Car Hire in Melbourne - Getting to Melbourne

Melbourne's airport services both domestic and international flights, although many flights still stop off in Sydney. Domestic flights run between Melbourne and all Australian capital cities, as well as to many other regional centres. The airport is easily accessible by road from the city and there is also a skybus making regular shuttle trips.

Bus travel is the cheapest way to get around, but it's a big country and it can be slow and tedious. Buses arrive in Melbourne from other Australian capitals, Victorian towns and tourist spots like Alice Springs and Cairns. Small bus companies travel slower, more scenic routes such as the Great Ocean Road, through the Victorian high country, along the east coast and through central Australia.

The train system is less extensive and more expensive but quicker and more pleasant. Interstate rail services operate between all capital cities including a track running all the way up the east coast stopping in Sydney, Brisbane, Cairns and the major towns in between.

A ferry and a quicker 'cat' run between Melbourne and northern Tasmania.

If you're driving, the main highways into Melbourne are the Hume, heading inland or the Princes coastal road from Sydney to Adelaide and the Western highway heading inland.