Perey's Books
Perey's Books quickly became a popular local landmark for book lovers, collectors and readers, as well as a surprise for increasing numbers of travellers and visitors discovering the unexpected beauty and heritage of the area.
Jo Abrantes,
the new proprietor, "inherited" the bookshop in 2003, when Elizabeth
retired and moved to Tasmania. Jo fell in love with the bookshop on the
day of her arrival to Wollongong in 2001, it was love at first sight.
Perey's Books
was the first shop she visited and on that very first day she bought a
(rather expensive) book about Wollongong.
Wollongong is also a university town and a home to many artists, musicians, performers and writers, amd a city of immigration, with sizeable local communities of Chinese, Greek, Italian Macedonian, Polish, Spanish, Vietnamese and many others having come here from all over the world. There are also plenty of surfers here along the many beaches, fishers along the rocks, bushwalkers up and down the escarpment, and hang-gliding and paragliding pilots above us from Bald Hill to Camberwarra Mountain.
Wollongong has also become a centre of meditation and pilgrimage. The Nan Tien Temple, the largest Buddhist temple in the southern hemisphere, chose a site in Wollongong. There's also a Hindu temple, a Christian conference centre, and a Benedictine retreat.
Perey's Books
Open 7 Days 10am 'til 10pm
175 Keira St. Wollongong , NSW 2500, Australia