Accommodation
& transfers

Crown Metropol Melbourne

8 Whiteman Street, Southbank VIC 3006.

Accommodation for the nights of the weekend is arranged and covered as part of the event. Additional nights either side are at your own cost and can be added with Danilla.

From 3:00 pm. Luggage can be held at reception if you arrive earlier.

By 11:00 am. Late checkout is subject to availability — ask at reception.

Melbourne Airport to Southbank

Roughly 25 to 40 minutes by road depending on traffic. Taxis and rideshare are available from the ground transport area at Terminals 1 to 4.

We will organise transfers between the airport and Crown Metropol for all attendees arriving and departing on the event dates. If you're arriving or departing outside these dates, please arrange your own transport.

Coach transfers

Return coaches run between Crown Metropol and the racecourse on day two. Departure times will be confirmed in your final schedule.

Please be in the hotel lobby ten minutes before departure — coaches will not be able to wait.

In the city

Southbank is walkable to the CBD across the Yarra footbridges. Trams inside the Free Tram Zone cost nothing, and the zone covers most of the central city.