METLINK Tickets:  Our public transport system offers one ticket for trams, trains and buses.  Buy a 2 hour ticket or a day ticket and you can get on and off trams, trains and buses in the city as many times as you want.   Generally a Zone 1 ticket will take you to all the places you want to get to.  Check all the info on the Metlink site by clicking here.

TRAMS:  For moving around town and the inner suburbs, Melbourne Trams are fast, reliable, inexpensive, and fun!!  The CITY CIRCLE TRAM is a free service that runs around the City perimeter.  It runs every day between 10am & 9pm.  For all the info click here.  Our tram system can take you just about anywhere within 10kms of town and even further.  To get to Brunswick St., St.Kilda, Toorak & Sth.Yarra, Richmond and other great inner city areas, you can check out all the tram routes by clicking here.

TRAINS:  Your Metlink ticket works on all trains.  Use the trains if you are going to Caulfield or Flemington Race Course.  Also the city loop train has many stops around town.  All on the same ticket!  You can get all the train info by clicking here.

BUSES:  There are a load of bus routes you can also use with a Metlink 2 hour ticket or day ticket.  You can see all the routes by clicking here.

TAXIS:  A taxi from one end of town to the other will cost just under $10.  So if it’s raining, or your feet are sore, or you can’t walk any distance, taxis are the way to go.  You can phone a taxi on PH: 131008.  If you have a wheelchair, you can ask for a taxi that will accommodate it when you make a phone booking.

DRIVING:  If you want to get a hire car and drive around town that is also a great way to get around.  Check info on road rules by clicking here.   Watch out for the famous Melbourne Hook Turn in the CDB.  I think it is the only city in the world where this type of turn is in use.

BICYCLES:  Bike riding in Melbourne is very popular, but bikes are not as numerous as in China, Amsterdam, Taiwan and cities where the bicylce is a big part of the culture, so riding a bike around Melbourne is easy & fun.  You need to wear a helmet by law.  You can rent a bike at Federation Square.  Here is the RENTABIKE link.

WALKING:  Melbourne City is laid out on a grid and it is VERY EASY to walk around town.  I live downtown so I walk everywhere and use the trams a lot.  I have put together a section on WALKING TOURS HERE.