8 Days 7 Night trip to Melbourne (10/9 - 17/9)

Exchange Rate: 3.022

✈Flight (8hours 30minutes)

AirAsia Booked half year ago

KLIA2 > Melbourne Tullamarine Airport + 25kg Luggage

Back and Forth Total: RM1151.00

Visa ： RM20

☁Weather ：20° – 4°

🚗🚌🚉🚅Transport

Rent a car for four days to go to Great Ocean Road Total: AUD77

I take Tram and train in Melbourne City itself. We only take Uber on the last day because we are too lazy to carry our luggage up and down.

You will need to purchase MYKI card before taking Tram and Train. You can purchase it at skybus booth outside the airport. It’s AUD 15 for one ticket. There’s already credit inside the card. It only costs AUD 8.60 per day and you can take as many time you want. It’s even cheaper during weekend which only costs AUD 6.30 for the whole day. (There’s the price list in the photo album)

You can also get MYKI at 7-11. You can either top up at 7-11 or the machine at the station. It’s very convenient because you can also check your balance at the machine at the station. You don’t need to worry that you don’t have enough credit in your card because you can still ride on it even though your balance is negative. It will immediately minus it at the next time you top up. This is the benefit of Australia, they trust you. However, there’s a lot of Asian did not scan their card when they got down from the Tram. I was quite speechless.

*If you want to go to Melbourne City straight from the airport, the most convenient way is to take Skybus which only cost AUD 19 per ticket for Adult. Skybus will go straight to the city at Southern Cross Station from the airport. (Can also be said that it is the main station of bus and subway)

Once you reach Southern Cross Station, you can just take tram or walk to your hotel

📱Sim Card

I used OPTUS prepaid card in Melbourne AUD20 12GB Data, SMS Unlimited + 200mins call

We used for two, the network is super smooth and it didn’t even reach the limit on our last day..Because there’s WiFi in the Airbnb or hotel so it will be enough.

🏠Accommodation

DAY1 : LORNE - THE SANDRIDGE MOTEL RM337.48 AGODA

DAY2 : APOLLO PANORAMA GUESTHOUSE RM360.90

DAY3 : PORT CAMPBELL THE 4 RM289.30 AGODA

DAY4 - DAY7 : SAINT KILDA -BRIGHT ACLAND ST TOP-FLOOR STUDIO WITH BALCONY RM1343.03 AGODA

(The accommodation is for two, the price above is the price when we book. Lastly I divided it to 2)

DAY 1

Once we reach the airport, we called Bargain company straight away to take their shutter van and take our car. Then we drive 1 and a half hour to Lorne.

Surrounded by beautiful scenery on our way there

🔸Bell Beach

🔸Lorne Beach (It is a small park)

🔸Lorne Pier

Stay at LORNE - THE SANDRIDGE MOTEL

DAY 2

🔸Teddy’s Lookout

🔸Apollo Bay Boat Harbour

🔸Twelve Apostles Port Campbell National Park

🔸Loch Ard Gorge, all these destinations are close to each other and it is free of charge

Stay at APOLLO PANORAMA GUESTHOUSE (Recommend this Airbnb as the host is from Taiwan and China and they are extremely friendly)

DAY 3

🔸Castle Cove

🔸Gibson Steps

🔸Thunder Cave

🔸Sherbrooke River

🔸Broken Head

🔸The Grotto

🔸Bay of island

Stay at PORT CAMPBELL THE 4 (Don’t recommend, it’s too simple, hahhahaha)

DAY 4

Return our car – It takes 3 hours journey to go back to Melbourne Airport from Port Campbell. Then we put our hotel in Saint Kilda Studio. As it is Airbnb so it takes a longer time to look for our key. We are also a very careless person as we see our room number wrongly. Also, we need to rush to return the car so we just place our luggage outside the room and rush to return. Then when we asked our host only we realize we found the wrong room. We accidentally placed it outside someone house. Luckily they only push our luggage aside. After we return the car, we go back and place our luggage into the room. Then, we take Tram to go to Melbourne City to look for food..

🔸Flinders Street Station

Stay at SAINT KILDA -BRIGHT ACLAND ST TOP-FLOOR STUDIO WITH BALCONY (DAY 4 – DAY 7)

DAY 5

🔸Puffing Billy AUD105

🔸Middle Brighton Beach – Brighton Bathing Boxes

🔸Yarra Beach to drink and enjoy the night view

××If you want to watch the performance, remember not to stand in front or else you will be asked to go to the stage like me. Hahahah. My travel buddies said that my English is bad but I am very brave when I travel. My English can be very good suddenly, I even dare to perform.. (Remember, nobody will know who you are when you travel, so try whatever you want. You will gain these travel experience)

DAY 6

🔸St Kilda Beach

🔸H&M

🔸Hardware Society

🔸Block Arcade

🔸Royal Arcade

🔸State Library of Victoria

🔸Drink beside the Bar at Yarra River

🔸China Town eat Box Hill (Highly recommended, it’s super nice)

**As the other people is staying at La Trobe Street so we need to find the key again. Wasted around 3 hours to look for the key. 4 of us run around at Melbourne at 4C. The Airbnb here need to look for key and it is quite challenging.. The key cannot be found so easily. The key will normally be 2-3km away from your house..*Face palm

DAY 7

🔸Shop and had our breakfast around Luna Park

🔸St Kilda Esplanade Market

🔸Hosier Land Street Art

🔸Follow tour to Philip Island AUD99 to see the smallest penguins

DAY 8

🔸Walk around Melbourne City

🔸State Library of Victoria. As it was raining at the first few days when we were there, so we passed by and sit on the grass to experience the lifestyle of the locals. It will be crowded when it is not raining. Everyone will sit on the grass to chat, read or even to relax..

🔸Melbourne Museum

🔸National Gallery of Victoria

🔸Eureka Skydeck 88 AUD23

Return to Malaysia with our tiring body!

Total cost: RM4143.17 PER PERSON （include flight ticket, accommodation, food, entrance ticket, souvenir)

It was originally 2 of us then it become 7 people. Thanks to my travel buddies for giving me this wonderful trip.

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