Port Melbourne

Worth seeing in and around Port Melbourne

10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

1. 01
   Docklands Stadium

   Docklands Stadium is a stadium located in the Melbourne suburb of Docklands. It is primarily used for Australian rules football as the home ground of several teams in the Australian Football League.

   3.3 km · Multi-purpose stadium in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Victoria University

   Victoria University is an Australian public research university based in Melbourne, Victoria. It is a dual-sector university, providing courses in both higher education and technical and further education.

   3.4 km · dual-sector public research university based in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Polly Woodside

   Polly Woodside is a three-masted, iron-hulled barque, preserved in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, and forming the central feature of the South Wharf precinct. The ship was originally built in Belfast by William J. Woodside and was launched in 1885.

   3.7 km · three-masted, iron-hulled barque preserved as a museum ship in Melbourne, Australia · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Scienceworks

   Scienceworks is one of Australia’s leading science museums located in Spotswood, a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria. It is one of three museums operated by Museums Victoria.

   1.7 km · science museum in Melbourne, Australia · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Bolte Bridge

   The Bolte Bridge is a twin cantilever road bridge across the Yarra River and Victoria Harbour, located in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The bridge carries the Melbourne CityLink via eight lanes of traffic – four lanes northbound and four lanes southbound.

   1.9 km · bridge in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia · Wikipedia
6. 06
   West Side Place

   West Side Place is a completed A$2-billion complex of four skyscrapers, located at 250 Spencer Street, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

   3.8 km · building complex in Melbourne, Australia · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Melbourne Maritime Museum

   The former Melbourne Maritime Museum, now, the Polly Woodside tall ship and museum, managed by the National Trust of Australia, is situated in South Wharf on the Yarra River in the city of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It is home to the barque Polly Woodside, the now restored cargo vessel launched in 1885.

   3.7 km · shipping museum in Melbourne, Australia · Wikipedia
8. 08
   Seafarers Bridge

   The Seafarers Bridge is a cable-stayed footbridge across the Yarra River, located in the city centre of Melbourne, in Victoria, Australia. The bridge links to city centre with Docklands and South Wharf.

   3.6 km · pedestrian bridge in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia · Wikipedia
9. 09
   568 Collins Street

   568 Collins Street is a mixed–use skyscraper in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The building was first proposed in 2011 and later approved by then-Planning Minister Matthew Guy in early 2012.

   3.9 km · mixed–use skyscraper in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia · Wikipedia
10. 10
    Premier Tower

    Premier Tower is a mixed-use skyscraper on the corner of Bourke and Spencer Streets, in Melbourne, Australia. Designed by Elenberg Fraser, plans for a 294-metre tall building with 90-storeys were initially proposed in 2014; however, in order not to cast a shadow on the Yarra River to the south, both the height and the number of levels of the project were reduced in later plans, which were submitted to the Department of Planning.

    3.8 km · Skyscraper in Melbourne, Australia · Wikipedia

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What Wikivoyage says to see

1. 01
   Albert Park and Lake
2. 02
   Montague Street Bridge

   One of Melbourne's lowest bridges at only 3.0 metres, leading to the result of constant crashes on the bridge and became the site of urban Melbourne legend.

3. 03
   Princes Pier

   A small waterfront pier with many old wooden structures.

4. 04
   Station Pier

   6 Waterfront Pl, Port Melbourne (opposite terminus of the 109).

5. 05
   Lagoon Pier
6. 06
   Kerferd Road Pier

From Wikivoyage: Port Melbourne, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Things to do

Formula One and other motor racing is held in the streets surrounding Albert Park. The circuit is near both Middle Park stops on the 96 tram. The next F1 / Grand Prix is 2-4 April 2027. The track is 5.278 km long so cars make 58 laps to total 306 km.

From Wikivoyage: Port Melbourne, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Where to eat

1. 01
   Andrew's Hamburgers

   144 Bridport Street, Albert Park,.

2. 02
   Brumby's Albert Park

   113 Dundas Pl, Albert Park,.

3. 03
   Charm Thai Restaurant

   173 Victoria Ave, Albert Park,.

4. 04
   Foti and Friends

   59 Cardigan Pl,.

5. 05
   Misuzu's

   Upper mid-range to splurge Japanese food.

From Wikivoyage: Port Melbourne, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Getting to Port Melbourne

Airports

Melbourne (MEL), 18 km · Melbourne Avalon (AVV), 46 km

Stations

Southern Cross, 3.7 km · North Melbourne, 3.3 km · Kensington, 3.8 km · Macaulay, 3.9 km · Middle Footscray, 2.9 km

• Geelong/Melbourne → Port Melbourne

  6 km · quickest by road, 20 min · A$1
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• Hobart (Cambridge) → Port Melbourne

  597 km · quickest by air, 4h 46m · A$200–300
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• Adelaide → Port Melbourne

  653 km · quickest by air, 5h 3m · A$220–320
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No local-transport research exists yet for Port Melbourne

Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Port Melbourne. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

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