FRACP written exam prep course 26th Nov - 7th Dec 2018 Melbourne Course Arrival Information Course Venue The course will be held in the David P Derham Theatre in the University of Melbourne s Law Building, located at 185 Pelham Street, Carlton, 3053 (Building 106, at bottom-centre of Map 2 below). Enter the building via the entrance on the corner of Pelham and Barry Streets. Venue Change: Last Day of the Course (Friday 7th December) The last day of the course will be held in The University of Melbourne s Faculty of Business & Economics Building (referred to as The Spot Building, due to its exterior s distinctive spotted-pattern) located at 198 Berkeley Street, Carlton, 3053 (on the corner of Berkeley & Pelham Streets). See attached Map 2 These venues are diagonally across the road from each other. Registration on the first day The DeltaMed registration desk will be located on Level One of the Law Building. The registration desk will be open from 8:00am on Monday 26th November. The introduction to the course will start in the lecture theatre at 8:45 am and the first lecture of the course will commence at 9:00am. You will need to go to the Registration Desk at the beginning of each day to collect your course notes for that day. You should receive an entry-ticket for the course via email the week before the course. Please bring this with you to the course (it may be stored electronically on your smart phone or printed out). It will enable you to quickly sign-in and collect your course notes each day of the course. Please have it ready to show our registration staff for scanning on entry to the venue each morning. If you forget this entry ticket, please have some photo i.d. (licence, passport, hospital i.d.) ready to show one of the DeltaMed staff members at the Registration Desk (allow for extra-time to be taken). Parking Car parking in-and-around the venues can be very difficult. On-street parking is available in the surrounding area, but most of it is metered and of short-term duration. Public Car Parks The closest public car park to the venue is The University Square Car Park. The entrance is via Berkeley Street (near the corner with Grattan Street). Berkeley Street cannot be entered from Grattan Street due to tunnel works. It can be entered via Pelham Street. The car park entrance is marked by P icons on Map 2 (below) and runs below the Alan Gilbert Building (Building 104, to the lower-left of map 2) and costs $20 per day. The Public Car Park on the corner of Grattan & Cardigan Streets (entrance on Cardigan Street) costs $15 per day. The Eastern Precinct Underground Car Park is located at 375 Cardigan Street (between Elgin and Faraday Streets), Carlton, and costs $17 per day. Entrance is off Cardigan Street. See Map 1. The Elgin Street Car Park is located on the corner of Elgin & Lygon Streets (entrance on Elgin Street) and costs $18 per day. See Map 1. How to get to the Venue: By Public Transport The University and its surrounds is very well served by trams along Swanston Street and Royal Parade from the CBD and many other suburbs of Melbourne. Note: Royal Parade becomes Elizabeth Street near the CBD; and vice-versa. The venue is closer to the Elizabeth Street/Royal Parade tram route.
All the afore-mentioned streets are marked on the attached Map 2. For full information on tram services and all Melbourne public transport, contact Public Transport Victoria (PTV) on 1800 800 007 (daily 6am - midnight) or on-line at http://ptv.vic.gov.au. The PTV website contains a journey planner and special section on how to reach the University. You will need a myki card to travel on public transport Please note that you will require a myki smart-card to travel on trams. The re-usable myki smartcard stores value to pay your fare. The myki cards can be purchased at most 7-Eleven Stores and at major train stations, such as the Southern Cross Station (which is also the airport bus city terminal) and Flinders Street Station (Melbourne s main train station in the CBD). By Taxi Two of Melbourne s larger taxi fleet operators are: 13CABS - Tel: 132 227 or www.13cabs.com.au SilverTop - Tel: 131 008 or www.silvertop.com.au The websites contain on-line booking services and fare estimators. Ask the driver to take you to The University of Melbourne s Law Building at 185 Pelham Street, Carlton, 3053 (near the corner of Pelham and Barry Streets). See the bottom-centre of Map 2 below). Information for travel from Melbourne Airport Melbourne s Tullamarine Airport is Melbourne s international and main domestic airport. All major airlines use this airport, apart from a few Jetstar flights which use Avalon Airport (see section on Avalon below). Please note that the majority of Jetstar flights