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Online Shopping Links

This page provides links to online shopping sites. This list is far from comprehensive,
and is used as a gateway for internet workshops and other learning activities.

Travel

Essentials

Expedia: Book flights, hotels, etc.
Kayak: Book flights, hotels, etc.

Wotif: Accommodation booking.
Tripit: Organise your travel itinerary.
Viator: Book events and tours.
Trip Advisor: Read the reviews of other travellers.

Accommodation booking: Aussie Standby Rates; Large range of discounted standby rates for Australian accommodation.

Last Minute; Discounted prices for booking travel, hotel and entertainment events at short notice.

QuickBeds; Last minute discount accommodation.

Smooth Hound Systems; Access to thousands of B&Bs and hotels across the UK.

Sunnyseek; Hotel, B&B, Guesthouse and self-catering accomodation in the UK.

Take-a-Break - Family
Accommodation for more than 2 people!

Vacation World Wide; Wide variety of Vacation rentals - townhouses, B&B, etc.

Wotif.com; Pick up a "last minute" accommodation bargain.
Dept of Foreign Affairs: Includes advice for overseas travellers - renewing passports, obtaining visas, warnings on destinations to avoid, exotic diseases, etc.
DriveNow: Compare rates and make bookings for major car rental companies in Australia.
FareCast: Comparisons of the best current airfares.
Frequent Flyer Tips: Maximise your points here!
Getaway Travel: Book a packaged holiday, book a flight, accommodation, car hire. This site links directly to the sites used by Travel Agents, so your enquiries and bookings are in "real time".
Internet Travel Agent: Book cars, hotels etc on-line. Travel guides and cheap airfares also.
Lonely Planet: Huge archive of info about everywhere!
One World Alliance: Links to each alliance site.
Qantas Airlines: Book flights, etc.
Star Alliance: Links to each Star Alliance site.
Virgin Blue Airlines: Book flights, etc.
Vroom Vroom: Car rental comparison.

Department Stores

Bing Lee: Check prices, or purchase items from the Bing Lee range of electrical goods. Australia-wide home delivery.
David Jones
Shopfast
Gowings
Granny Mays
Myers

Food

Need it Now: This site will rush you any of life's essentials (beer pizza, etc) within the hour - if you live in Sydney's eastern suburbs.
Greengrocer.com.au: Greengrocer.com.au is a fruit and vegetable home delivery service based in Sydney. Produce is purchased fresh from Sydney's Flemington markets every morning and delivered direct to your door that same afternoon.

Order Online. Free delivery in Metropolitan Sydney. Now delivering to Wollongong, Central Coast and the Blue Mountains.
Aussie Greengrocer: Although probably not too keen to deliver to the Illawarra region from Melbourne, this site does provide a good example of the online shopping concept.
Coles Online: No minimum order, but a pricey delivery fee of $13.70 and another $6.55 if you're not home, and a limited delivery area.
Woolworths: Still in its infancy, Woolworths Homeshop claims to be "an innovative new way to do your shopping on the Internet. You can order your groceries on-line and have your shopping delivered either to your work or home". Currently being trialed in eastern Sydney.

This site includes a searchable street map server, which is pretty neat in itself!
ShopFast: Delivery costs of $9.95, or $5.95 on weekdays before 3pm.
Food4U: This service can deliver hot meals to your door from selected restaurants - if you live in Sydney or Melbourne.

Flowers and Hampers

David Jones
Easy Flowers Australia: Delivers flowers Australia -wide. Includes photos of popular selections.
Florists Australia
Flourish
Interflora: Order and send real flowers anywhere in the world. Also offers a free e-flower service.
Online Grower: Flowers delivered anywhere!
Roses Only
Send a Basket
The Flowershop

Body Pampering!

Hilton LifeStream
No Regrets

Gift Vouchers

Giftvouchers.com: Links to stores throughout the world. Giftvouchers for anything!
Evoucher: A search engine lets you shop by category, linking to a wide variety of well known stores.

Shopping Guides

More links to online retailers: Sofcom Mall (Australia) Ninemsn Yahoo Shopping Guide Sydney Citysearch Guide Shoptoday Shop With VISA Excite Shopping Telstra Arcade

Music

CD Now
CD Star

Chaos Music: Has more than 500,000 CD titles. Listen to some samples before you buy. Shipping one or two items costs $3.85 and $5.50 for three or more items.
HMV: Loads of CDs and DVDs. Worth a look. Shipping one item costs $3.50; $4.50 for two or three items.
MyMusic: Try before you buy with Liquid Audio samples. Watch for high shipping costs - $US6.99 for one item and an extra US99 cents for each additional purchase.
NoizeNet
Sanity: Shipping costs $3.25 for one item and $6.50 for two to nine items.
The Wiggles Store

Books

Australian Online Bookshop: Links to resellers online.
ABC Shop: All items purchased are sent within 3 working days. Search the "shop" for items based on name, product, category or price!
Amazon Books: Not only books but also CDs, DVDs, toys and electronics. Shipping costs are prohibitive, as is the $ exchange rate! Delivery can take weeks.
Bookfinder: Search facility for tracking down titles from a huge database of local and overseas booksellers and prices. Quoted in your local currency.
Dymocks: Searchable lists of categories.
Gleebooks: Track down even the most obscure titles through this Sydney store. Books are sent out via Australia Post, with a minimum $6.50 handling fee.
OzBooks: Free delivery if order is more than $100.00.
QBD The Bookshop Online: One of Australia's largest online bookshops.

Cars

CarSales (Australia): Great site for buying privately-owned cars in Australia. Dealers offerings too, if required.

Clothes

Rivers: Full catalogue. Order seconds and discontinued lines.
E2U: Unique Men's Underwear!

Sport & Entertainment

Ticketek: Book a seat on-line
HalfTix: Offers cheap tickets to some of Sydney's leading shows as well as discounts on museum entrance, coach tours and cruises.

Wine

The Grape: If it is alcoholic, then it's here! Wide range of beer, wine, spirits, Australian & imported. Delivery next day, from $10.00.
WinePlanet
CellarMasters
BottleShop
Liquor Link

Toys

DStore
Toy Spot
Toys and More

Techno Stuff

Apple Store
Dell

E-Cards

OzEcards

Telstra e-cards

Ultranet Web Cards

Electric Postcard Rack

123 Cards

Ynot.com

Christmas

123 Greeting
Postcard Desk

Hallmark

The Ink Group

E Greetings

KIDZ Postcards

Kidscom

American Greetings

Hanukkah Card Collection

E-Mail Santa

Today Cards

Other Stuff

Wickhead (Australia): Thousand's of candles, of all shapes and sizes, plus a unique selection of gifts, that may, or may not, contain candles.
My Law: Links to all sorts of resources to help you avoid actually having to talk to a lawyer!
WilPac: Complete a legal will on-line.
CANRI: Community Access to Natural Resources - a vast collection of environmental information.
Trading Post Online: Second-hand bargains aplenty. A huge range of goods including: cars, furniture, electrical equipment and computers. Search for an item according to price or, if you prefer, look for sellers within a certain number of kilometres of your home.