If you just have a short time to visit, or need to park some luggage for a while, there are reasonably priced and sized luggage lockers available at Southern Cross Station, right where you get off the Skybus, or further up in the main railway concourse.
There are several ticket options available, including options with a 2 hour or daily Metcard ticket included, which you can use for public transport in the city. Check with the ticket booth for the option that suits you best. Old Fartz, check your entitlements too – ask and you may receive; don’t ask and no-one will tell you.
It is a fast and affordable transfer option, taking just 20 minutes for the journey. Buses depart every 10 - 15 minutes between 6am and 9.30pm and at 30 minute and 60 minute intervals at other times.
Melbourne is an easy city to explore. It has an excellent network of trams, buses and trains that cover the whole metropolitan area and beyond. Timetables, route maps and fares are available via the Metlink website.
There are several ticket options available, including options with a 2 hour or daily Metcard ticket included, which you can use for public transport in the city. Check with the ticket booth for the option that suits you best. Old Fartz, check your entitlements too – ask and you may receive; don’t ask and no-one will tell you.
It is a fast and affordable transfer option, taking just 20 minutes for the journey. Buses depart every 10 - 15 minutes between 6am and 9.30pm and at 30 minute and 60 minute intervals at other times.
Melbourne is an easy city to explore. It has an excellent network of trams, buses and trains that cover the whole metropolitan area and beyond. Timetables, route maps and fares are available via the Metlink website.
http://www.metlinkmelbourne.com.au/
The Melbourne trams are a much loved part of the city landscape. For a very modest fare visitors can spend the entire day on the trams exploring the city and inner suburbs.
National Geographic lists the 96 tram from East Brunswick to St Kilda as one of their recommended journeys; so if you have the time, travel at least some of the journey. You can join the tram just across the road from Southern Cross Station, in Bourke Street, up the hill for East Brunswick or down the hill for St Kilda is the
easiest description, but ask someone to direct you if needed.
The 96 starts its travels in the northern suburb of East Brunswick, currently just about the most fashionable hipster area in the city. Stroll over to parallel Lygon Street if you want to indulge in some culinary indulgences.
On its trip southward, the 96 skims the edge of Fitzroy – previous contender for most fashionable hipster area – and if you hop off at Johnston Street you can wander through the Spanish district to its heart, Brunswick Street. Otherwise, take a look out to the right as the tram passes the Carlton Gardens, home to the disconcertingly opulent Victorian-era Exhibition Building or its contrastingly modern neighbour, the Melbourne Museum. It then travels sedately past the steps of Parliament House, and along Bourke Street, downtown’s main artery and shopping strip. I got off here for a coffee at Café Felice at 461 Bourke (nice Queensland Di Bella coffee) and a look at the Mall.
At the south end of the city centre, the 96 turns east (at Southern Cross Station) over the river and past Crown Casino, where some of your fellow passengers will alight, tempted by poker machines and cheap booze. Don’t be tempted! Stay on board and you’ll leave the city streets, past the old brick tea house and turn on to a
disused rail line, a treat for public transport followers.
South Melbourne station is the stop for the South Melbourne Markets, where you can while away an hour or two tasting produce and buying ridiculously cute cupcakes.
The Melbourne trams are a much loved part of the city landscape. For a very modest fare visitors can spend the entire day on the trams exploring the city and inner suburbs.
National Geographic lists the 96 tram from East Brunswick to St Kilda as one of their recommended journeys; so if you have the time, travel at least some of the journey. You can join the tram just across the road from Southern Cross Station, in Bourke Street, up the hill for East Brunswick or down the hill for St Kilda is the
easiest description, but ask someone to direct you if needed. The 96 starts its travels in the northern suburb of East Brunswick, currently just about the most fashionable hipster area in the city. Stroll over to parallel Lygon Street if you want to indulge in some culinary indulgences.
On its trip southward, the 96 skims the edge of Fitzroy – previous contender for most fashionable hipster area – and if you hop off at Johnston Street you can wander through the Spanish district to its heart, Brunswick Street. Otherwise, take a look out to the right as the tram passes the Carlton Gardens, home to the disconcertingly opulent Victorian-era Exhibition Building or its contrastingly modern neighbour, the Melbourne Museum. It then travels sedately past the steps of Parliament House, and along Bourke Street, downtown’s main artery and shopping strip. I got off here for a coffee at Café Felice at 461 Bourke (nice Queensland Di Bella coffee) and a look at the Mall.
At the south end of the city centre, the 96 turns east (at Southern Cross Station) over the river and past Crown Casino, where some of your fellow passengers will alight, tempted by poker machines and cheap booze. Don’t be tempted! Stay on board and you’ll leave the city streets, past the old brick tea house and turn on to a
disused rail line, a treat for public transport followers.South Melbourne station is the stop for the South Melbourne Markets, where you can while away an hour or two tasting produce and buying ridiculously cute cupcakes.
You will rejoin street traffic at St Kilda, where you can enjoy the slightly shabby art deco buildings, take a ride on a 1912 rollercoaster at Luna Park
