I was at Erina Fair today, and had a thought- what if you were stuck in Erina Fair when the zombie apocolypse happened? What would you do? Do you stick it out? Go on the offensive? Try and get out via the roof? It depends on what kind of zombies you're dealing with, of course, which made it harder to decide what you would do.

I naturally discussed this with my best friend whilst trying on six inch heels- (that we decided could be used as rudimentary daggers in case of close range zombie attack) and we came up with a few ideas.

So I thought I'd give you some tips for how to survive a zombie attack if you're ever stuck in a large single storied shopping complex:

1. The safest shop to barricade yourself in would be either a jewllers or a bank. Re-enforced glass, counters for cover, and the strictest security out of most of the shops.
2. Stay away from the parallel mall strips. There's nowhere to hide, and the halls are too wide.
3. Raid the food stores for non perisables during the day, and distract zombies with meat from the butchers shops. (depending on what kind of zombies you're dealing with)
4. Nail guns from hardware stores, knives from the kitchen stores, and bats from sports stores can all make good weapons.
5. If you choose a corner shop to stake out in, there is the advantage of having better visibility, but also the problem of being more exposed. Hedge your bets, set up security cameras and keep away from the corner store. Also remove all unneccesary stock, such as clothing, it can only impare your vision.
6. You want to be able to have good access to non-perishable food and bathroom facilites. Make sure you have buddy systems, security codes, and always, always work as a team.
7. Heavy Furniture can help barricade weak points and exits in your shop
8. Attempt to recover thrown weapons such as knives, shoes and heavy objects as your weapons stockpile is limited
9. If you're bitten, fricken tell someone!
10. Consume food in order of perishableness. Ensure chemists are raided for medical supplies and vitamins.
11. Just because you're in the middle of a zombie apocolypse, dosen't mean you have to rough it. Use staff facilities (if close enough) for showers, drag in beds and bedding from bedding shops, and use resources such as movies and books for research on zombies.
12. Stay wary of bathrooms.
13. Keep fit. it's always the slowest ones that get got first...

That's about all we got at the time...needless to say the we got a few odd looks from the shoe sales assistant.