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souvenirs by local designers - from tram tote bags and city-rooftop honey to prints of the
city's icons and great books on Melbourne.
Basement Discs
( 03-9654 1110;
www.basementdiscs.com.au
; 24 Block Pl; 11, 112)
Apart from a range of CD titles
across all genres, Basement Discs has regular in-store performances by big-name touring
and local acts. Descend the long, narrow staircase to the basement for a browse; you never
know who you might find playing.
MUSIC
Hill of Content
BOOKS
( 03-9662 9472;
www.hillofcontentbookshop.com
; 86 Bourke St; 9am-6pm Mon-Thu, to 8pm Fri, 10am-6pm
Sat, 11am-5pm Sun; 86, 96)
Melbourne's oldest bookshop (established 1922) has a range of
general titles and an extensive stock of books on arts, classics and poetry.
QV
(
www.qv.com.au
;
cnr Lonsdale & Russell Sts; Melbourne Central)
Taking up a whole city block, this
development is on the site of the old Queen Victoria Women's Hospital and is both a par-
ody of and homage to the city itself, with artificial laneways and arcades. It houses super-
markets, a food court, a good range of boutiques and designers, and beaut-smelling body-
product stores.
SHOPPING CENTRE
