While the major centres are mostly full of large retail chains and smaller boutiques, there are also plenty of cool alternate stores on the edges of the main shopping districts.

If you need it, chances are you can buy it on the Gold Coast, you just have to know where to look. How do you know where to look? Read on and we'll tell you…

Note: Gold Coast shopping centres are hard to miss because they are huge, but if you're not driving a car you can get a bus from pretty much anywhere to any of the main centres and shopping districts.