hotel & meeting points

we pick you up & drop you back

it’s all part of the service

we’ve carefully selected hotels & meeting points in Melbourne city centre & Southbank, plus St Kilda or Geelong on the way through

these are chosen for ease in city traffic to allow maximum tour exploring time

select one when you make a booking, it has a set time, easy!

to open this map up click here - then enter your address in top box to see which heart tag is closest & easy directions

FROM MELBOURNE CENTRAL:

  • 7:35am Rendezvous Hotel - 328 Flinders St (near Flinders train station) this is our main meeting point - if unsure select here

  • 7:30 The Westin (in driveway) - 205 Collins St

  • 7:25 Grand Hyatt (Russell St side) 123 Collins St

  • 7:20 Stamford Plaza - 111 Little Collins St

  • 7:20 Rydges - 186 Exhibition St

  • 7:15 Brady Hotels Jones Lane - 111 Little Lonsdale St

  • 7:15 Scape - 99 Franklin St

  • 7:10 Pegasus Apart'Hotel - 206 A'Beckett St

  • 7:10 Adina - 189 Queen St

  • 7:05 Best Western - 16 Spencer St (near Southern Cross train station)

  • 7:05 Hotel Indigo - 575 Flinders Lane

  • 7:05 Quincy - 509 Flinders Lane

  • 7am InterContinental Rialto - 495 Collins St

FROM SOUTHBANK:

  • 6:55 Crown Promenade - 8 Whiteman St

  • 6:50 Mercure Southbank - 9 Riverside Quay

FROM ST KILDA:

  • 6:40 Kinson Porter (Arthur St entrance) 452 St Kilda Rd

  • 6:40 View (Roy St entrance) 562 St Kilda Rd

  • 6:35 Pullman Albert Park - 65 Queens Rd

  • 6:35 Park Regis Griffin Suites - 604 St Kilda Rd

  • 6:30 Crest on Barkly Hotel - 47 Barkly St

  • 6:30 Shell Coles station - 134 Barkly St (is central St Kilda)

  • 6:25 Metropol loading bay - 352 Canterbury Rd (near cnr Fitzroy St)

FROM GEELONG:

  • 8:20am BP fuel station, Corio outbound M1 Hwy (you will be dropped back to BP on Lovely Banks side of highway)

the ‘black heart’ is our central meeting place Rendezvous Hotel at 7:35am, or any ‘purple heart’ click on to see the address & pick-up time

  • Group bookings of 8 or more can have their actual hotel pick-up in central city or St Kilda if its feasible (has bus parking & won’t cause delays in route) - please contact us by email here to arrange this & the actual time

  • If unsure, select the 7:35am Rendezvous Hotel (Black Heart on map) as it’s central & easy to get to, then later once you do know where you’re staying you can update to any one of our locations by email if you need to.

    No changes can be made within 24 hours of tour start - you will need to make your way to the Rendezvous Hotel to board the bus as per your booking.

  • If you’re staying outside Melbourne CBD then select the location that is easiest for you to get to - that depends on your direction and if you are driving or using public transport.

    Easiest solution: select our ‘black heart’ main meeting point: 7:35am Rendezvous Hotel at 328 Flinders St in the city because it’s close/ walking distance to the Flinders Street Train Station & also trams are nearby, it’s also on the outskirts for traffic better if someone is driving you in.

    If you’re staying near Geelong city we can pick you up at the Fuel Station on the highway on the way through at Corio (see map tags) & dropped back at the fuel station on Lovely Banks side.

  • No, the bus only collects from locations that have been booked that day, you must select one & be at that location.

    Rendezvous Hotel is the default if no selection was made when booking.

    Location changes can be requested up to 24 hours prior to tour start, send us an email & we will confirm the change in a reply. No changes within 24 hours.

  • Good to know - trams in the green city CBD zone are free to use, you don’t need a PTV card just jump on the direction you need to go in the city grid, easy & often faster than grid-locked peak traffic - perfect!

    If you need to know which tram to use outside of the city grid then either use Google Maps or download the PTV app (Public Transport Victoria) for help

  • Very handy to know - Google Maps can help you with directions all over the place - once you’ve entered an address you want to go to, up the top icons click on the:

    • car - for driving,

    • person - for walking, or

    • train - for all public transport types (tram, train, bus)

best to arrive 5 minutes early to your booked location to not miss your day as the tour exits the city & therefore can’t delay