Originally Posted by ozzieeagle

Heres a bit of a list....

Brunswick St, Fitzroy.
Botanical Gardens.
Atrium on 35.. 26 Collins St, Cocktail bar with views over Melbourne,
Go and See Chloe at Young and Jacksons, opposite Flinders St Station
Do Hardware Lane, and as many of the other little laneways that you can find in the CBD.
The Edge.. @ the Eureka Sky Deck
Do the Ferry from Southbank to Williamstown... and find your way back to the CBD by train.... Not that the train ride is exciting or spectacular in anyway.. at least you will see a bit of Melbourne and it's system. Williamstown is well worth the trouble.
Go to the Crown Casino complex and do Southbank... just to look at the shops and one of the biggest entertainment venues in Aus. I'm by no means a fan of Casinos.. but it is worth a cursory visit.

Nirankar at 174 Queen st, is a safe bet for a half decent curry.

Tip do Lygon st Carlton, Smith St, Collingwood, and Brunswick st' Fitzroy on the same day if possible as they are all relatively close to one another, and give you a good contrast of what Melbourne has to offer it's local citizens.
Plus use the trams as much as possible rather than train.



Enjoy your visit MP....

Originally Posted by moneypenny20

This is great, getting excited now and we're not going until mid September I'm on the Tram/Train map and there's clocks showing times but I'm being thick and can't get my head around distances. If we got a tram from Flinders St down to St Kilda how long does it take roughly? Also with regard Chapel St, is there a 'good' end or is it the whole thing? Pretty please

Originally Posted by elice_in_oz

Most of all, look up at the buildings. There are some absolutely amazing buildings everywhere that are easily missed because people don't look up.

Enjoy!

Originally Posted by moneypenny20

I drive my family round the bend because I spend my time staring up and falling over people.

Originally Posted by ozzieeagle

I think the Melbourne CBD is a lot bigger.... Unlees your talking from Oxford st to the Opera house... then it's about the same distance.

Originally Posted by commonwealth

Great. I have no problem walking around CBD then!

When is the Melbourne Cup happening?

Originally Posted by moneypenny20

I've had a pretty good search but it's a bit like looking for a tree in a forest so...... First Born is being an awesome daughter and is taking me to Mellie for a long weekend. We've got plans out of the city for the Sunday and Monday but I'm looking for 'must do' things on the Friday and Saturday. She'll want to do some shopping but only for a couple of hours so what do Mellie folk suggest?

Also we've not booked the hotel yet, leaving it until a bit closer and keeping fingers crossed we get a good deal on the cheap sites but a question - how big is the CBD? Should we look to stay the Docklands end or is Lygon Street way close enough to everything or am I in the wrong place?

Please and thank you! Oh and is Chinatown any good?

Originally Posted by moneypenny20

Thanks for that, I've been using Tripadvisor, puts the fear of god into me when I look at the poor reports The hotel advertised on TZ has some doozies but the price looks good, I don't want to bankrupt the daughter, she's paying the rates bill as well

Originally Posted by GarryP

Be careful with those reviews - hotels are known to write really bad reviews for the competition, and really good reviews for themselves - in order to game the system.

Go up the tower on the south bank (what is it called) if you want to get a look around, or get on the free circle tram.