Melbourne Travel Tips: 10 Things to Know Before You Go to Melbourne Australia
Things YOU need to know before you travel to Melbourne Australia. With a population of 4 million, Melbourne is Australia's 2nd largest city and the capital of the state of Victoria. Melbourne has been rated the Most Livable City 7 years running. EXPAND DESCRIPTION FOR MORE INFO.
2. Weather:
Winter is coming, and it’s 9 months long.
Melbourne is cold in the winter.
Rain unpredictable
40 degrees Celsius in the morning, 18 degrees by afternoon.
Wind can be really cold.
Bring Warm Clothing whatever season you visit.
Seasons flipped from the Northern Hemisphere
3. Public Transport:
World's largest streetcar network
Really don't need a car
Trams free in the CBD
Tram 35 -- City Loop for tourists
Buy a Myki
Also trains
Its extensive but slow
Taxis and Uber are plentiful in the city
Very walkable
4. Driving:
Will need a car to drive Great Ocean road or 12 Apostles
Drive on the left
5 types of traffic cameras
point-to-point cameras that average out your speed over a long distance
Hook turns at tram intersections
5. Language: English… but some slang words to know:
Tomato Sauce = Ketchup
thongs = flip flops
togs/swimmers/bathers = bathing suit
chuck a u-ey = make a U-turn
6. Money:
Australian Dollar
1 AUD is 0.80 USD
Size of notes increases with value
No pennies -- round to nearest 5 cent
$1 and $2 are coins
Get your money from ATM, they are plentiful
No tipping in Australia
7. Store Hours
They close really early
7pm for most stores
Except Thurs-Friday, then 9pm
Opening usually 10am
Exception Grocery, Drug Store, Restaurants, bars
Restaurants and bars often have hours of LATE
8. Food:
A foodie city
Watch my video on cheap eats
Very international
Visit Queen Victoria Market
Lots of Asian Food in Chinatown
Pepper Lunch
Tim Ho Wan
24 hour Ramen and Kebab
But what about Australian Food?
Supermarkets: Woolworths, Coles
9. Coffee:
World's best Coffee (so Melbourners say)
Espresso based drinks
flat white, a combination of espresso and steamed milk sans the froth; a
long black, a double shot of espresso added to hot water (the long black is the closest thing to standard American coffee)
a short black, a standard espresso
10. Water & Beer
World's best tap water
Plenty of public drinking fountains
With bottle fillers
Best Water makes the best beer
Legal drinking age is 18
They love their beer
And it's serves everywhere
Also BYO
2 sizes of beer: Pot & Pint
Try Beer Deluxe at Fed Square
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In this episode of DIY Travel, we are heading to Melbourne, Australia to showcase all the must see and free attractions, where to stay, free City Circle Tram and getting around with its bike sharing program. Some of feature attractions will include National Gallery of Victoria (NGV), Queen Victoria Market, Melbourne Chinatown, Royal Botanical Gardens, Free Tour of the Victoria State Parliament House, Shrine of Remembrance, St Kilda Beach, the famous street arts and graffiti ally on Hosier Lane and more.
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Walking along Hardware Lane in Melbourne, Australia
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I took a walk along Hardware Lane - one of the famous laneways in Melbourne, Australia that are filled with restaurants and cafes. Shot in August 2017.
SOUTH WHARF MELBOURNE CITY TOUR AROUND DFO AND RESTAURANTS - AUSTRALIA
SOUTH WHARF MELBOURNE CITY TOUR AROUND DFO AND RESTAURANTS - AUSTRALIA
South Wharf is an inner suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 2 km south-west of Melbourne's Central Business District. Its local government areas are the Cities of Melbourne and Port Phillip. At the 2016 Census, South Wharf had a population of 106.
South Wharf is a small inner suburb south west from Melbourne CBD. Its borders are the Yarra River to the north, Wurundjeri Way to the west, the West Gate Freeway and a small private car park bordering Ford Street and Munro Street, which is part of the City of Port Phillip, to the south and the former Port Melbourne railway line and Clarendon Street to the east.
Gazetted in 2008 and formerly part of the industrial and shipping area of Southbank, the renaming is part of a wider urban renewal strategy to link Southbank with the Melbourne Docklands.
South Wharf includes some of Melbourne's landmarks, including the Melbourne Exhibition and Convention Centre and the Melbourne Maritime Museum, with its heritage Polly Woodside.
South Wharf is also home to many apartments, shopping outlet Direct Factory Outlets and the 5-star luxury hotel Pan Pacific Hotel
A five-storey Victorian warehouse, known as the Tea House (at 28 Clarendon Street), built in 1888, is one of the few buildings which survived the redevelopment of the area.
Seafarers Bridge
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Seafarers Bridge
South Wharf Foot Bridge.jpg
Night View of the Seafarers Bridge
Carries Pedestrians, Bicycles
Crosses Yarra River
Locale Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Maintained by City of Melbourne
Characteristics
Design Cable-stayed bridge
Material Steel
Longest span 75 metres (246 ft)
History
Architect Grimshaw Partners
Engineering design by Brown Consulting
Construction end January 2009
Wikimedia | © OpenStreetMap
The Seafarers Bridge is a footbridge over the Yarra River between Docklands and South Wharf in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
The bridge connects the north and south banks of the river while providing a formal entrance to the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre. The bridge main span is supported by steel ties connected to elliptical arches, with three arches on the north side and four arches on the south side.
The bridge was named in homage to the ‘Mission to Seafarers’ centre located nearby on the northern bank of the Yarra River and to represent Melbourne’s rich maritime history.
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I was given the opportunity to study abroad at the University of Queensland in Brisbane. It has undoubtedly been one of the richest experiences I have lived.
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Lens : 17-40mm f/4L, 70-200mm f/4DO
(Sorry for having half of the shots covered with dirt marks)
Equipment : Glidecam HD 2000, Drone Dji phantom
Software : Final Cut Pro X
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