Melbourne's public transport system could be one of the most expensive for a visitor wanting a single ride.

They don't sell single cash fares and you have to buy a "myki" card for $14 with $6 of that being non-refundable, whatever's left of the $8 balance is refundable but the real kicker is that it's only refundable by cheque or transfer to another Myki account (absolutely useless for any visitor.) And oh, it has an expiry of three years too. A single Zone 1+Zone 2 ride could top $10 for the visitor because of this daft system.

I don't think I've ever ran into such an visitor-unfriendly transit system in the whole world as MEL.