Location & Venue
Conference Venue - The Sebel Albert Park
The Sebel Albert Park Melbourne is centrally located on Queens Road, overlooking beautiful Albert Park Lake (opposite the renowned Grand Prix track). Just minutes from the St Kilda Road business precinct, Melbourne's CBD, South Yarra's Chapel Street retail precinct, the Botanical Garden and St Kilda and Port Phillip Bay beaches.
Welcome to Melbourne 
There is much to love about Melbourne. Just ask the locals. This sophisticated world city in the south-east corner of mainland Australia inspires a deep passion in those lucky enough to live here. They love its vibrant energy, staggering choice of restaurants, funky boutiques, café-filled laneways, cool bars, unbeatable galleries, luscious parks and village-like inner suburbs, each with its own special character. 
Melburnians embrace three things in particular: sport (Australian Rules football is almost a religion); fashion (the look is chic with a dash of quirky); and festivals (the calendar is packed year round).They even embrace their notoriously changeable weather. A standing joke in Australia is that Melbourne can experience four seasons in a day. But, really, it’s just another example of how they have it all!
Sometimes, the best part of visiting a new city is when you unexpectedly depart from the tourist trail and glimpse the city’s “real” side. While the big attractions can be great fun, often it’s the more subtle “insider” experiences that leave you feeling really satisfied.
Explore a Melbourne Map includes 'get directions' function.
If you require more information on Melbourne during your stay, visit the Federation Square Visitor centre, in person on Flinders Street at www.federationsquare.com.au The Visitor centre location is marked on the map below.
Getting to Melbourne
Melbourne International Airport is well serviced by numerous daily flights from all major cities and regional centres of Australia. Melbourne Airport is located approximately 25 kms from the Melbourne's CBD on the Tullamarine Freeway - less than 25 minutes by car. To find the airport using GPS type in: Centre Road, Melbourne Airport.
Airlines
No official carrier has been nominated for the Conference due to competitive airfares available via the internet. There are three airlines who fly regularly into Melbourne. Check out the best fares of the day at from these airlines.
You can also compare prices at www.iwantthatflight.com.au
Student Travel Allowance
Students who live outside Melbourne may apply for a Student Travel Allowance. Please indicate on the registration form when you register online if you wish to apply. The organisers will contact you closer to the event to confirm your allowance. The available allowance is set for travel from each capital city and amounts will be advised after September 2008. Students are required to make their own travel arrangements.
Students who recieve the allowance will be called upon to assist Concurrent chair people with time keeping.
Getting to the Venue
Airport Taxi
Taxis are available from the ground floor level of Melbourne Airport, outside the International Terminal and both domestic Terminals. Expect a taxi fare of around A$40 to A$45 each way for a trip between the CBD and Melbourne Airport.
A $2.00 taxi parking fee applies at Melbourne Airport. This $2.00 per vehicle fee only applies to passengers leaving Melbourne Airport from a taxi rank. A $3.00 per vehicle pre-booked taxi fee also applies for passengers catching a limousines or taxis from the Premium Parking area opposite T2.
Skybus
Skybus offers a shuttle bus service from the airport to Melbourne CBD and city hotels.
This service operates 24 hours, 7 days.
Buses run every 10-15 minutes throughout the day and every 30-60 minutes overnight.
Skybus Hotel Shuttle operates from the city 0600-2200 Monday to Friday and 0730-1830 Saturday and Sunday.
- Adult one way tickets cost $16 / $26 return
- A family ticket (2 adults and 1-4 children) $36 one way / $56 return
- A family flexi ticket (1 adult and 1-4 children) costs $22 one way / $36 return
- A child ticket costs $6 one way
For more information Skybus can be contacted on (61 3) 9335 2811
Visit www.Skybus.com.au for more information.
