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Hi Guys I am flying to Melbourne & have to get to Burwood Rd Hawthorn for a meeting round 9.30 am on a weekday & I am looking for suggestions of timing from the airport to there & best method ? taxi,bus, run
Thanks Rob

...taxi

no train/bus goes near
so
about an 1 hour from leaving Tulla
(you have to go thru the city or on the outskirts
on Citylink to get there)..maybe 50 mins

its not an easy one from Tulla

its a bit like going from Syd airport to Crows Nest, St leonards or Lane Cove
ya gotta skirt the city


hth

Smitty

Thanks Smitty so that about 1 hour by taxi?

robracer wrote:Thanks Smitty so that about 1 hour by taxi?

yeah
50-60 mins from the airport
(traffic depending..the freeway in from the airport
towards the city runs slow in the mornings)

hth

Smitty

Brig your bank roll, taxi's aren't cheap PM Benno see if he can lend you his bike, he works at the airport, ooops no hang on, R1 is a writeoff, next idea?

robracer wrote:Thanks Smitty so that about 1 hour by taxi?

About 90mins by cab if the driver thinks you don't know your way around!

triway wrote:

robracer wrote:Thanks Smitty so that about 1 hour by taxi?

About 90mins by cab if the driver thinks you don't know your way around!

thought that was Synney cabbies

anyway
½ Melbourne cabbies don't know here they are at any given time

Mate, hire a car. $49/day some are even less than that. What is with Melbourne every thing is 1hr + from the airport

Every time i go to Melbourne $$$$$purchase a taxi Last trip, 3 days total cab fare $600. Luck work pick up the tab

Burky wrote:Mate, hire a car. $49/day some are even less than that. What is with Melbourne every thing is 1hr + from the airport

Every time i go to Melbourne $$$$$purchase a taxi Last trip, 3 days total cab fare $600. Luck work pick up the tab

Same here the ppl running the meeting are paying for all expenses so I dont care I just dont wont to rock up late

glenferrie station could be close, depending where on burwood rd. Hawthorn might be near as well.
You'd probably be able to get a tram from the station to save a bit of walking.

I'd just taxi it though.
You'd be spending 20 on a bus to get to southern cross station then a train to glenferrie would be another 5 bucks. 45 minute journey.
Taxi will be 60 ish I reckon and take a similar amount of time, probably a bit less.

Smitty wrote: its a bit like going from Syd airport to Crows Nest, St leonards or Lane Cove
ya gotta skirt the city

Except traffic moves in melbourne

smek wrote:

Smitty wrote: its a bit like going from Syd airport to Crows Nest, St leonards or Lane Cove
ya gotta skirt the city

Except traffic moves in melbourne

aaah..welcome to Sydney

too right Syderny City traffic sux ....thanks guys & thanks Rossi for a great offer Im sorted

Smitty wrote:anyway ½ Melbourne cabbies don't know here they are at any given time

That estimate is probably on the low side too... have had to direct a cab once to the MCG...

mick_dundee wrote:Brig your bank roll, taxi's aren't cheap PM Benno see if he can lend you his bike, he works at the airport, ooops no hang on, R1 is a writeoff, next idea?

Yuor shitting me arnt ya mick,Bennos bike was written off ????