“What most visitors forget when visiting Melbourne,” says Weekend Notes, is that there are loads of shopping opportunities out in the suburbs.” Chadstone Shopping Centre, a half-hour drive from the city, is nothing less than the biggest shopping centre in the southern hemisphere, reports the Herald Sun, “on par with mammoth retail meccas in Hong Kong and Singapore.” Don’t believe it? Well here are the facts and figures: 20 million visitors a year … nearly 600 retailers … 10,000 car spaces … the vast Chadstone shopping complex, writes the Weekly Review, “is one heck of a shopping city.”