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9.30am-5.30pm Sat, 10.30am-5pm Sun; St James)
Heavy on the bestsellers, this mammoth, main-
stream bookstore has more than 250,000 titles spread over three floors (including a hel-
luva lot of Lonely Planet guides). Stationery and a cafe, too.
STRAND HATTERS
9am-8pm Thu, 9.30am-4.30pm Sat, 11am-4pm Sun; Town Hall)
Got a cold or wet head, or a serious
case of the
Crocodile Dundees
? Strand Hatters will cover your crown with a classically
Australian Akubra bush hat (made from rabbit felt). Staff will block and steam hats to cus-
tomer requirements (crocodile-teeth hatbands cost extra).
ACCESSORIES
RM WILLIAMS
CLOTHING, ACCESSORIES
can't get enough of this hard-wearing outback gear. It's the kind of stuff politicians don
when they want to seem 'fair dinkum' about something. Prime-ministerial favourites in-
clude Driza-Bone oilskin jackets, Akubra hats, moleskin jeans and leather work boots.
There's another branch in The Rocks.
KINGS COMICS
beam for geeks (and we use that term with all due respect), Kings drags them in with its
collection of comics, manga, graphic novels, toys, collectibles and, we're sorry to say, ap-
parel.
COMICS
HEY PRESTO MAGIC STUDIO
MAGIC
(
www.heyprestomagic.com.au
;
84 Pitt St; 10am-5pm Mon-Wed & Fri, to 8pm Thu, to 4pm Sat; Wynyard)
If
you've ever wanted to pull a rabbit out of a hat, here's where you'll find the hat. Beautiful
assistants not provided.
LOVE+HATRED
Mon-Wed & Fri, 10am-8pm Thu, 10am-4.30pm Sat; St James)
This plush, sensual, wood-panelled
store is aglow with custom-made jewellery by Sydney designer Giovanni D'Ercole. Sap-
phire rings, natural pearls and rose-gold pieces manifest an unostentatious, mystic blend
of Celtic, art nouveau and contemporary styles.
JEWELLERY
