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buses often run on the same routes as
trams, as well as filling gaps where no train or tram lines run, but they
are likely to be the least useful mode of public transport for
visitors.
However, the City Explorer might be the
easy answer to sightseeing headaches – and footaches. The red
double-decker (tel 03/9650 7000, fax 9650 7033; hourly 10am–4pm; buy
tickets on board; day-ticket $22, two-day ticket $35) does circuits of the
city, starting from Melbourne Town Hall and running past the Rialto
Observation Deck and the Polly Woodside Maritime Museum to the Arts Centre
south of the CBD, then back up the eastern side of the city to Lygon
Street, the Zoo, the Metro! Craft Centre, Queen Victoria Market and
Melbourne Central; passengers can stay on the bus and use it as a
sightseeing tour, or jump off and reboard later. |
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