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There is no camping at the track or in downtown melbourne. It's hotels, hostels, and the couches of dear (at least once a year) friends.
> What's the local newspaper say?
Whatever Rupert Murdock thinks they should say - Herald Sun.
Entertainment:
Casino? Yeah they got a casino. After midnight there's not much else to do.
Arts/Musuems/History:
> Yeah they got a museum and an art gallery.
Go Carts: Not Downtown
Theme Parks Near by: Not Downtown.
Restaurants/Clubs/Cafes:
Lots, for Spanish Cuisine try Johnston street just a short cab ride to neighboring Collingwood. For quick food mall type food cross the river to the southbank office complex, for eats by the beach, check out what I think is one of the best hamburger places in the world, Greasy Joe's in St. Kilda, less than a mile from the Fitzroy Street exit of the circuit. Tell 'em I sent you!
> Who races there?
> Formula 1 World Championship
> Aussie V8 Supercars
>
Click links for coming series date / schedule
> Best viewing at the track:
It's a street circuit effectively. The best viewing, if you get there early enough, if in fact from "brocky's hill" in the general admission area, where you can see 3 bends in one panorama. Seats offer limited viewing of what you see before you. The other place I like to wander too is the general admission area beyond turn 3, where grip is an issue, you can watch the cars work up through the gears, and, usually, 2 tv screens offer a view if you're watching them come towards you or go. Some negotiation required to see the turn 3 screen but it can be done.
> Wanna be a volunteer race marshall?
Visit Confederation of Australian Motorsports (CAMS)
> Distance from nearest Major racing Centers nearby:
>
How far is Albert Park/Melbourne from?
>> downtown Melbourne - 3 miles / 5KMs.
>> Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit - 135KMs / 80MIs
>> Mount Panorama, Bathurst, NSW 720KMs
>> Sydney CBD: 895KMs
>> Eastern Creek, NSW: 854KMs
>> Wakefield Park, NSW: 691KMs
>> Oran Park: 828KMs
Other revhead Activites
> Every year around grand prix time the Melbourne Motor Show takes place. (see link for actual dates) They're down by the river downtown in the Melbourne Exhibition Center, a place locals like to call "jeff's shed".
>
Check out also the other fine racetracks near Melbourne: Sandown Park International Motor Raceway, where the local SuperV8s Race, & Calder Park raceway, where the Australian AUSCAR series was born, and home of many a past Australian F1 Grand Prix.
> Also, regarding another form of horsepower, on the first Tuesday of every November, city hosts the famous, Melbourne Cup Horse Race at it's Flemington Racecourse.
> Don't forget there are still more international standard motorsports at nearby Phillip Island.
Other Major Local Sports
> Aussie Rules Football, of course the Australian Open Tennis is played in town at Rod Laver Arena. Find Australian Open Tennis Tickets
HANDY LINKS
Circuit / Event Official Website: grandprix.com.au
> Melbourne Tourism Websites
> ????
> Who's going to church on Sunday? Places of Worship:
Downtown Melbourne is filled with churches and places of worship for almost all major religions. Say a prayer, catch a tram, see the race.
MISC INFO
... Curency: Australian Dollar (AUD) - Oanda Exchange Rate Converter
... ATM Locator
...Tipping: Not Expected.
...Melbourne Prices include 10% GST:
> Time Zone: (GMT+10) with daylight saving
> Telephone Info:
... Emergency Number: 000
... Australian International dialing code is +61
You may need a visa See Australian Immigration Office Info
Customs/Tarrifs/Excise: Australian Customs Office Official Website
> Local Liquor Laws: Legal Drinking Age in Victoria Australia is 18.
Did you know?
On average only 4000 international visitors come to Melbourne for the Australian Grand Prix. Of this number 2000 are called "corporate guests", Whether this includes the formula one circus, which account for about 500+ support staff for the racing teams is not clear. So 2000 paying tourists. Little wonder much arguing is done about whether this is worth the huge investment the event costs the Victorian tax payer.
Stuff to do
Once you do get there, believe me the plane does finally land after 15+ hours from Los Angeles, here's the prime list of things to do and check out...
