IF you are a gentleman in a need of a special gift for your wife or partner...OR you are a lady in need of a shopping fix......you might like to consider the following options during your stay in CAIRNS. All of these venues lie within 10-15 minutes’ walking radius of either the HILTON, or the HOLIDAY INN:
Tea Lily
57-59 Grafton Street and The Pier shopping complex (under the Shangri-la Hotel)
http://tealily.com.au/
“...Tea Lily is a womens fashion store specialising in helping you to feel Gorgeous, Romantic and Irresistible. Tea Lily is a unique shopping experience and is renowned for it's high level of customer service. Tea Lily hosts many fashion labels including clothing by Akira, Lisa Ho, Moss & Spy, Sacha Drake, Jiva, Metalicus, Ladakh, Martini and Accessories by Entre Temps, Pilgrim, Olga Berg, Lulu and many more. There is something for everyone with an aladdin's cave full of treasures. Ella Jade, just down from Tea Lily on Grafton offers feminine clothing for that special occasion and beautiful homewares to create the perfect home atmosphere. Showcasing Australian Fashion Designers such as Third Millenium, Jayson Brundson, Ginger & Smart, High Tea with Mrs Woo and Bora and New Zealand Labels Verge and Vertice. Whether you are looking for a special new outfit, something fabulous for the home, luxurious body products from Mor's delicious collection or that perfect gift for someone special, you are sure to find it at Ella Jade...”
Delinquent
1/72 Grafton Street
Fashion store.
Taste-y
3/78 Grafton Street
“...Unique for its stylish range of fashion and outlook on whats hot for tomorrow. Providing the tropics with ranges of club and streetwear for both the ladies and gents with a funky twist and groovy kids wear too!
Exclusively to Cairns, Taste-y stocks labels such as Blank, Syke, Tribal Gear, Meduza, Schwipe, Psylo, Movement clothing and Cairns` own up and coming designer KEIQUON...”
Gift shop - Regional Gallery
Corner Abbott and Shield Streets
http://www.cairnsregionalgallery.com.au/shop.html
"...The Cairns Regional Gallery shop offers an assortment of local handcrafted ceramics, glassware, fashion accessories, jewellery, cards, books, journals and limited edition prints. Some of our local designers and artists include Shireen Talibudeen, Michelle Collins (Calm Designs), Rebecca Symmons, Peter Thompson, Mollie Bosworth, Terry Eager, Jandy Pannell, Jan Bainbridge Perry, Susan Doherty, Lisa Michl Ko-Manggén, Roy McIvor, Arone Meeks, Samuel Tupou, Eva Wanganeen, Kristin Tennyson, Rosella Namok, Sammy Clarmont, Sandy Carroll Photography, Beach Hut Designs, Natures Face, Dragonglass, Lone White, Denizen Designs, Rosie Sellars, Samantha Hobson, Denis Nona, Lucy DeVries (Love Lucy), Carley Clarke-Rushton, Anna Eglitis, Ali Art, Pat Wilson and Ben Trupperbäumer.
You will also find established and emerging Australian designers featured such as Dinosaur Designs, Bison, Husque, Mondo Rondo, Shannon Garson, SMUG, Loop, Simon McEwan - Lost in the Woods, Corban and Blair, Persuede, Betty Jo Designs, Marlina Carlton, Queen B, 4 Corners Design, Lightly, Cloth, Gretchen Hillhouse, in-sync design, Bamboo Chutney, Tracy Gumm (Irminsul) and Aunty Art Studios..."
Gift shop – KickArts
Corner Florence and Abbott Streets
http://www.kickarts.org.au/shop.html
"...The KickArts Shop is a contemporary emporium that focuses on Far North Queensland art, craft and design including limited edition prints, works on canvas, jewellery, books, toys, cards and homewares. We feature works from local, regional, national and international sources that demonstrate excellence and innovation and an aesthetic and conceptual link to the KickArts Gallery programs
The KickArts Shop is the place to purchase works of art by local, regional and indigenous artists, to find that perfect, unique gift or to get creative keepsakes of Far North Queensland. The KickArts Shop can also facilitate commissions and special orders, please contact us for further details. Selected works from the KickArts Shop are also available through the KickArts Shop online, if you’ve seen something in store and can’t see it online, please don’t hesitate to enquire.
The KickArts Shop takes special pride in its selection of limited edition fine art prints by local and/or indigenous artists. We work directly with the artists, master printmakers, publishers and art centres and through KickArts own publishing arm Djumbunji Press, KickArts Fine Art Printmaking to obtain the best quality work available in this highly collectable field of visual art. Our particular area of focus is in prints by artists from the Cape York and Zenedh Kes (Torres Strait) regions..."
"High Street Shopping"
To shop for familiar worldwide brands it would be best to walk up to the Central Shopping Centre.
The main entrance is at the corner of Shield and McLoed Streets.
http://www.cairnscentral.com.au/