaries and look like nothing else out there on the market. They also carry jewellery, do body piercings and have a tattoo studio in the store.

• Web:

  offyatree.com.au

• Address:

  Anthony's Plaza, 16/38 Smith Street, Darwin City NT

• Phone:

  +61 8 7980 8213

• Opening hours:

  Mon–Fri 9am–6pm, Sat 9am–5pm, Sun 9am–3pm

Smith Street

The Smith Street pedestrian precinct is a more relaxing retail environment with fountains, outdoor cafes, bookshops, shoe shops and tourist stores. Unique local specialty buys include the rare pink diamonds from the Argyle Diamond mine at Creative Jewellers and south sea pearls from Paspaley Pearls. Stop by The Bookshop Darwin for your next summer read.

• Address:

  Smith Street, Darwin NT