New Paramount News

Now, even though McDowall is generally considered ‘the sticks’, it doesn’t mean that you have abandon all the culture and trimmings of an inner city lifestyle while you’re out there. Places like New Paramount News make things like high end magazines easier to obtain. ‘Yes!’ your inner voice exclaims, you’re not so isolated that your only choices of literature are either Woman’s Day or Women’s Weekly. For your general girly type of magazine, you can get your mits on some Frankie, Oyster, Monster Children, Fallen, Code, and Dumbo Feather (which I’ve only seen distributed at select inner city stores, so I was quite impressed). If you’re after a more specific magazine, you’ve got two aisles to peruse that house magazines on a variety of subjects including architecture, craft, high art, to extreme sports, road tripping, fishing and gaming.
The other thing that really impressed me about this newsagents is that they have a section which sells local people’s handmade wares. There’s some handmade local birthday cards for sale as well as some beautiful locally handmade semi precious jewellery on display. What a newsagents! Not only do they do they give people in the severe northern suburbs a wide range of ‘literature’ choices to choose from, they also support their community in their own commercial ventures. Do drop in if you find yourself in McDowall. It’s not just your ordinary newsagent.