ash2004

I am visiting Melbourne in June with my family I have some queires since I am visiting Australia for first time I have some queries I will be thankful if anyone can answer these queries.

1. I am visiting Australia (melbourne) for a week I am bringing with me Videocamera Do on airport they ask about duty since I have got permanent resident visa though my first visit is for a week?

2. What about public transport within the city somebody told me in Melbourne you can get day pass/ week pass for travel within city by bus and same is used in train too Is it right ? and what is price for day/ week pass?

3.My daughter is interested in reading books ? is there any British library / or any other library which is open to visitor in Melbourne ?
is it free or they charge some thing?

4. Which are the best public park in city to be visited?

5. Is it possible that for a family of 3 ( 2 adult 1 child) we can get bed and breakfast accomadation within range of 50 - 75 AUD per day? if so contact person?

6. What will be the approximate cost for lunch and dinner for family of 3 in melbourne (vegetranian food) ?

7.Any other tourist attraction in Melbourne or must see places if any please suggest with detail.


Regards,

helinuk

[QUOTE]Originally posted by ash2004
I am visiting Melbourne in June with my family I have some queires since I am visiting Australia for first time I have some queries I will be thankful if anyone can answer these queries.


2. What about public transport within the city somebody told me in Melbourne you can get day pass/ week pass for travel within city by bus and same is used in train too Is it right ? and what is price for day/ week pass?

http://www.melbourne.com.au/
http://www.victrip.com.au/metcard/store/

3.My daughter is interested in reading books ? is there any British library / or any other library which is open to visitor in Melbourne ?
is it free or they charge some thing?
here is a web site for the libraries
I used them to email home - its free!
http://www.internet-access.vic.gov.a.../results.cgi?2

4. Which are the best public park in city to be visited?
go to http://www.melbourne.com.au/

the Botanic gardens are lovely

5. Is it possible that for a family of 3 ( 2 adult 1 child) we can get bed and breakfast accomadation within range of 50 - 75 AUD per day? if so contact person?

I haven''t come across anything quite that cheap, although www. THEAGE.COM.au did have a good option in the "holiday accomadation

http://www.domain.com.au/listing.asp...HOL&id=3304927
it might be worth looking in the newspaper . There are service apartments advertised too :

http://www.domain.com.au/listing.asp...HOL&id=3602959
http://www.domain.com.au/listing.asp...HOL&id=3355081

http://www.twelveonvictor.com.au/

6. What will be the approximate cost for lunch and dinner for family of 3 in melbourne (vegetranian food) ?
depends on what you like. I ended up buying ny food at the supermarket when I stayed in a holiday cabin so that was cheap.

7.Any other tourist attraction in Melbourne or must see places if any please suggest with detail.
I walked and took the trams and trains around the attractions, I did the aquarium, Victoria market, -The Rialto tower(observation deck) definately worth the view on a clear day!! The tea at The Windsor hotel -yummy!
The great ocean road trip - I did it with APT tours it meant I didn't need to drive myself! wonderful!
Mornington Peninsular was pretty.
Puffing Billy train- the children enjoyed it a few yrs ago.
The penguins at Phillip Island a must just for the fun of seeing thenmwaddle over the beach!
swim with Dolphins at Portsea
I have loads of sites bookmarked ! hope this this is a start for you
http://www.visitvictoria.com/

bondipom

Bring a good coat and an umbrella.

helinuk

good point its winter in June! as low as 10-15 in the day
but as the ASh2004 family are coming from Oman they'll certainly feel the cold!
ps my hubby worked and lived in Oman before we married - our wedding rings were bought in the Souk

bondipom

When you get a southerly blowing it feels like 0-5.

helinuk

glad I'm sitting here in a sunny uk not off to Melb then

Centurix

Bring the proof of purchase with you. Providing you didn't buy duty free they won't ask you for any $$$

That's correct, the tickets are valid for train/tram and bus transport. A word of advice, if you want a day/week ticket, buy it from a newsagent or kiosk as the machines on the trams only spit out a maximum of 2 hours on a ticket.

I've never come across a library in Australia which charges for entry. There's a brilliant library in the city center, well worth paying that a visit.

Go visit the botanical gardens, great place to visit.

It is possible to get accomodation for that price near the city, check out some of the hotels in South Melbourne, there's good value for money and it's very easy to get into the city on the tram. Just one thing to watch out for, if the advert says "hotel" it may not necessarily be one as quite a lot of pubs call themselves that but don't actually have any accomodation.

Depends on where you go. Excellent vegetarian food north of the city, head towards Brunswick street.

Loads. Best idea is to start with the CBD and work your way out if transport is a problem. I heartily recommend a tour around the CUB brewery.

In the city go see the jail, victoria markets, swanston street, museum, state library, government house and state gallery of victoria. Then maybe start looking further out, St Kilda, Port Melbourne, Williamstown further around the coast and go see Geelong, Portsea, Philip Island. Further north go see the country, visit some wineries and stuff.

MarkMyWords

A daily pass is $5.80 at the moment. Don't know about the weekly one but it does exist. It covers bus, tram and train and is an excellent idea. (Why does the UK lag behind just about everywhere else in these cross-transport things?)

If you find any good veggie restaurants then let us know on the forum. I'm sure I'm not the only one here who likes to know about these things.

Oh, and yes it wil feel very cold I should imagine!

Have a great time. (How could you not?!)

Mark

OzTennis

I'll concede on the coat, but an umbrella would only have been used once in the last few months (serious drought) - my family reported their first rain in months in their suburb on Tuesday.

OzTennis

bondipom

Same up here. I was in the country an hour beyond Bathurst and it is brown out there. The dam was down to its last few percent and there is a danger of another El Nino. The water table is also plummeting so farmers are having to dig deeper and deeper bores. Without good rain the area could be in serious trouble.

OzTennis

Even though they have privatised some parts of the so called 'public' transport system in Melbourne the government has ensured that they are co-ordinated under the one fare system.

http://travel.yahoo.com/p-travelguid...transportation
http://www.upfromaustralia.com/onyarrivmel.html
http://melbourne.citysearch.com.au
http://www.you.com.au/market-melbourne.html
http://www.melbournemag.com/ctrl/m2/m203.aspx
http://www.weather-climate.com/melbourne.html
http://www.virtourist.com/oceania/me...rne_Photos.htm
http://www.trekearth.com/gallery/Oce...oria/Melbourne

OzTennis

HiddenPaw

Soul Mama is the best veggie restaurant IMO in Melbourne. It is in the St Kilda Sea Baths complex. Main courses are between about $7-$11. It's great value, an amazing location (right on the esplanade, overlooking the bay), and the food is out of this world.

Regarding the drought, my sister in Robinvale (NW Vic, on border with NSW) hasnt had rain since December. They irrigate directly from the Murray...although the river isn't without its own problems.

Did someone say 10 degrees?? I used to cyle to work in 2 degrees in Melbourne winter!!

hevs

for stuff to do try

www.thatsmelbourne.com.au