Welcome to Max’s Place

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Max’s Place is a one bedroom apartment, with a kitchen, living and bathroom, which is located directly opposite the Royal Children’s Hospital.

The apartment is located in the Royal Park Towers and has a security entrance. The apartment is on the 6^th floor and accessible via the lifts.  It also has a car parking space for the families staying in the apartment to use.

Who can use Max’s Place?

Max’s Place is available for families of babies/children born with congenital heart defects, who need to relocate to Melbourne for life saving heart surgeries.

Cost of Accommodation

The cost of accommodation is $66 per night plus a cleaning/maintenance fee of $80 (for the apartment to be cleaned on your departure).  Max’s Place has been set up to operate by charging the same amount as the government subsidises families through the P.A.T.S. (Patient Assistance Transport Scheme in South Australia), therefore for families receiving P.A.T.S. where two carers will be relocating to Melbourne, there will be no out of pocket expense, (other than the initial night fee & cleaning fee).  Different states vary on the amount of subsidy they offer.  If the amount differs from the $66/night, families will need to pay the difference in the nightly fee.

Please call Tim or Heather

ph 0400 508 139 or

(08) 8555 0708 if you have any queries.

Max’s Place is equipped with:

• Queen Bed

• Two fold out single sofa beds

• Fold up single bed

• Porta Cot

• Baby Bouncer

• Change table

• Baby Bath

• TV/Video/DVD

• CD/Radio/Cassette

• Fully Equipped Kitchen

• Microwave

• Electric Oven & Stove top

• Electric Fry pan & Kettle

• Bathroom/Toilet

A coin operated laundry is located on the same level as the apartment.

All linen, quilts and towels are available at the apartment.  We ask that if families use the Max’s Place Manchester, it all be washed, folded and put away prior to leaving the apartment at the end of their stay if possible.

Items families will need to bring:

Families are welcome to bring linen if they would like although it is not essential as there is plenty of linen and towels at the apartment.

We recommend that families bring food that will cover meals for the first couple of days, (if possible) to allow families to settle in without the added stress of having to do shopping as soon as they get to Melbourne.  (McDonalds is located on the ground level of the Children’s Hospital and there is also a Café/Snack Shop and a Cafeteria for hot meals, which are both on the first level in the hospital.)

Families will need to bring all personal items:  clothing, toiletries etc.

Information for families

An information folder at the apartment lists local businesses families may need while staying in Melbourne (including shops, Centrelink offices, etc).  The folder also has some information on transport (trams), emergency contacts, local attractions and more.  Phone books and a street directory to help you find your way are also at the apartment..

 In the memory of a beautiful babe, an amazing and very loved son, brother and twin –

MAX  DENNIS  HENRY  ROUND  (HLHS).

Max’s Place is proudly offered to families to help them with accommodation whilst their babes are undergoing treatment at the Royal Children’s Hospital. 

We wish you all the very best and we will be thinking of all the special families who stay at Max’s Place and their very special babes.  These babies have so much hope.  Always keep the hope.