Must-see shopping in Tasmania

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    Salamanca Market

    Hobart

    Every Saturday since 1972, the open-air Salamanca Market has filled the tree-lined expanses of Salamanca Pl with more than 300 stalls. Fresh organic…

  • Farm Gate Market

    Hobart

    Bathurst St turns organic at this weekly foodie favourite that brings in primary producers from across the state – expect fresh fruit and veg, raw honey,…

  • Deloraine Creative Studios

    Tasmania

    The arts and crafts being produced in this artist-operated studio space are a cut above many galleries and craft shops on the island. Wander around to see…

  • Harvest

    Launceston

    An excellent weekly gathering of organic producers and sustainable suppliers from around Tasmania. Craft beer and cider, artisanal baked goods, cheese,…

  • Design Tasmania Shop

    Launceston

    The beautiful shop at Design Tasmania stocks a huge array of artisan-made objects, with a particular emphasis on furniture and homewares made from local…

  • State Bookstore

    Hobart

    Usually the movie is adapted from the book, but in this case the bookshop is adapted from the adjoining State Cinema. Recently relocated into a larger…

  • Fullers Bookshop

    Hobart

    Hobart's best bookshop has a great range of literature and travel guides, plus regular book launches, signings and readings, and the writerly Afterword…

  • Cradle Coast Farmers' Market

    Tasmania

    Held every Sunday morning in the Wharf precinct. Stalls include Manu bread, Mount Gnomon pork, Red Cow Dairies cheese, Braefield lamb, Cradle Coast olives…

  • Reliquaire

    Tasmania

    After a fire destroyed its Gilbert St outlet, this marvellously eccentric shop and cafe relocated to a 19th-century mansion nearby. Customers travel here…

  • Handmark Gallery

    Hobart

    A key tenant at the Salamanca Arts Centre, Handmark has been here for 30 years, displaying unique ceramics, glass, woodwork and jewellery, plus paintings…

  • Hobart Twilight Market

    Hobart

    Filling the lawns behind Lower Sandy Bay Beach (aka Long Beach; about 5km south of central Hobart), this summer market runs to a beat of waves and live…

  • Old Umbrella Shop

    Launceston

    Launcestonians once sheltered beneath the umbrellas made here by R Shott & Sons from 1921. A rare example of an intact early 20th-century store, complete…

  • R Stephens Apiary

    Tasmania

    The leatherwood honey produced by this family-owned business has been a permanent fixture in Australian pantries for nearly a century. The company…

  • The Beehive

    Tasmania

    Decorated with an etched mural featuring a rainforest scene, a woven skep hive, a traditional square hive and a natural tree hive, this shop celebrates…

  • Melita Honey Farm

    Tasmania

    Get your fingers sticky while enjoying free tastings of the 50-plus different types of honey on sale at this shop in Chudleigh, 6.6km east of Mole Creek…

  • Stillwater Providore

    Launceston

    In the loft above Stillwater Restaurant at Ritchie’s Flour Mill you’ll find this excellent repository of good things for the home, kitchen, stomach and…

  • Pinot Shop

    Launceston

    The future of Tasmanian wine may be sparkling whites, but pinot noir is where it's at today. This boutique bottle shop specialises in the latter, plus…

  • Cracked & Spineless

    Hobart

    We love a good secondhand bookshop (and don't care if the spines are cracked, absent or otherwise). This one is hidden up some steps at the back of a…

  • Alps & Amici

    Launceston

    Super-chef Daniel Alps has set up this smart providore where you can buy his restaurant-quality meals to take home and adore. Classy cakes, cheeses, meats…

  • Hearts n' Crafts

    Tasmania

    Housed in the 1911 town hall building, this community shop sells items hand made by members of the local community. You'll find knitting, jams, embroidery…

  • Bruny Island Cheese Co

    Hobart

    Bruny Island cheese whiz Nick Haddow has done so well making cheese offshore, that he's opened a cheesy cellar door in the Salamanca Arts Centre. Sit, sip…

  • MONA Shop

    Hobart

    After swanning through the exhibits inside MONA and enjoying a wine or two, check out the excellent little shop near the entry, selling quirky,…

  • Poet

    Hobart

    In a lovely old city sandstone shopfront, Poet specialises in nonfiction and philosophy, plus its own line of stationery (including hats, leather goods…

  • Cool Wine

    Hobart

    Offers an excellent selection of Tasmanian wine, spirits and craft beers (plus a few global interlopers, if they're up to scratch), as well as regular…

  • Under the Oak

    Tasmania

    Source a souvenir or two to take home at this attractive shop behind the Reibey St post office. It's filled with Tasmanian artisan-produced homewares,…

  • Wursthaus Kitchen

    Hobart

    Follow your nose into this brilliant fine-food showcase just off Salamanca Place, selling cheeses, cakes, breads, olives, wines and pre-prepared meals. Oh…

  • On Hampden Creative

    Hobart

    Excellent little two-room Battery Point shop selling little handmade Tasmanian things: jewellery, candles, soaps, scarves and pots of leatherwood honey…

  • Despard Gallery

    Hobart

    Top-notch contemporary Tasmanian arts – jewellery, canvases, glassware and ceramics – in a lovely old sandstone building a short stroll from Salamanca…

  • Providore 24

    Tasmania

    Cheeses, oils, wines and other edible goodies that Tasmania has to offer fill this classy gourmet food and homewares store at the top of the main street.

  • Hobart Book Shop

    Hobart

    Step into the hushed Hobart Book Shop, with its excellent array of reads and dedicated wall full of Tasmanian authorly efforts.

  • Tommy Gun Records

    Hobart

    For all your vinyl, secondhand CD, studded-leather wristband and black heavy-metal T-shirt requirements.

  • Eumarrah

    Hobart

    Hobart has its fair share of hippies, and plenty of them shop at wholesome Eumarrah (along with students and the odd health-conscious city suit). Expect…

  • Drink Co

    Hobart

    Excellent little bottle shop down an otherwise unremarkable arcade of Salamanca Place. Top-shelf Tassie wines and spirits are the names of the games – and…

  • Eumarrah

    Launceston

    Organic, natural and wholesome, Eumarrah is the mainstay of Launceston's wholefoods scene, selling bulk rice, flour, nuts, seeds, dried fruit, legumes,…

  • Hello Gorgeous

    Hobart

    Hello! From the 1970s back to the '40s (and beyond), this gorgeous little shop is your best bet for designer and boutique vintage gear in Hobart, from…

  • Mt Elephant Fudge

    The East Coast

    Got a sweet tooth? Or a whole mouth full of them? Don’t miss this little fudge factory, selling the sticky stuff in 10 different flavours. Also sells…

  • Country Women's Association Shop

    Launceston

    An Australian institution, the Country Women's Association (CWA) works to improve the lives of women and children in the community, raising funds through…

  • Kathmandu

    Hobart

    Gear up for your imminent Tasmanian bushwalking epic at this excellent outdoors store, founded in the 1980s by latter-day Tasmanian Jan Cameron (who sold…

  • Antiques Warehouse

    Hobart

    The building here – an old redbrick furniture factory – is almost as interesting as the curios inside (silverware, porcelain, furniture and sundry vintage…

  • Axemans Makers Market

    Tasmania

    Head to this popular local market to browse stalls selling turned woodwork, paper tole, bush remedies, garden sculptures, glass art, jewellery, handmade…