Cairns Shopping Tips by dlandt

Name of Shop: The Market

This is a large market where vegetables and other produce is sold. There is a limited amount of other merchandise, but the focus is really on the produce. You need to walk a few blocks away from the wharf and more touristy areas to access the market, but it might be worth it if you are preparing your own food like we were.

What To Buy: I bought mud bugs here, as well as a few other things. Its all farm fresh, from eggs to spinach to "capsicum", the Australian term for green peppers.

What To Pay: Less than in a grocery store.

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Theme: Food and Drink

Name of Shop: The Chinese Night Market

The shops on the Esplanade close fairly early, but if you still want to do a little shopping you can go to the Chinese Night Market. Closed during the day, the stalls here are mostly full of souveniers and stuff, but you can find arts and crafts of a higher caliber as well as certain sweets and delicacies. The waterfront end of the market has a group of fast food restaurants if you get hungry or poor.

What To Buy: Postcards, knick knacks, beachwear, that kind of thing

What To Pay: About average.

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Theme: Local Craft
Directions: Between the Esplanade and Abbott St.