What's Nearby?
Australia Post Office
Located at the Campus Centre.
Offers a full range of services including registered, express, Australian air express and international express post. Full fax service is also available.
Sport and Recreation
Monash University Gym – ten minute walk, fully equipped fitness gym. Basketball, netball, badminton and squash courts. Group fitness classes are also a popular feature of the Gym.
Doug Ellis Pool – ten minute walk from Halls of Residence, includes two 25 metre pools.
Olympic Hockey Field and Football Ovals located only five minutes walk from the Halls.
Monash Bus Services
Clayton Residential Shopping Bus
A FREE shuttle bus service runs from Halls of Residence to Brandon Park Shopping Centre, and back, every Saturday. Operates for approximately 2.5 hours.
Intercampus Bus Service
A free bus service runs between Clayton Campus and Caulfield/Berwick/Peninsula campuses during the normal semester.
Clayton Campus Security Shuttle Bus
A free security bus service runs in the evenings, Monday to Friday and has different drop off points on Clayton Campus. Shuttle service runs every 30 minutes between 5:30pm and 12:15am and returns students to Halls.
Public Transport
Buses and trains are the easiest and cheapest way to travel around Melbourne. Prices and time lengths of journeys depend on your destination, for more information consult the www.metlinkmelbourne.com.au
Taxi Companies
YELLOW CAB (ph: 132227) or SILVER TOP (ph: 131008).
Nightrider Service
There is a bus service which leaves the city from Swanston Street hourly from 12:30am to 4:30am on Saturdays and 12:30 m- 7:30 am on Sundays. As trains do not run after midnight the nightrider service is the cheapest and often quickest way to return home. The bus will drop you off across the road from the Halls.
Shopping Centres and Food Outlets
Pinewood Shopping Area
Located just up Blackburn road (5 mins by car, 10 mins by bus, 20 mins walk). Includes restaurants, COLES supermarket, Bakeries, Take-away shops, fruit grocery, video shop, bottle shop, restaurants and small local cinema.
Clayton Shopping Area
Located near the Clayton train station (10 mins by car, 20 mins by bus, 40 mins walk). Restaurant, COLES and Bi-LO Supermarkets, Asian grocer, HALAL grocer, Take-away shops, movie rentals etc.
Brandon Park Shopping Centre
Located down Ferntree Gully Road which runs off Blackburn Road. (5 mins by car, 10 mins drive, 30 mins walk) Includes Cafes, COLES supermarket and Liquorland, ALDI supermarket, butchers, bakeries, foodcourt, KMART, priceline, Telstra shop etc.
The Glen Shopping Centre
Located further down Springvale road (15 mins by car, 25 mins by bus, 1 hour walk) Restaurant, Village Cinemas, COLES and SAFEWAY supermarkets, Asian grocer, Take-away shops, cafes.
Chadstone Shopping Centre
On the way to Caulfield campus, (15 mins by car, 30 mins by bus, 1.5 hour walk) Restaurants, HOYTS Cinemas, fashion shops, MYER, DAVID JONES, Coles and Bilo supermarkets, bowling, bookshops etc.
Security
Halls of residence at Monash University Clayton campus has security personnel on duty from 9pm to 9am everyday. They can be contacted on 99053059.
