Northcote Plaza Shopping Centre

Nice and cool in hot days, friendly, has all the basic stores, said spacious, although feel a little 'aged'.

Northcote Plaza is small but convenient and reliable shopping center. It has the essentials and maybe a few treats for individuals, but that's it. The locals certanly like it, it's buzzing on an early Saturday morning. The selection of shops is good, you have the supermarkets, K-mart, Bakers Delight, Newsagency, few Take Away restaurants, Pharmacy-the essentials.

What it urgently needs is a makeover, a bit of TLC, the complex and the shops look run down and that is a shame.

Otherwise the place also caters for school holidays activities, which is always good.

Needs a bit of a face lift to brighten up some of the shops. Plenty of parking and there are some good shops here like Coles supermarkets, K-Mart, Millers and Susans. Some of the shops seem a bit dirty though particularly the food shops that face out into the car park.

Northcote plaza is an aging shopping complex, but for locals it does the job. It now has 2 supermarkets - both Coles - on opposite ends of the center, but visitors will find that this makes it easier to shorten the time it takes to go shopping as there is less ground to cover if visiting multiple shops.