> By the Yarra River, that runs alongside downtown, you'll find a casino that shoots flames from 4 towers, some dancing clubs, and a bunch of restaurants. Head for downtown if you want to wear a tie out eating and for St. Kilda if you like your dining stylish but less formal.
> I prefer the city's spanish zone in johnston street, a few bars/tapas places. It's not quite Barcelona, but one of the few places that can really cook on Saturday night.
> Get a Chinese meal in the 5 blocks that are china town in the downtown area (Little Bourke Street)
> Get one of the best gourmet burgers in the world (I know, I've been keeping notes) at greasy joes in Akland Street St. Kilda (only 5 minutes on a light rail tram from the circuit.)
> Walk along the beach - which I'm told you can't swim in because of pollution from the sewer outlets into the bay and heavy shipping that passes by on it's way to Melbourne's port a few miles away.
> Ask locals what they think of the "modern" architecture (worth the entire cost of the trip). Then go to look at some of the neat buildings from the city's history that seem to be hiding for shame from the new monstrocity that has dubbed itself the "heart" of Melbourne.
> nearby downtown is the Italian zone in lygon street, 2 blocks from the University of Melbourne's historic campus. If you are tifoso this is about the only place you'll feel really welcome in a town that lives and breathes racing only 3 days a year. Don't expect to find anything nearly as elaborate as Montreal's Crescent Street, though. In the former bohemian center you'll find a strip of around 40 italian restaurants, with kids cruising and honking horns, and 3 or 4 mostly (Ferrari) merchandising tents. You'll find lots of people, but no real air of a race weekend, unless of course Ferrari win the race in which case Sunday night is a PARTY! (wasn't in 2003<) On more quite afternoons during the week, stop there before anywhere else for a premium cup of some of the best coffee that side of italy. Check in at my favorite little italian cafe there too, tiamo. Who knows who you'll find sitting at a table outside reading a newspaper!
> Get to the circuit/park a few days ahead of the event early and watch workers erecting the palm trees and craning the yachts into the 3-foot deep man-made mud lake in the center of the park. Also, for many years it was posible to gain entry to the main straight in the week before the event and watch the cars arrive and garages get organized. check the local ticketmaster site for other events during the weekend. Melbourne's summer is ending in March and there's lots of international entertainers visit during this time.
> When you're planning your visit consider taking in Adelaide (around 500 miles west) and it's awesome street party race weekend around the super v8 race, the clipsal500 (see link for dates), run on the old Formula One™ street layout that really was fun to visit, and much better value for racing dollars (and friendly smiles) than Melbourne could ever be.
> You'll get a taste of the v8 supercars at Albert park too. At the track you'll swear there isn't an f1 TM race on at all, since the locals appear in droves to support their local heroes and only stay on for the "big" event out of curiosity, and because they paid so much for their tickets.
> Check out, too, what the protesters of the race have to say, their yearly vigil over the park is environmental and highly polical, and tells much to reveal about the problems of the city as a whole.
>Take suntan lotion, and an umbrella, while I roasted in 2000 and 2001, in 2002, it rained cats and dogs until an hour before the race in 2002 and 2003. Take a good book and a walkman.
> Wonder where all the aboriginal people are and visit the melbourne zoo to see local wildlife.
> The city usually has a week long sideshow called "Moomba" (recently renamed Melbourne Moomba Waterfest, no website yet) around Grand Prix time. It features smaller amusement rides, waterskiing competition, and ferry floss by the river downtown.
ALBERT PARK CIRCUIT MOTORSPORT TRAVEL NEWS
What I find out I dish out on my motorsport travel news page
Arts/Musuems/History:
> Yeah they got a museum and an art gallery.
Go Carts: Not Downtown
Theme Parks Near by: Not Downtown.
Restaurants/Clubs/Cafes:
Lots, for Spanish Cuisine try Johnston street just a short cab ride to neighboring Collingwood. For quick food mall type food cross the river to the southbank office complex, for eats by the beach, check out what I think is one of the best hamburger places in the world, Greasy Joe's in St. Kilda, less than a mile from the Fitzroy Street exit of the circuit. Tell 'em I sent you!
> Who races there?
