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TROPIC • RETAIL

Retail therapy

GOOD BUY
Buying local is more than important than ever,
so here Tropic highlights two of our favourite
shops in Cairns.

Despite the popularity of online shopping, there’s a whole bunch
of great reasons to visit a local store when you need a gift, a treat
for yourself or an essential item for your home. Apart from the
benefits to the local economy, you get to interact with passionate
store owners and touch, feel and learn about the products you’re
about to buy. Below, we profile two of our favourite local shops
renowned for their variety of high-quality, curated products.
Coco Shop

This funky store at Freshwater washing machine. You’ll also find an
is home to some wonderful new amazing range of shoes, hats, eco
products. Coco Shop has recently bags, homewares, accessories, gift
stocked some stylish neoprene bags items, natural skin care and more. As
by Australian brands such as Willow Tomoko from Coco Shop says: “we’re
bay and CHUCHKA, with Coco Shop like a compact shopping mall”.
being the only retailer in Cairns to
stock these brands. Using the same VISIT: Shop 7, 227 Kamerunga
material as wet suits, the bags are Rd, Freshwater
lightweight and washable in your
Healthy Hub
You’ll be surprised at the remarkable that occurs silently everyday due to plant, Zanzibar plant, ferns and more.”
variety of products on offer at the gradual breakdown of wall paints, Indeed, scientific studies have
Healthy Hub. With so much more on plastics, computer parts, furniture, proven plants boost productivity,
offer than a traditional health food vinyl, laminates and other synthetic concentration and creativity, reduce
shop, the Healthy Hub is our go-to compounds. Add to this airborne mould noise levels, absorb toxins in our air,
destination for everything from eco- and viruses, and you sure have a toxic reduce stress and fatigue and are
friendly lunch boxes and containers load in your space. These take a large highly therapeutic.
to fresh fruit and vegetables – not to toll on our health and performance - in
mention their amazing cafe. But we the schoolroom, the workplace and
were also excited to discover Healthy in our homes by affecting our sleep
Hub sells a range of plants as well, quality and adding to already present
called The Hub Botanique. Owner health burdens, such as asthma and
Alison Donnelly explains. “The recent allergy. But we can remedy this, and at
horrific bushfires have highlighted small expense. NASA has proven some
the importance of something we take of the very best air filters are plants,
for granted here in Australia - our air and some of the most common are the
quality,” she said. “What often goes most effective including snake plant (or
unrealised is the indoor air pollution mother-in-law’s tongue plant), rubber VISIT: 45 Moffat St, North Cairns

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