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While Casuarina Shopping Centre has the largest number of retail shops in the NT, Darwin also has retail centres at Hibiscus, Karama, Nightcliff, Rapid Creek, Northlakes, and Palmerston.
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Dawin business has been grouped into several areas by town planners with the light industrial businesses largely kept separate from the retail trade.
| | Nearly every suburb also has a small group of shops with a grocery store, a takeaway food store and maybe one or two other shops. A recent survey of Darwin Prices is available at NT Government Survey The distance from wholesale suppliers often makes Darwin retail prices a bit higher, however this seems to be changing as retailers have to compete with online prices more these days. |
Opening hours vary, however the Coles and Woolworths supermarkets are open every day except Xmas day and Good Friday.
Coles opens at 6am at every location, closing at 10pm in Casuarina and 12pm at other locations. The smaller shops usually also open 7 days, with most closing earlier on weekends.
Please check times if this is important because they can change without notice.
| Casuarina contains groups of shops, offices, banks and other buildings (see Casuarina map here) including the Casuarina Shopping Square. With around 165 specialty shops, plus Coles, K-Mart, Big W, and Woolworths, this is the biggest retail complex in the NT. The eatery is a popular place on a hot day as people take advantage of the air conditioning and high quality restaurants and cafes. The Casuarina Post Office and Cinema are inside the complex, however the banks are located in separate buildings nearby. | ![]() |
Rapid Creek
Famous for it's Sunday Markets, Rapid Creek has a well stocked independent supermarket and several locally owned retail businesses. It is also a centre for community focused organisations such as the Salvation Army bookshop, the Byte Cafe, The Greens Centre and others.
Karama Coles
About the same size as Hibiscus, with a Coles supermarket and similar shops. The Karama Library is located here, and petrol is available nearby.Northlakes Centre
Another small-medium sized centre, next to the Northlakes Golf Course. Coles supermarket and several shops including a newsagent and takeaways.Palmerston Shopping Centre
This is the hub of the Palmerston area and has several medium centres located within a short walk of each other. A cinema, banks, petrol and a Toyota dealership along with a few government offices and the Palmerston bus exchange make this a busy area. The only Target store in Darwin is located here.
Coolalinga
An area which has grown rapidly in recent years, the shops here provide for the outer area of Darwin which has a population of nearly 20,000 people living on rural properties.
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