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Top 40 things to do and see in Melbourne
Melbourne is generally regarded as Australia’s cultural capital. The city’s features include Victorian-era architecture, extensive shopping, many cultural institutions such as museums, galleries and theatres, and large parks and gardens. Reasons for tourists to visit Melbourne are to attend major sporting events, to use it as a base for exploring surrounding regions such as Grampians [...]
Melbourne airports travellers guide
Melbourne Airport, located 22 km north-west of the city centre at Tullamarine, provides regular access from all major Australian cities, as well as many international destinations across Europe, America, Asia and the South Pacific region. Note that due to Australia’s distance from most parts of the world, many international flights may go via an Asian hub (for example Singapore, Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur or Hong Kong) or a Pacific Hub like Auckland, and/or transfer in Sydney.
Southern Peninsula
The Southern Peninsula is about and hour drive south of Melbourne. It is the holiday playground for Melbournenites. The sheltered beaches of the bay are excellent for safe swimming, while the ocean side of the peninsula has great waves for the surfers.
Portsea Pier
There are several little townships scattered along the coast, Safety Beach, Dromana, Rosebud, [...]
Driving in Melbourne explained for Travellers
Driving around Melbourne is relatively easy as the streets are in a grid system so generally if you miss your turn just turn at the next street and you will get back on track. There are a few tips and tricks for drivng around the CBD including hook turns and trams. See our article on [...]
Melbourne public transport system for travellers
Melbourne has an extensive network of public transport making private vehicle travel unnecessary for most trips around the city and regional Victoria. Pricing has been included in this article for indicative purposes only. Prices can and will change over time so take this into consideration.
Melbourne’s public transport system, known as Metlink, comprises of trams, trains [...]
Top 10 Melbourne Hostels 2009
The following are the top 10 Hostels rated by backpackers who have stayed in them. Just keep in mind that any type of rating system is subjective and really only provides an indication. Also, if a hostel is rated highly by many it may not mean that it is everyone’s cup of tea. Look further [...]
Top Melbourne Events
These are just some of the major events that Melbourne has to offer. If you are travelling to the city during any of these times it may we worth your while to check them out.
Melbourne Cup
The Melbourne Cup is the race that stops a nation. It is estimated that 90% of Australian have a flutter on [...]
Snow in Melbourne
Mount Donna Buang is located just outside of Melbourne and during winter can have snow. This is not a skiing mountain but a more a place to take the kids and experience the wonderment of snow in the winter without having to travel for hours to the Victorian snow fields.
Mt Donna Buang is located east [...]
Driving in Melbourne – Hook turns and Trams
Driving in Melbourne is like driving in most other capital cities in Australia except for a couple of notable exceptions, trams and hook turns. Melbourne has a public transport system that operates Trams. Trams run the length and breadth of the city and are useful modes of transport as they are regular and no matter [...]
Melbourne’s top 10 hostels – May 2008
These are the top 10 Hostels in Melbourne as rated by backpackers who have stayed in them. Ratings are defined by Character, Security, Location, Staff, Fun and Cleanliness. These are the cumulative results of this rating system. Of course everyone is different and your stay may not be the same as someone else. This is [...]
