A wholesome business, riding the tram into central Melbourne. The trams are fast and frequent, and will get you into the city quicker than a car would.
One easy change inside the free tram zone and we were at Queen Victoria Market — an absolute leviathan of a market: fruit, fish, meat, cheese, clothes, the full spread, and shoppers packed shoulder to shoulder. We tried to board the City Circle heritage tram for a lap of the centre, but it was full to the doors, so we settled instead for the essentials: ice cream acquired, air conditioning secured.
Now we’re waiting on the 109 back to Box Hill. And I do hope you like trammin’ too.
Melbourne’s attachment to its trams is world-beating — quite literally. With around 250 kilometres of track, it runs the largest urban tram network on Earth, a system it kept and kept expanding through the decades when most cities were tearing theirs up. The green-and-gold City Circle tram you couldn’t squeeze onto uses restored vintage cars, and it’s free.
Further reading: Melbourne’s tram network