CENTRAL AUSTRALIA: SHOPPING
Central Australia provides a unique array of shopping experiences, not available anywhere else in the world!
You can satisfy your retail therapy needs at a range of galleries, museums, shopping centres, boutiques, convenience stores and even opal mines!
The souvenir and gift options are as varied, functional and ornamental as they are endless, they include: unique, original pieces of Aboriginal and contemporary art; tents, swags and sleeping bags; outback clothing, including Akubra Hats and Drizabone coats; didgeridoos and Aboriginal desert artifacts; and of course, opals!
Some of Central Australia’s many shopping options are listed below for your convenience.Alice Plaza Shopping Centre
Located Alice Springs
Fully air-conditioned and centrally located, Alice Plaza boasts Central Australia’s largest car park facilities including underground and shaded parking.
More InfoAlice Springs Airport
Located Alice Springs
Your first and last place to shop. A modern fully air-conditioned terminal building featuring a wide range of shopping including Aboriginal art and craft, fashion, opals, gems, jewellery, gifts and souvenirs, magazines and books.
More InfoAlice Springs Brake and Clutch
Located Alice Springs
Alice Springs Brake and Clutch offers a wide range of services for the tourist on the road.
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Located Alice Springs
Battery World offers more than just batteries, they also specialise in Waeco fridges and accessories.
More InfoBulls Garage
Situated in Hutchison Street at the north end of town. This independent petrol station offers cheap fuel, mobile products, tyre service, all mechanical repairs, parts overnight, ice, daily weather and road reports and friendly efficient service.
More InfoCentre Souvenirs and Gifts
Located Alice Springs
Come and meet the friendly staff, located within the Alice Plaza Shopping Centre which is open seven days.
More InfoCoober Pedy Underground Pottery
Located Coober Pedy
Coober Pedy Underground Pottery is made on site at the underground workshop where you can view the finished work in the gallery.
More InfoDon Thomas Stockmans Outfitters and Saddlery
Located Alice Springs
The oldest saddlery in Central Australia established in 1935 is located in Todd Mall, specialising in the best brands of Australian clothing such as Akubra Hats, R.M.
More InfoGallery Gondwana
Located Alice Springs
Presenting the best in Aboriginal fine art, Australian design and arts from the Pacific Region.
More InfoHorny Devils Adult Boutique
Located Alice Springs
Enter the territory’s only adult boutique – the largest and best stocked adult gift shop in the Northern Territory.
More InfoIwantja Aboriginal Art
Located 415kms South of Alice and 8kms west of the Stuart Highway at the Indulkana Aboriginal Community.
One of the few Indigenous Art Centres easily accessible from the Stuart Highway.
More InfoMaruka Arts Gallery
Located Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park
Maruka Arts Gallery, a local Aboriginal owned business, is situated in the shadow of Uluru, in the Uluru/ Kata Tjuta Culture Centre and stocks an array of hand-crafted Aboriginal carvings and desert artefacts.
More InfoMbantua Fine Art Gallery and Cultural Museum
Located Alice Springs
Mbantua offers a wide range of fine artwork from the Utopia region. Smaller pieces ideal for travellers or larger pieces for the avid collector are on display.
More InfoMombasa Day Spa and Hair Lounge
Located Alice Springs
Pamper yourself – You deserve it. Mombasa Hair Lounge – specialists in all aspects of hairdressing, colouring, cutting, perming, head treatments and massage, upstyles and more.
More InfoNgurratjuta Iltja Njarra Many Hands Art Centre
Located Alice Springs
Many hands offers visitors a unique shopping experience. While browsing the wide variety of works available for sale, visitors are invited to talk with the Arunda Artists who paint on site Monday to Thursday 10am-3pm.
More InfoOutback Photographics
Located Alice Springs
Due to unprecedented demand, Steve Strike’s world famous photograph of waterfalls cascading down australia’s greatest icon, “The Rock,” is now available as a magnificent photographic enlargement.
More InfoRoe Aire
Caravans, Cars and Campers
For all your Refridgeration and Air-conditioning Repairs.
Agents for ENGEL portable fridge-freezers
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Souvenir Warehouse
Located Alice Springs
Just off Elder Street, the showroom has a huge variety of souvenirs to suit one and all. Drop in and browse through the array of quality t-shirts and polo shirts, caps, badges, stubby coolers and more.
More InfoTishand Engineering Total Welding
Located Alice Springs
Repairs for vehicles, caravans, camper trailers, bullbars, towbars, roof racks, aluminum, stainless steel, water & fuel tanks, toolboxes. Call us 24 hours.
More InfoTodd Mall Markets
Located Alice Springs
Held in the Todd Mall, the shopping heart of Alice Springs CBD, every second Sunday morning from February to December. With an array of live entertainment and many colourful stalls offering lots of great quality local craft and many varieties of food, there’s something for everyone.
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Ummona Opal Mine and Museum
Located Coober Pedy
This Underground Complex was formally an original opal mine that was first worked in the 1920's. Today it is Coober Pedy's largest and only multi-award winning tourism attraction.
More InfoWorkwear
Located Alice Springs
Workwear Alice Springs has a large range of work clothing, including industrial, corporate, chef’s and more casual clothing such as Wrangler.
More InfoYanda Aboriginal Art
Yanda Aboriginal Art now recognised as the leading independent source of high calibre Aboriginal artworks, this unique gallery’s works are commissioned by them directly from the individual artists.
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