I decided to take one for the team and head off to Parra. It has a couple of shops that are not in…read morethe local shopping centres so I decided to get in and out with the minimum of fuss...as we head into Christmas. A tall ask. I missed getting up at the crack of dawn and decided to head out there around 11:00-11:30. This is the 2-3 hour limit for parking and I was correct. Those early birdies had shopped and were going home so scoring a park wasn't too bad. You do tend to hold onto your purse a little more tightly than in other centres and it was reasonably busy but it wasn't too bad. I stuck to the main section and found a few more shops that are not in other centres eg Dasio and Bonds. More importantly, I did get what I wanted, ate in the food court and wandered looking at the Albert le Blanc lookalikes as the Christmas decorations. When I got back to the car the carpark was nearly empty. Advice...time your trip, maybe 2:00pm when people are rushing away to pick up the kids from school.

Although I reside 10mins walk from this shopping centre I avoid this place like the plague because…read moreof the amount of high heel pain you will gain from carousing around. What should be a "quick drop into to Coles to get some groceries" turns into an hour trek into some ethnic urban wilderness only to find out Coles is nowhere near Woolies but on the complete opposite side of the shopping centre where you'd need to overcome many obstacles to find. This place is always packed, always open, crawling with mothers and teeny boppers and filled with boring typical brands. Yeah this place is a pretty boring shopping jungle. We abuse it for Event Cinemas. And Phoenix restaurant.