Sure, it's just a chain store like any other. But this has become my home base for books…read more See, I'm re-reading one of my favourite book series. Dymocks happened to have the series in a nice little hardcover set so I thought i'd go about collecting them as I read through the books. I had gone to random Dymocks to find the next in the series, but this store already seemed to have more stock than the others, and it seems to have expanded to include even more of them (there's 30something in the series) as I've shopped here. Do they have an automated system to stock a series that's selling? Did they take note of me coming in a lot to buy it? Is the manager a fan? I don't know the answer, but I do know that the staff are always super friendly and helpful, and it's a pleasure to shop here.

Here for the Tim Cahill signing. They have opened early so people can buy their books in advanceread more

WORD is a bookstore, specializing in Christian books, CD's, gifts, cards and stationery. Plenty of…read morethings there make great gifts. The staff are really kind, polite and helpful. All things there are reasonably priced. When you go there, there is always lots of parking and is usually not busy. You can't really miss it. It's near Garden City and has a huge blue WORD sign in front of it.

The thing that really grabbed me about this place is that they actually have a section where there…read moreare market stalls. Look, honestly, shopping centres really don't come anywhere close to the charm of the main street, but they do have a purpose. Like many of the Westfields, you pretty much know what you are going to get here, though the issue that I had was that sometimes getting out in certain directions (such as a direction that doesn't involve the bus stop) requires you to maneuver your way through a car park, so yes, this place really isn't all that pedestrian friendly.

Garden City's not my local, but every now and then we drive there for a change of scenery. It's big…read moreand busy and has a different feel to some of the other Westfield's in Brisbane. Take the piazza area, for example; Dicey Riley's in the afternoons and evenings is always buzzing with loud and happy people taking in the afternoon sun in the beer garden; Toscani's al fresco dining is doing a roaring trade and the cinema is attracting a crowd. Inside, there are some places we don't see in the other centres, small one-off clothing boutiques and jewellery stores, and big box retailers like Toys R Us, so yep, Garden City's worth a visit every now and then just to keep up and make sure we're not missing out on anything.