> Formula 1 World Championship
> Aussie V8 Supercars
>
Click links for coming series date / schedule
> Best viewing at the track:
It's a street circuit effectively. The best viewing, if you get there early enough, if in fact from "brocky's hill" in the general admission area, where you can see 3 bends in one panorama. Seats offer limited viewing of what you see before you. The other place I like to wander too is the general admission area beyond turn 3, where grip is an issue, you can watch the cars work up through the gears, and, usually, 2 tv screens offer a view if you're watching them come towards you or go. Some negotiation required to see the turn 3 screen but it can be done.
> Wanna be a volunteer race marshall?
Visit Confederation of Australian Motorsports (CAMS)
> Distance from nearest Major racing Centers nearby:
>
How far is Albert Park/Melbourne from?
>> downtown Melbourne - 3 miles / 5KMs.
>> Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit - 135KMs / 80MIs
>> Mount Panorama, Bathurst, NSW 720KMs
>> Sydney CBD: 895KMs
>> Eastern Creek, NSW: 854KMs
>> Wakefield Park, NSW: 691KMs
>> Oran Park: 828KMs
Other revhead Activites
> Every year around grand prix time the Melbourne Motor Show takes place. (see link for actual dates) They're down by the river downtown in the Melbourne Exhibition Center, a place locals like to call "jeff's shed".
>
Check out also the other fine racetracks near Melbourne: Sandown Park International Motor Raceway, where the local SuperV8s Race, & Calder Park raceway, where the Australian AUSCAR series was born, and home of many a past Australian F1 Grand Prix.
> Also, regarding another form of horsepower, on the first Tuesday of every November, city hosts the famous, Melbourne Cup Horse Race at it's Flemington Racecourse.
> Don't forget there are still more international standard motorsports at nearby Phillip Island.
Other Major Local Sports
> Aussie Rules Football, of course the Australian Open Tennis is played in town at Rod Laver Arena. Find Australian Open Tennis Tickets
> Aussie V8 Supercars
>
Click links for coming series date / schedule
> Distance from nearest Major racing Centers nearby:
>
How far is Albert Park/Melbourne from?
>> downtown Melbourne - 3 miles / 5KMs.
>> Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit - 135KMs / 80MIs
>> Mount Panorama, Bathurst, NSW 720KMs
>> Sydney CBD: 895KMs
>> Eastern Creek, NSW: 854KMs
>> Wakefield Park, NSW: 691KMs
>> Oran Park: 828KMs
Other revhead Activites
> Every year around grand prix time the Melbourne Motor Show takes place. (see link for actual dates) They're down by the river downtown in the Melbourne Exhibition Center, a place locals like to call "jeff's shed".
>
Check out also the other fine racetracks near Melbourne: Sandown Park International Motor Raceway, where the local SuperV8s Race, & Calder Park raceway, where the Australian AUSCAR series was born, and home of many a past Australian F1 Grand Prix.
> Also, regarding another form of horsepower, on the first Tuesday of every November, city hosts the famous, Melbourne Cup Horse Race at it's Flemington Racecourse.
> Don't forget there are still more international standard motorsports at nearby Phillip Island.
Other Major Local Sports
HANDY LINKS
Circuit / Event Official Website: grandprix.com.au
> Melbourne Tourism Websites
> ????
> Who's going to church on Sunday? Places of Worship:
Downtown Melbourne is filled with churches and places of worship for almost all major religions. Say a prayer, catch a tram, see the race.
MISC INFO
... Curency: Australian Dollar (AUD) - Oanda Exchange Rate Converter
... ATM Locator
...Tipping: Not Expected.
...Melbourne Prices include 10% GST:
> Time Zone: (GMT+10) with daylight saving
> Telephone Info:
... Emergency Number: 000
... Australian International dialing code is +61
You may need a visa See Australian Immigration Office Info
Customs/Tarrifs/Excise: Australian Customs Office Official Website
> Local Liquor Laws: Legal Drinking Age in Victoria Australia is 18.
Did you know?
On average only 4000 international visitors come to Melbourne for the Australian Grand Prix. Of this number 2000 are called "corporate guests", Whether this includes the formula one circus, which account for about 500+ support staff for the racing teams is not clear. So 2000 paying tourists. Little wonder much arguing is done about whether this is worth the huge investment the event costs the Victorian tax payer.
