Adelaide shops on a grid, so nothing is more than a fifteen-minute walk. Three days take you from Southern Hemisphere's biggest produce hall to Ebenezer Place's independent labels, then out to Sunday market stalls where South Australian makers sell direct.
Seventy-plus traders under one roof since 1869. Tues 7am-5:30pm, Fri to 9pm, Sat 7am-3pm; closed Sun-Mon. Buy Woodside chèvre, Barossa mettwurst and Kangaroo Island honey. Smelly Cheese Co and Say Cheese run tastings; produce discounts hit hard in the final hour.
Directly behind the market, two blocks of Asian grocers, cookware shops and bubble tea. Stock up on chilli crisp, clay pots and Japanese knives at prices well below the CBD's design stores. Most stores open daily 9am-7pm.
A craft and design studio since 1973 where glassblowers, ceramicists and metalsmiths work behind glass and sell out front. Gallery and shop open daily 10am-5pm, free entry. Blown vases, jarrah boards and hand-thrown tableware from South Australian makers.
Australia's oldest family chocolate maker, trading from the 1896 Beehive Corner building at Rundle Mall since 1915. Frog Cakes, dark almond bark and Christmas puddings in tins that travel well. Open Mon-Sat 8:30am-5:30pm, Sun 11am-5pm.
A cobbled laneway of independent labels: Miss Gladys Sym Choon for shoes since 1928, Streetwise Denim, Ecowares refillables and Nolita Cartel. Most doors open 10am-5pm, later on Fridays. The tightest concentration of local designers in the city.
An independent bookshop trading since 1984 with a deep Australian literature and South Australian history section, plus signed local first editions. Open Mon-Sat, Sundays from noon. Staff hand-write shelf recommendations on cards.
Peel and Leigh Streets pair small-batch homewares, ceramics and Australian-made furniture showrooms with wine bars. Look for linen, leather goods and locally turned timber. Shops mostly 10am-5pm; the strip stays awake for evening trade.
A serious bottle shop and bar with the deepest Barossa, Clare and McLaren Vale range in the CBD, including small-allocation growers you cannot buy interstate. Staff pack and ship internationally. Open until late Thurs-Sat.
A vintage and emerging-designer market in a primary school yard, held roughly monthly on Sundays 10am-4pm, entry AUD 2. Racks of 1970s Australian labels, reworked denim and independent jewellery sold by the people who made it.
Coober Pedy opal cut and set in-store, with a small mine-replica museum downstairs. Loose stones start around AUD 40; solid black opal runs into the thousands. Ask for solid rather than doublet or triplet if you want it to hold value.
Grenfell Street institute selling ethically sourced work by South Australian Aboriginal artists — prints, weaving, ceramics and painted boards, each with the artist's name and community. Open daily 10am-5pm, gallery entry free.
An 1885 heritage arcade with mosaic floors and a glass roof, home to watch repairers, a milliner, a barber and small jewellers who have held the same shopfronts for decades. Trading hours end around 5:30pm on weekdays.