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We are located at 76 Alinga St Canberra City just around the corner from Northbourne Ave - phone 6247 4459.

The shop is in the Melbourne Building which is between the Australian National University (ANU) and Civic
-opposite the Canberra City post office
-next to Ali Baba Kebab shop
-near the Wig and Pen Pub (where we often have a cleansing ale after a hard days work in the shop.)
Check out the mud map below.

Parking - there is normally plenty of parking in the law courts car park on London Circuit, just opposite the Melbourne Building. It wasn't always like that, parking was difficult on our side of town for quite a while, but then many business owners complained like crazy and the government finally did something. Mind you when it comes to car parks the government is either trying to make everybody park in the god forsaken, dumbed down, same as all the others, mall, or the government is stupid? Which one is it? Huh? The government is stupid or it loves malls and wants to see no other shops except those found in a mall? Please discuss and send your opinions to us via our email. If you could be bothered we'll give you a discount on your next purchase (unless we disagree with your opinions and then we will just ignore you or give you a discount on your next purchase that involves books about better town planning or how to assess government policy).

The Melbourne Building is one of the oldest in Canberra and is full of great restaurants, an excellent travel agency, a very interesting gift shop, P J O'Reilly's bar and an award winning hair dressers. Opposite our shop is another great restaurant and the Wig and Pen beerery is just down the road - we love the Wig and Pen!


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Our opening hours are:
Mon-Thurs 9.00-5.30
Fri 9.00-7.30
Sat 10.00-4.30
Sun 12.00-4.30