Accommodation

Below are a number of accommodation options that we recommend for the conference, as they offer good value and facilities, close to the University of Melbourne. They are listed from the most expensive to the cheapest, and range from five star hotels to hostels. Contact details are provided so that you can make your own booking.

All prices are quoted in Australian dollars.
Prices are correct as of June 2006. Please check before booking!

Once you have made your booking, please let us know the details of your arrival and departure dates, where you are staying and the contact number if you know it. We will maintain a database in case we need to contact you for any reason. Please email this information to Francesca on frhaig@unimelb.edu.au

If you prefer to stay elsewhere, the website below may be useful:
http://melbourne.citysearch.com/au/section/visitor-guide/

The ‘Find Accommodation’ section on this page allows you to search for a range of accommodation options, from backpacker hostels to deluxe hotels.

Marriott Hotel

Corner Elizabeth and Lonsdale Streets
Melbourne, Victoria, 3000
Ph: (+61 3) 9662 3900
Toll free: 1800 331 118
Fax: (+61 3) 9663 4297
http://marriott.com.au/Channels/globalSites/propertypage/AU/MELMC

Approximately $200-300 per night, breakfast from $26.

This hotel offers luxury accommodation near Melbourne’s CBD, approximately 20 minutes walk from the university, or ten minutes by tram. The Marriott offers all the facilities and services that you would expect from a five star hotel.

Rydges Hotel

701 Swanston St
Carlton, Victoria, 3053
Ph: (+61 3) 9347 7811
www.rydges.com.au

$145/night, $160 with hot buffet breakfast.

This hotel is less than five minutes walk from the University, and offers excellent accommodation.

To receive the rate of $145/night, specify when booking that you are attending a conference at the University of Melbourne.

Hotel Y – YWCA

489 Elizabeth St
Melbourne, Victoria, 3000
Ph: (+61 3) 8327 2722
Toll free: 1800 HOTELY
Email: sales@hotely.com.au
www.hotely.com.au

$138/night for a single room.

This hotel is 20 minutes walk from the university or ten minutes by tram. It offers very comfortable accommodation, including internet access, telephone, television, refrigerator and tea and coffee-making facilities.

To receive the rate of $138/night, specify when booking that you are attending a conference at the University of Melbourne.

The Travel-Inn Hotel

Corner Grattan and Drummond Streets
Carlton, Victoria, 3053.
Ph: (+61 3) 9347 7922
email: res@thetravelinn.com.au
www.thetravelinn.com.au

$120/night

This four-star hotel offers high-quality accommodation only five minutes walk from the university, and right next to Melbourne’s famous Lygon St (‘Little Italy’), with its renowned Italian restaurants. Rooms have a queen-size bed (or twin beds), en-suite, TV, telephone, tea and coffee-making facilities, refrigerator and internet-access port.

To receive the special rate of $120/night, specify when booking that you are attending a conference at the University of Melbourne.

Vibe Hotel Carlton

441 Royal Parade
Parkville, Victoria, 3052
Ph: (+61 3) 9380 9222
Fax: (+61 3) 9387 6846
Email: vhcm@vibehotels.com.au
http://www.vibehotels.com.au/driver.asp?page=main/find+the+vibe/melbourne+hotels/vibe+hotel+carlton

$115/night, $135 including breakfast

This is a four star hotel opposite the lovely Princes Park, and approximately 20 minutes walk from the university (or a five minute tram ride).

To receive the rate of $115/night, specify when booking that you are attending a conference at the University of Melbourne.

Graduate House

220 Leicester Street
Carlton, Victoria, 3053
Ph: (+61 3) 9347 3428
Email: admingh@graduatehouse.com.au
www.graduatehouse.com.au

$100/night (with en-suite, including breakfast 7 days, and dinner Mon-Fri)
$80/night (with shared bathrooms, including breakfast 7 days, and dinner Mon-Fri)

The University of Melbourne Graduate Club is situated opposite the university campus, and offers high-quality accommodation and facilities, including breakfast every day, and dinner from Monday to Friday.

