Melbourne- How to save money and how to get around?

From Melbourne Tullamarine airport, you can get to many hotels/hostels easily. You can take Skybus to Southern Cross Station. And then they have a shuttle bus that can take you to anywhere in town.

This kind of thing is only possible in a place like Melbourne, imagine this in Hong Kong Chek Lap Kok Airport, it's simply impossible... (I know there are hotel shuttle buses for Airport Express, but these are like regular bus services, not like in Melbourne, where you get off the Skybus and tell them where you want to go at the bus station, then the shuttle bus will take you there...)



Stay at someplace near the CBD, and use the free city circle tram and shuttle, then you can save money. =P I stayed just on the other side of the Yarra River.



I don't think there're a lot to see in Melbourne. I just used one day, and it was a Sunday! I bought the Sunday Saver Metcard!! haha!! At first my plan is to buy a weekly ticket, but then I realised I can reach most of the places I need to go on foot... the tickets are so expensive, minimum AUD 3.5 for 2 hours!!!

Remember to look for coupons in the booklets, I got AUD $10 off my Philip Island day trip from a coupon in this booklet. My trip to Philip Island just cost me $89 with the Bunyip Tours.



I think the best thing about Melbourne is the views along the Yarra River to the Federation Square from the Casino at night time...



















Believe it or not, I took all the photos on a Sunday night at the city centre... I can't imagine so few people in Hong Kong on a Sunday night at Tsim Sha Tsui... I can set up the tripod and do whatever I want, there were almost no one in the streets... unbelievable...

For more photos I took in Melbourne, see here (I've uploaded more photos here than on my Facebook)

Melbourne (Australia 2008)