Day 3: 3 Jan: Rest em feet

Didn't get up to much today, mostly rested the feet.

Direct Factory Outlets: only worth it during sales
In the afternoon we headed to the Direct Factory Outlet for a spot of bargain shopping. Truthfully, it's an overglamourised place a bit like Dressmart. Only worth going if there are sales going on like the New Year Sales. Otherwise, you're better off paying a few (and I do mean only a few) dollars more and going into the city to get some proper service and products.

The Rivers store was supposed to be a superstore with lots of stuff... yeah sure they have lots of stuff that's supposed to be cheaper but we found it was only a few dollars. Not only that, it was a self-serve place so if you couldn't find the left foot, you're on your own.

Other shops had annoying staff that just wanted to make the sale. Fake niceness was just oozing out of them.

There are some genuinely cheaper shops like the perfume one but you have to know what you want, locals know the normal price and flock to these stores... get in, grab it, get out.

Food critique tour:
DFO foodcourts: Subway and some other bakery thingie
Subway: service is terrible, they don't know how to make things and extremely slow
Bakery thingie: crusty bread thing

Comments:
DFO isn't worth the hype ...only go there during sales
I remember going to another factory outlet place when I was younger, now that was worth your money. Unfortunately I can't remember where it was. Go to a proper factory outlet store if you want a bargain not a pseudo factory outlet retail store.

Pedometer:
14257 + 700 steps = over 5.702km