Mt Gravatt Plaza

When this shopping plaza got renovated a few years ago, I was fearful it would become as popular as Westfield Garden City. This would be bad for two reasons. Firstly, at the time I was working in a pharmacy here so the last thing I wanted was more customers without an increase to my wage. Secondly, I loved being able to do my grocery shopping or even browse for gifts peacefully and without the queues.
Thankfully, the renovations did not lead to a huge influx of customers, merely making the entire shopping experience more pleasant with its new, clean fit out and better car park facilities.
For all your practical shopping requirements, there’s a Woolworths, Target Terry White Chemist, post office and a medical centre. There’s also a JP available here on Wednesday afternoons between 4pm –6pm.
The shopping centre does lack specialty shops so it’s not a great place to buy gifts. However this is a great place to take your kids because they have a lot of those toddler rides that take $ 1 or $ 2 coins. I learnt the hard way that toddlers just like to play in these things. They don’t necessarily care for the ride. Having inserted $ 2 into a small car, I was a bit disappointed that my nephew was just as happy to chug along pretending to drive and didn’t even notice when the time expired and the car had stopped vibrating.
Keep this shopping plaza in mind the next time you need to run errands or around the Christmas season when you just want to avoid the crowds.