Bike rental
Princes Bridge, Tel. 03/9758 7811
Fitzroy Cycles Bike Hire, 224 Swanston St, Tel. 03/9419 4397
St Kilda Cycles, 11 Carlisle St, Tel. 03/9534 3074

Car rental
Avis, 20 Franklin St, Tel. 03/9663 6366
Budget, 398 Elizabeth St, Tel. 13 2727
Delta, cnr Franklin and Elizabeth streets, Tel. 03/9600 9025
Hertz, 97 Franklin St, Tel. 03/9663 6244
National, cnr Queensberry and Peel streets, Tel. 03/9329 5000
Thrifty, 390 Elizabeth St, Tel. 03/9663 5200

Used-car companies:
Rent-A-Bomb, 507 Bridge Rd, Richmond, Tel. 03/9428 0088
Ugly Duckling, 197 Inkerman St, St Kilda, Tel. 03/9525 4010

Disabled travellers
More information in: 454 Glenferrie Rd, Kooyong, Tel. 1300/650 865
Paraquad Victoria, 208 Wellington St, Collingwood, Tel. 03/9415 1200
Buses and public transport give the facilities for wheel chair and for disabled travellers.

Hospitals and medical centres
Alfred Hospital, Commercial Rd, Prahran, Tel. 03/9276 2000
Royal Children's Hospital, Flemington Rd, Parkville, Tel. 03/9345 5522
Royal Melbourne Hospital, Grattan St, Parkville, Tel. 03/9342 7000
St Vincent's Hospital, Victoria Parade, Fitzroy, Tel. 03/9807 2211

Pharmacies
Henry Francis Chemists, 286 Little Bourke St, next to Myer department store
(Mon-Wed 9am-5.45pm, Thurs 9am-6.30pm, Fri 9am-9pm, Sat 9.30am-5pm, Sun 10am-5pm)
Leonard Long, cnr of Williams Rd and High St, Prahran
(daily 9am-midnight)

Mulqueeny's Pharmacy, cnr Swanston and Collins streets, opposite the Town Hall (Mon-Fri 8am-8pm, Sat 9am-6pm, Sun 11am-6pm)

Police
Melbourne City Police Station, 637 Flinders St, Tel. 03/9247 5347
For emergency dial 000.

Laundries
City Edge Laundrette, 39 Errol St, North Melbourne (daily 6am-11pm)
The Soap Opera Laundry & Cafe, 128 Bridport St, Albert Park
(Mon-Fri 7.30am-9.30pm, Sat & Sun 8am-9pm)
Blessington Street Launderette, 22 Blessington St, St Kilda
(daily 7.30am-9pm).

Post office
250 Elizabeth St
(Mon-Fri 8.15am-5.30pm, Sat 10am-3pm )

Travel agents
Backpackers Travel Centre, Shop 19, Centre Place, 258 Flinders Lane
Tel. 03/9654 8477, info@backpackerstravel.net.au
Flight Centre, 19 Bourke St, 53 Elizabeth St, Tel. 13 1600
STA Travel, 273 Little Collins St, 142 Acland St, St Kilda, and other branches
Tel. 1300/360 960
Student Uni Travel, Shop 4, 440 Elizabeth St, Tel. 03/9662 4666
YHA Travel, 83 Hardware Lane, Tel. 03/9670 9611