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Notes on good household shopping if you live in East Perth.

Woolworths enex100 – 100 St George’s Terrace, Perth (extended weekdays, late night fridays)

• Awesome quality produce
• Big range of everything
• Self-checkout with cash, eftpos & credit

IGA East Perth – Cnr Plain St & Royal St (open til 9pm, 7 days)

• Lovely meat
• Decent vegetables
• Asian ingredients
• 5m long extension cords

Carlton Fresh – Shop 10, 246 Hay St, East Perth (6am-midnight, 7 days + public holidays)

• Good meat
• Cheese & dairy
• Thermos flasks
• Veggies tend to be a bit gammy

Golden Hay Supermarket – 274 Hay St, East Perth (8am – 8pm)

• Bigger selection of Asian ingredients
• Don’t bother with meat here

Coles Northbridge – 150 Newcastle St (Cnr Beaufort), Northbridge (Mon-Fri 8am-7pm, Sat 8am-5pm, Sun 11am-5pm)

• Big range of everything, but no Vogel’s cereal
• Fresh produce is fresh

Wembley Supa IGA – 320 Cambridge Street (Cnr Cambridge & Jersey), Wembley (normal hours + late night Thursday)

• Really shit awesome selection, fresh as anything
• I love this IGA

Where to buy blank t-shirts and other blank clothes.

• American Apparel Australia
• Urban Outfitters – Basic Tees
• AS Colour – nice prices

Have not yet tried these shops. Just noting them down on my “to try” list.

Places in Perth where you can find nerd games, nerd toys & nerd books – stuff like Magic: The Gathering, Warhammer 40k, sci-fi & fantasy stuff, board games, jigsaw puzzles, etc.

• Games Workshop – Warhammer 40k & LOTR (store finder on website)
• Empire Toys – figurines, comics & books (heaps of anime & manga stuff)
• Tactics – D&D, M:tG, role-playing stuff, miniatures, wargames, boardgames
• Al’s Card Shop – trading cards of all sorts
• Games World – board & puzzle games, not uber super nerdy
• Gamesity Harbour Town – same stuff as Games World

More to come as I visit and buy from them. :)