ABC Southbank Centre, Melbourne
Corner Southbank Boulevard and Sturt Street, Southbank.
(03) 9626 1604
Fortnightly on Thursdays at 10:00am and 11:30am
Book online or call (03) 9626 1604
Why not bring your school or community on a tour inside the Melbourne home of the ABC. See the news room and headquarters of Radio Australia and visit the ABC News Breakfast and 7pm News studio. Explore the radio studios where programs for triple j, ABC Radio National and ABC Classic FM are recorded.
Booking information
- Please see the Melbourne Tours Brochure (PDF, 2.3 MB) for detailed booking information.
- Payment by cheque or credit card must be received 7 days in advance of the tour to confirm your booking. We do not accept cash.
- Minimum groups size is 10 for private tour and maximum of 15. If you have more than 15 in your group you may arrange a double booking so that one group can attend at 10.00am and the next at 11.30am.
- For students, only senior secondary school or tertiary groups are permitted.
Pricing
All tours are $5.00 per person.
Getting There
Entry to the ABC is via Sturt Street. We are a ten minute walk from Flinders Street Station or alternatively you can catch the No.1 tram which stops right at our front door. Bus routes 216, 219 and 220 stop at the ABC Southbank Centre at Southbank Boulevard. Further information can be found at www.metlinkmelbourne.com.au.
I enjoy the reactions of our visitors. Depending on the interests of each group, we may be re-living nostalgic moments of radio or discussing the finer points of digital technology. There is always something unexpected or surprising for our visitors be it passing a well-known person in the corridor, the complexity of a production studio, or seeing the inside of a TV studio!
Fay Reid, Southbank Tour guide since 2011
Terms & Conditions
Please see on the Melbourne Tours Brochure for important information about the tour:
Melbourne Tours Brochure (PDF, 2.3 MB)
Are you interested in becoming an ABC Tour Guide?
ABC Southbank runs fortnightly public tours of the building and we’re looking for volunteer tour guides. The visitor groups are usually community groups (Probus groups, Rotary clubs etc) and school groups (senior secondary and tertiary).
Tours run every second Thursday between 10am and 1pm. Guides are asked to commit to one shift per month.
See the full position description (PDF, 90 KB)
Interested? Download an application form (PDF, 156 KB)
For more information contact the Tours Manager on 03 9626 1604 or email state.dirvic@abc.net.au