operate from Tullamarine. IMPORTANT: there may be travel delays due to current freeway expansion works. From the airport by Taxi: Taxis are available from the taxi rank outside the airport terminals. It is approximately a 35 minute trip from Tullamarine Airport to the University (21km) by taxi at non-peak times. At peak times, it can take up to 40-50 minutes. The 35 minute ride will cost around $55 - $60 Ask the driver to take you to take you to The University of Melbourne s Law Building at 185 Pelham Street, Carlton, 3053 (near the corner of Pelham and Barry Streets). From the airport by SkyBus: The SkyBus service is an express bus service between Melbourne Airport (Tullamarine) and Southern Cross Station in Melbourne s CBD. Daytime departures are every 10 minutes and the service operates 24/7. It is a 30 minute journey from the airport direct to the Southern Cross Station in the city at non-peak hour times. Fares are $18 adult single and $36 adult return. A Family Ticket (2 adults and up to 4 children) is $36 one-way; and $72 return. Taxis are readily available at Southern Cross Station and a taxi to the University should cost approximately $20 and could take around 20 minutes (it is approx a 4km trip). Alternatively, information on reaching the University by public transport from Southern Cross Station can be found on the Public Transport Victoria website http:// ptv.vic.gov.au; this will, however, involve changing trams and/or train, as there is no direct connection from the Station to the University. Skybus timetables and further information can be accessed at https://www.skybus.com.au It also runs a hotel transfer service from Southern Cross Station, which is free for Skybus airport passengers. See the Tullamarine Airport Terminal Diagram (following) for Skybus locations at the airport
Skybus Pick Ups and Drop Offs Points: Melbourne Tullamarine Airport T1: For Qantas Domestic & QantasLink travellers (Pick up & drop off) T3: For Virgin Australia, Regional Express and International travellers (Pick up & drop off) T4: For Jetstar and Tigerair domestic passengers (Pick up but drop off at Terminal 3) The SkyBus city terminal is located undercover at Southern Cross Station, near the corner of Bourke and Spencer Streets in the CBD. This is also the pick up/drop off location for the SkyBus Hotel Transfer Service. Information for travel from Avalon Airport Avalon Airport is situated some 55km from Melbourne s CBD. There is an airport bus linking it and Southern Cross Station in the CBD. The journey will normally take from 40-60 mins depending on traffic. Please refer to the information above in the section from the airport by Skybus on how to reach the University from Southern Cross Station. Further information on the bus service from Avalon Airport can be found at www.avalonairport.com.au Other information you might find useful prior to arrival Catering on the course Morning and afternoon tea will be provided on each day of the course. You can purchase lunch from the many nearby food-outlets around the venue. A map of these food-outlets will be provided at the course. Course Schedule Registration will be open from 8.00 am on Monday 26th November. The introduction will commence at 8.45am on the first day. Then the first lecture will start at 9 am. After the first day, registration will open at 8.30 am each morning, the first lecture will commence at 9 am and the last lecture will end at 5pm. The course will finish no later than 5 pm on the last day of the course (Friday 7th Nov). A more detailed copy of the schedule will be made available on our website closer to the course. Contacting Us If you need any other information prior to your arrival at the course please call our office on (03) 9347 2718 or send us a message via the contact section on our website www.deltamed.com.au Further Information on the University of Melbourne can be found at www.unimelb.edu.au Accommodation If you are from inter-state and require accommodation, information on various options is available on our website under Places to Stay
Map 1: The University of Melbourne & Surrounds Venue The David P Derham Theatre Law Building 185 Pelham Street Venue on the last day of the course only (7th December) Faculty of Business & Economics Building (the Spot Building) 198 Berkeley Street (on the corner of Berkeley & Pelham Streets) P Public Car Parks
Map 2: The Venue The David P Derham Theatre Law Building (building 106, lower-centre of map) 185 Pelham Street Venue on the last day of the course only (7th December) Faculty of Business & Economics Building The Spot Building (building 110, lower-left of map) 198 Berkeley Street T T Road Closed P = Entrance to University Square Car Park T = Tram Lines