Tuesday, May 20, 2014

A Day In Melbourne - Page 2

As mentioned in the page 1 about the SkyBus return ticket at $70 aussie, here is the sample return ticket for a family with 2 adults and up to 4 children as indicated in the tickets below:


Just remember to keep the ticket safely if you have purchased a return ticket; or else, you may have to re-purchase another ticket to Melbourne airport again as the SkyBus driver will surely ask you the return ticket for verification. You can actually get the SkyBus ticket purchasing from hotels if you only buy an one way ticket when reach Melbourne. It will be more expensive as compared to return ticket.

A photo from a room in Tune Hotel Melbourne. It is the upper Swanston Street that has a cross junction with Queensberry Street, a 5-minute walk and you will reach the trams station operated by Yarra Trams - website: http://www.yarratrams.com.au/. The website has a lot of information, including the trams history in Melbourne. It is this stop that brought us to see the daily life of Melburnian besides walking down along the Swanston Street.

The Yarra Trams - Queensberry St / Swanston St Stop

Monday, May 12, 2014

A Day In Melbourne - Page 1

Touched down Melbourne Airport or Tullamarine Airport at 8:20 am (or 6:20 am Malaysia time) on 16th April 2014 by taking the AirAsia X for about 8 hours flight from Kuala Lumpur LCCT had given new experience in my travel logbook. (Knowing long travelling is tiring but many do believe that it is help in improving our mood and reducing stress. I do believe that taking a break from our daily routines at home or at work can really prolong life and I wish the travel logbook can rejuvenate all and start planning your own holiday trips.)

The simple easy access of direction sign board in the second busiest airport in Australia was so good that we got on board directly to the SkyBus by purchasing the family return ticket at $70 aussie without second thought after leaving the airport customs. The SkyBus is the express bus that bring us to the city centre at Southern Cross Station and a complimentary hotel transfer service is also provided to us by using its shuttle bus. We reached the Tune Hotel early before the official check-in time at 2pm. Paying $2 per luggage for safe keeping in the Tune Hotel, we started our first day in Melbourne - free and easy travel holiday.

It is about 20 minutes travelling on SkyBus 
As shown in the above Google Map, it is 25-minute drive from the airport to Tune Hotel stopover Southern Cross Station with a driving distance of about 26 kilometers but the SkyBus did show a 20-minute ride to Southern Cross Station on the board. (Just click the above google map for better viewing if needed.)

Tune Hotel Melbourne is new and located at the upper end of Swanston Street (a historical street) intersected with Queensberry Street. We was told that it had over 80% occupancy rate during our stay.