1. Visa
Other than citizen from New Zealand, the rest of us
need to get a visa. I got mine from https://www.auseta.com/sg/.
Recommended by PY, this website not only offers cheaper visa rate compare to
the official website, they help to do it for free if your visa got rejected.
Fuss free and cheap! I believe there are other website that offer the same
service too!
2. Sim Card
Many website recommended getting $2 SIM card from
Optus for 500 mb per day while I recommend getting this - (Telstra Promo ends on 31 Jan 2017) It's $10 for 7 days
and comes with 6GB of data. It works well both in Melbourne and Sydney! What a steal!
3. Melbourne Transportation
Melbourne Airport
to City
There are several options to get to Melbourne CBD from
the airport. The easiest way is to purchase the sky bus pass - $19 one way and
$36 for return. Sky bus offers shuttle service from Southbank station
to many hotels in Melbourne. Check here to see if your hotel is one of the
list. Once you arrive at the station, remember to inform the staff at the
counter your hotel and number of passenger boarding the bus. Wait for them to
call your hotel. Duration estimated around 1 hr from airport.
Ps: If you have more than 2 person, Uber can be
another option.
Transportation in Melbourne City
Driving in Melbourne city isn't cheap. With carpark
fee in CBD costing as much as $12-$18 per hour, you really don't want to
park your car there. There are Free City tram available in the city. This makes
it great because most city attraction can arrive by foot. Check out the free
city tram service here and here for map
Do note that if you are visiting outside the free tram
area, you will need to tap the card on/off.
Myki card
Like many transportation card, Myki allows you to
transfer from different mode of transport easily. There are several type
of card available for tourist to choose from. They have Myki Explorer , MykiMoney and Myki Pass. Myki Explorer that cost $15 for unlimited public transport ride/day in
Melbourne. Whereas with Myki Money, you ‘pay as you go’ in the selected zone for
2 hours. Lastly, with Myki pass you get unlimited travel in chosen zone for 7
days or more
Click here to estimate the travel fare and decide what
card you want to get
Tip: on weekends and public holiday, you do not have
to pay more than $6.00 per day for unlimited travel in Zone 1 + 2 and $7.80 on
weekday
4. Sydney Transportation
Sydney Airport to city
The easiest way is to take airport link - express train
from Sydney airport to CBD for $17.90 per pax. While it is not the
cheapest option to choose from, it’s the fastest. Otherwise you might consider
taking uber if you have more than 2 pax
Sydney Public Transportation
Although there are many accessible public transport available (light rail, train, ferry and bus) in Sydney
and it can be quite confusing at time. Especially when calculating the cost for
the trip and the mode of transport. One can use this to estimate the cost
before deciding which mode is the best. Thankfully optus card is free of
charge! Although transportation in Sydney is not cheap too. I think we spend 50
Aud/pax on transportation .
hi, i used link to apply my visa but they never ask me the travel date. It is all right?
ReplyDeletehi yes, it’s alright. if i’m not wrong, after you apply for visa, you should get a confirmation mail within 24 hours. so the 1 year visa validity should start from the next day you applied. you can clarify with the website/agent if you didn’t receive any email
Deletesafe trip! (: