Ocean Island Victoria Guide

This is Emily’s favorite clothing store in all of Victoria! Formally known as North of Wednesday, this boutique is full of beautiful and feminine clothing for all body sizes at a reasonable price. Amelia Lee specializes in local and one of a kind pieces that will be a great addition to you wardrobe.    

Originally a street art inspired arthouse but recently expanded into a tattoo studio. Wolf/Sheep is a collective of about 20 artists, designers, writers, multimedia producers and coordinators who’s goal is to bring a unique art experience to the people of Victoria. For this reason the collective has merged art production and gallery space into one [...]

A hip downtown store that sells clothing, skateboards and gear, spray paint and more. The companies that fall under our Higher Ground family umbrella are Concyse Clothing, Instrumental Skateboards, Incite Screenprinting & Promotion, Dobell Sign & Design, Art4Life Tattoos and Confusion Media. Higher Ground Clothing is located in Odeon Alley, just off Yates St.

Ocean River Sports is more than just a store: it’s a complete paddlesports and outdoors centre in downtown Victoria, encompassing an outstanding retail store, online store, kayak school, kayak touring centre, rental facilities and dock, workshop, kayak museum, boat storage facility and performance paddling club. A pioneer in the paddlesports industry and one of the [...]

For all your metal and hardcore needs. You can pick up a copy of the magazine at various places around town, or download your own copy from their website. And don’t forget to check out their store just off Government Street.

This one’s open ’til 11pm, they have pretty much everything, and the guys there are actually funny. Oh and they offer a downtown delivery service! Open 11am – 11pm

This is one of our favourite downtown liquor stores: there’s nothing better than walking into their giant beer fridge on a hot summer day. And if you don’t want to leave your house, they deliver! Open 9am-11pm, 7 days a week