Stuff to do
Once you do get there, believe me the plane does finally land after 15+ hours from Los Angeles, here's the prime list of things to do and check out...
> By the Yarra River, that runs alongside downtown, you'll find a casino that shoots flames from 4 towers, some dancing clubs, and a bunch of restaurants. Head for downtown if you want to wear a tie out eating and for St. Kilda if you like your dining stylish but less formal.
> I prefer the city's spanish zone in johnston street, a few bars/tapas places. It's not quite Barcelona, but one of the few places that can really cook on Saturday night.
> Get a Chinese meal in the 5 blocks that are china town in the downtown area (Little Bourke Street)
> Get one of the best gourmet burgers in the world (I know, I've been keeping notes) at greasy joes in Akland Street St. Kilda (only 5 minutes on a light rail tram from the circuit.)
> Walk along the beach - which I'm told you can't swim in because of pollution from the sewer outlets into the bay and heavy shipping that passes by on it's way to Melbourne's port a few miles away.
> Ask locals what they think of the "modern" architecture (worth the entire cost of the trip). Then go to look at some of the neat buildings from the city's history that seem to be hiding for shame from the new monstrocity that has dubbed itself the "heart" of Melbourne.
> nearby downtown is the Italian zone in lygon street, 2 blocks from the University of Melbourne's historic campus. If you are tifoso this is about the only place you'll feel really welcome in a town that lives and breathes racing only 3 days a year. Don't expect to find anything nearly as elaborate as Montreal's Crescent Street, though. In the former bohemian center you'll find a strip of around 40 italian restaurants, with kids cruising and honking horns, and 3 or 4 mostly (Ferrari) merchandising tents. You'll find lots of people, but no real air of a race weekend, unless of course Ferrari win the race in which case Sunday night is a PARTY! (wasn't in 2003<) On more quite afternoons during the week, stop there before anywhere else for a premium cup of some of the best coffee that side of italy. Check in at my favorite little italian cafe there too, tiamo. Who knows who you'll find sitting at a table outside reading a newspaper!
> Get to the circuit/park a few days ahead of the event early and watch workers erecting the palm trees and craning the yachts into the 3-foot deep man-made mud lake in the center of the park. Also, for many years it was posible to gain entry to the main straight in the week before the event and watch the cars arrive and garages get organized. check the local ticketmaster site for other events during the weekend. Melbourne's summer is ending in March and there's lots of international entertainers visit during this time.
> When you're planning your visit consider taking in Adelaide (around 500 miles west) and it's awesome street party race weekend around the super v8 race, the clipsal500 (see link for dates), run on the old Formula One™ street layout that really was fun to visit, and much better value for racing dollars (and friendly smiles) than Melbourne could ever be.
> You'll get a taste of the v8 supercars at Albert park too. At the track you'll swear there isn't an f1 TM race on at all, since the locals appear in droves to support their local heroes and only stay on for the "big" event out of curiosity, and because they paid so much for their tickets.
> Check out, too, what the protesters of the race have to say, their yearly vigil over the park is environmental and highly polical, and tells much to reveal about the problems of the city as a whole.
>Take suntan lotion, and an umbrella, while I roasted in 2000 and 2001, in 2002, it rained cats and dogs until an hour before the race in 2002 and 2003. Take a good book and a walkman.
> Wonder where all the aboriginal people are and visit the melbourne zoo to see local wildlife.
> The city usually has a week long sideshow called "Moomba" (recently renamed Melbourne Moomba Waterfest, no website yet) around Grand Prix time. It features smaller amusement rides, waterskiing competition, and ferry floss by the river downtown.
ALBERT PARK CIRCUIT MOTORSPORT TRAVEL NEWS
What I find out I dish out on my motorsport travel news page
... ATM Locator
...Tipping: Not Expected.
...Melbourne Prices include 10% GST:
> Time Zone: (GMT+10) with daylight saving
> Telephone Info:
... Emergency Number: 000
... Australian International dialing code is +61
You may need a visa See Australian Immigration Office Info Customs/Tarrifs/Excise: Australian Customs Office Official Website
> Local Liquor Laws: Legal Drinking Age in Victoria Australia is 18.
