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Markets & Events Retail therapy, shop until you drop in Darwin with a beautiful Mindil Beach Market sunset as a freebie. Don’t miss a Saturday morning date at Parap Village Market for your Malaysian Laksa special. Darwin is a natural for sourcing Australian souvenirs.
The perfect holiday gift is also readily available at Darwin’s regular art festivals, artist workshops, museums and galleries. Darwin’s weekend markets are places visitors enjoy delicious foodie treats. Darwin and the Top End are well known for crocodile leather products, tropical clothing, pearls, aboriginal art and craft.
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Validate your proposed purchase (souvenir) in Australia or New Zealand by asking questions from where the designer is located to where the goods are manufactured. Read the product label and look at the associated packaging for tell tale signs the goods are mass produced overseas.
Mindil Beach Sunset Market, DarwinLive entertainment, numerous food stalls marketing the world’s cuisines and emerging artists creates a vibrant, cheerful market where all ages groups will find something special. Kids will enjoy tasting lush, sweet tropical mangoes. There are over 150 stalls backlit by the pink tinted sunset bursting a vivid orange as the sun sets.
The Mindil Beach Sunset Markets run on Thursday and Sunday evenings, 4pm to 9pm, from April through to October.
Maria Liveris Dr, The Gardens NT 0820,
Approximately a 30 minute walk from Darwin’s city centre. Located between the Mindil Beach Casino Resort and Botanic Gardens it’s an easy walk via Smith or McMinn streets at either end of the city.
Mindil Beach Market even has an information booth located in the art and craft section. Make a beeline for this resource and find out what’s hot during your visit. There is even an ATM for cash withdrawals. Ask the visitor booth for directions.
Parap Market is located in the heart of Darwin inner suburbs offering opportunities
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Quirky, rumpled crocodile folds, the leather is sourced from farmed crocodiles. As part of the authenticity process check if the crocodile leather is locally sourced or imported. You will need to decide whether you wish to buy goods from a farmed crocodile. Commercially produced croc skin is largely harvested from the underside or belly of the crocodile.
Crocodile skin is considered by many to be similar to fur hence can be viewed as an unethical purchase. Top End visitors to Darwin & Northern Territory will encounter products manufactured from kangaroo skin and barramundi (fish) skin.
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Darwin, weekend market, ParapA well-known local favourite for its foodie treats showing the best of SE Asia. Street food prepared by the immigrant communities of Darwin gets the taste buds sizzling. The market is small and bounded by Parap Village Square with a rotating round of eclectic stall holders from local designers’ first foray into marketing to stalwarts selling farm to plate fresh produce. Parap Village Market is a Saturday promise.
Parap Village Market is part of the Darwin Big Bus Hop Off & Hop Off route as well as Darwin public transport routes.
Darwin’s markets and city shops showcase local designers together with health and wellness products created from locally sourced materials.
Parap Market is located in the heart of Darwin inner suburbs offering opportunities
Malak Marketplace, Darwin @malakmarketplaceWith sustainability at its core, Malak Market Place is where you’ll get to know the growers and their fresh produce. Browse craft stalls and chat to the owner operators. You will view jewellery makers, fashion designers and art objects. There are food stalls, live entertainment and music adding to the Saturday afternoon vibe.
The Malak Marketplace is scheduled to open in the Dry Season (late April to October).
A sneak peak of some of Lisa's work from Elcho Island, Nightcliff Markets, Darwin @nightcliffmarketsSpend your Sunday morning sipping on a latte while scoping out unique gifts for your friends and family at the Nightcliff Markets. With more emphasis on art, crafts and second-hand stalls, you’ll find the atmosphere a little more relaxed. It’s all about vintage – recycled clothing, books, vinyls. A casual wander around Nightcliff Markets is a heady mixture of craft goods, recycled products to everyday goods such as gardening supplies, fruit and vegetables.
Nightcliff is well known for alternative wellness merchandise from reflexology, card reading and many more attractions. There is live entertainment. The markets are open from 8am to 2pm every Sunday. Grab a bite to eat and relax in the many shady spots surrounding the market
The markets are located in the Nightcliff Shopping Centre.
Darwin public bus, catch the number four bus from the city centre.
Rapid Creek Markets, Darwin @zarimisytThe original and oldest Darwin city market Rapid Creek Markets is an ideal destination for foodie lovers with the ingredients for Asian inspired food on full display. Revel in the tantalising scent of spices and sauces on offer. And not sure how that fascinating vegetable / fruit is prepared. Sample cooked goodies from the pop up food stalls. As it is predominantly a fresh produce market the locals turn up early to get the best pickings. Every Saturday and Sunday from 6:30am to 1:30pm.
The Rapid Creek Markets is located at the Rapid Creek Business Village, which is on Trower Road
Find out what the locals do at the weekend when you visit the market. Purchase fresh fruit and vegetables, grab a coffee and breakfast.
The streets in Rapid Creek are mostly named after early police officers.
There are a number of galleries and workshops scattered throughout Darwin’s city centre. Take the opportunity to visit Tiwi Island artists in residence. Combine your planned trip to the Top End with a festival. Pop up stalls, artist running workshops, the buzz of live entertainment and dance adds to the authenticity of the visitor experience.
Find out where the reputable galleries are located at the Darwin Visitor Centre. Chat about what you are looking for and listen. Check out MAGNT museum gift shop which artists are on display as well as merchandised in the gift shop.
Paspaley Darwin Boutique @Paspaley JewelleryPaspaley’s Darwin boutique is located in The Mall, located in the heart of the central business district. The boutique showcases Paspaley’s fine pearl jewellery collections ranging from elegant everyday designs to bespoke one-of-a-kind pieces.
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