Public Transport to our airports - what's cheapest?

I'll be staying overnight in MEL tomorrow between flights. I was thinking to stay in the city, but really couldn't face the hassle using MyKi on the bus and train (and wasn't fussed about using SkyBus again). I do have a MyKi card, but have never used it. I've previously lived in Melbourne for a year and never used a bus there, so it would've been somewhat of a novelty.

I'll just have to leave that as a future treat, as I've booked a hotel at the airport for my overnight stay.
 
I'll be staying overnight in MEL tomorrow between flights. I was thinking to stay in the city, but really couldn't face the hassle using MyKi on the bus and train (and wasn't fussed about using SkyBus again). I do have a MyKi card, but have never used it. I've previously lived in Melbourne for a year and never used a bus there, so it would've been somewhat of a novelty.

I'll just have to leave that as a future treat, as I've booked a hotel at the airport for my overnight stay.
For reference, trams are free in the CBD so i never take the bus around the CBD. Skybus being a separate thing means that it's not too bad getting around the CBD without a myki.
 
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Re: Myki machine at MEL Tullamarine,
Near the extra ABF Tax Payable area, T2 downstairs, near the loos, on the ground floor.
Inside the terminal.
But you can use a debit card I think now, turns out not all buses accept the bank card system as yet.
There are no Myki machines at the 478/479/901 transport hub.
None of the newsagents sell it either, at the airport.
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For Clifford, you can if your phone does NFC, can read the bal on your Myki card.
They do expire every 4 years.
If you are a Gold Pensioner Myki card holder, then part of the days fares are less.
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In the link photo below, where I have put the cursor, its in the open area, ie, public area, there is a myki machine there.
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Up to a few months ago, the T2 myki machines were still there.
At T3, after they joined the T3 and T4 dom sec screening, the myki machine there was moved.
None at QF T1 tho.
 

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