Cairns Shopping
Like other cities in Australia, Cairns has got excellent shopping - you'll find anything you ever need.
There are many large shopping centres with all kinds of shops, and there are shops and shopping archades in the streets of central Cairns.
There are also a few different markets; and in Cairns - you can even shop night time as the shops in the central city (and night markets) are open until late at night.
The Central Streets
There are plenty of different shops in the streets of central Cairns, between the Esplanade, Aplin Street, Spence Street and McLeod Street.
Fancy clothes shops, souvenirs, books, jewellery, shopping archades, the list goes on. And - they are open until late.
Cairns
Markets
There are a few good markets in Cairns. Rusty's Bazaar is
good and it sells fruits and veggies as well as clothes and jewellery.
Night Markets
on the
Esplanade sells mainly touristic stuff but also has an Asian food
court. Some days there are market stalls on the Esplanade and in
the City Place.
Shopping
at the Central
Cairns Central is the central Cairns shopping centre, and it's
great.
Fashion
clothes shops, gifts, books, Camera House, Australian Geographic, lots
of jewellery outlets, hairdressers, nail extensions, a great food
court,
a Sushi restaurant, cinema and so on.
Shopping
at
The
Pier
The Pier shopping centre is smaller, and gets less crowded since they
stopped the Mud
Markets.
There are
clothes, books, movies,
games, jewellery, hats, bags, and shoes shops, a tourist info centre, a
news agency and internet. Local products markets on Saturdays.
Other
Cairns Shopping Malls
There are many other
shopping centres in Cairns - small ones are everywhere but bigger ones
include (apart from Cairns Central) Smithfield (northern
suburbs) and Stocklands
in Earlville (a southern suburb).
There is alsothe Raintree in Manunda; and other smaller ones are scattered a bit everywhere.
Cairns
Markets
There are
a few great Cairns markets.Markets are always fun places to visit and in Cairns there are at least two in the city centre - Rysty's and Night Markets.
There used to be Mud Markets in the Pier shopping centre, but they are not there anymore.
There are also market stalls some days of the week at the City Place next to Cairns Museum; and in the park on the Esplanade, next to the Lagoon.
Cairns
Night
Markets
That said, these markets have lost a bit in reputation in later years, particularly in the souvenir department.
In any case, it is right on the Esplanade, not far from the Lagoon, and it's open night time (from 5pm). There are many other shops in central Cairns that are always open night time.
It's not a bad way to kill a few evening hours having a dinner out and scrolling through shops and markets.
Rysty's
Bazaar Markets
They sell all sorts of things like jewellery, clothes, arts and crafts. but I like to visit the fruit and veggie department - they are locally grown and often cheaper than in supermarkets.
Other Market
Stalls
There are market stalls on the Esplanade in Saturdays, just next to the Lagoon.
And there are market stalls at the Botanical Gardens on Sundays.
All are great markets.
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