The standard room in the Graduate Club Building ($100/night) features excellent modern accommodation, including single bed, en suite, telephone and internet-access port, and desk. Double and twin rooms in this building are available for $150/night.

The Graduate House Terraces next door offer older-style student accommodation in traditional terrace buildings, with shared bathrooms (men’s and women’s). Single rooms in the terraces are $80/night and include single bed, desk and wardrobe. There are some deluxe single rooms with balcony for $85/night, and double and twin rooms in the terraces are $105 per night.

Accommodation at Graduate House is in high demand so it is strongly recommended that you make your booking as early as possible.

University College Academic Apartments

University College, College Crescent
Parkville, Victoria, 3052
Ph: (+61 3) 9347 3533
Fax: (+61 3) 9347 1549
Email: t.branagan@unicol.unimelb.edu.au
http://www.unicol.unimelb.edu.au/visiting_ac.html

$70/night for a small one bedroom apartment ($88/night for two occupants)
$90/night for a one bedroom apartment ($108/night for two occupants)
$105/night for two bedroom apartment ($123/night for two occupants)
This price includes three meals per day, and is valid for stays of three of more nights.

These apartments offer fully self-contained accommodation but also allow access to all the facilities of University College. The college is in pleasant grounds on the fringe of the university, ten minutes walk from the centre of the campus. Apartments include telephone, internet access, kitchen (kitchenette in the small apartments), refrigerator and television. Three meals a day are provided in the dining hall, with the option of a packed lunch.

There are very limited numbers of apartments available, so we advise that you book early.

Trinity College

The University of Melbourne
Royal Parade
Parkville, Victoria, 3052.
Ph: Mark Gordon, (+61 3) 9348 7550
Mobile: 0419 109 060
Email: mgordon@trinity.unimelb.edu.au
www.trinity.unimelb.edu.au

$60/night (includes full cooked breakfast)

This university college offers accommodation on the edge of the university campus, set in lovely grounds. Rooms are available in a beautiful old building, and include single bed, desk, wardrobe, internet-access port, telephone (internal calls only) and linen and towel. There is access to shared bathrooms and laundry facilities. These are student rooms, but are comfortable and well-equipped. A full cooked breakfast is included.

Specify that you are attending for the Close Relations conference and Mark will arrange for conference participants to have rooms close to each other.

The Nunnery

116 Nicholson St
Fitzroy, Victoria, 3065
Ph: (+61 3) 9419 8637
Toll free (in Australia) 1800 032 635
Fax: (+61 3) 9417 7736

Email: infonnunery@bakpakgroup.com
http://www.nunnery.com.au/

$75-$125 for single and double rooms, $26-$30 for dormitory rooms. All rates including continental breakfast and complimentary tea and coffee.

This hostel is set in a historic former nunnery, and offers dormitories and some private rooms. It is a fifteen minute walk from the University, across the beautiful Carlton Gardens.

Mebourne Metro YHA

78 Howard St,
North Melbourne, Victoria, 3051.
Ph: (+61 3) 9329 8599
Fax: (+61 3) 9326 8427
Email: melbmetro@yhavic.org.au
www.yha.org.au

$125 self-catered apartment, $76-88 for single and double rooms, $26-29 for single-sex dormitory rooms.

This hostel offers some private rooms and self-catered apartments, and is fifteen minutes walk from the university. Facilities include a fully licensed café, travel agency, 24-hour internet lounge, fully equipped guest self-catering kitchen, launderette, new bicycles for hire, and shared bathrooms

The Stork Hotel

504 Elizabeth Street
Melbourne, Victoria, 3000.
Ph: (+61 3) 9663 6237
Email: admin@storkhotel.com
www.storkhotel.com

$48/night (single)
$58/night (double)
$30/night/person (twin)
$25/night/person (triple and quad dorm rooms)

The Stork Hotel offers accommodation half way between the university campus and the city centre, opposite the famous Victoria Markets. The hotel is a 10-15 minute walk from the university. The Stork is a friendly, family-run hotel with a strong involvement in Melbourne’s theatre and classics scene.