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Reimbursing fares for the cheapest mode of public transport for Youth Allowance (YA), Austudy and Pensioner Education Supplement (PES) 010-04060050



This page contains links that can be used as a guide in determining the cheapest and most practicable mode of transport. There is no requirement to 'shop' around for the cheapest price, this is a guide only, as prices may change and there is no way to determine the actual cost at the time the customer booked their travel. The list below is not exhaustive, it is a guide only.

Table 1

Link

Description

Rome2rio

Discover how to get anywhere by plane, train, bus, ferry and automobile.

This is a guide website only - no prices etc. are used from here. Please use individual provider for prices.

Premier Transport Group

Including: Premier Motor Service, NCT Tours and Travel, Nowra Coaches, Premier Illawarra and Surf City

Linking Cairns - Townsville - Airlie Beach - Hervey Bay - Noosa - Brisbane - Gold Coast - Byron Bay - Coffs Harbour - Sydney - Eden (Melbourne) - 7 days per week

I Want That Flight

We compare 100s of airlines and show you who is offering the best deals on airfares. Sometimes it is the airlines directly, sometimes travel agencies, we show them all and then let you book directly. No fees or charges added on - We are 100% free.

This is a guide website only - no prices or travelling times etc. are used from here. Please use individual provider for prices and journeys.

Qantas

Domestic and international flights.

Jetstar

Domestic and international flights.

Virgin Australia

National air travel services.

Rex (Regional Express)

Rex was established from a belief that the bush needs and deserves an air service of quality that provides good connectivity between regional centres and capital cities at affordable prices.

Sydney - Albury, Armidale, Ballina, Bathurst, Broken Hill, Canberra, Coffs harbour, Dubbo, Griffith, Lismore, Narrandera, Orange, Parkes, Merimbula, Moruya, Port Macquarie, Snowy Mountains (Cooma), Wagga Wagga

Brisbane - Bedourie, Birdsville, Boulia, Brisbane West Wellcamp (Toowoomba), Charleville, Cunnamulla, Mount Isa, Quilpie, St George, Thargomindah, Windorah

Cairns - Bamaga, Burketown, Doomadgee, Karumba, Mornington Island (Gununa), Mount Isa, Normanton, Townsville

Townsville - Cairns, Hughenden, Julia Creek, Longreach, Mount Isa, Richmond, Winton

Melbourne - Albury, Broken Hill, Burnie, King Island, Merimbula, Mildura, Moruya, Mt. Gambier, Wagga Wagga

Adelaide - Broken Hill, Ceduna, Coober Pedy, Kangaroo island, Mildura, Mt. Gambier, Port Lincoln, Port Augusta, Whyalla

Perth - Albany, Carnarvon, Esperance, Monkey Mia

Australian Rail Maps

Our journey planner lists all trains, trams and ferries in metropolitan and rural areas and most buses in rural and regional areas, but we do not cover all buses in metropolitan areas. If you wish to plan a journey by bus in a metropolitan area, go to the relevant transit authority website for your state capital.

Greyhound Australia

Australia wide services (excluding Tasmania) also includes McCafferty's Buses.

Google Maps

Visual map search.

Alliance Airlines

Providing tailored aircraft charters for the resource industry and inbound and domestic group travel across Australia, New Zealand, the Pacific Islands and South East Asia.

Australian Capital Territory and NSW links

Table 2

Provider

Direct Services To

Telephone

Transport Canberra

Canberra

131 710

Transport NSW

Links to bus, train and ferry services for Sydney and Newcastle, Sydney, Central Coast, Hunter, Blue Mountains, South Coast, Southern Highlands.

131 500

NSW TrainLink

Transport services for country NSW (outside Sydney, Newcastle and Wollongong metropolitan areas) including rail, coach, bus, taxi, hire car and community transport services.

131 500

Airport Link

This site provides travel modes/fares to Sydney Domestic Airport from any part of Sydney and the greater Sydney area.

131 500

Queensland and Northern Territory links

Table 3

Provider

Direct Services To

Telephone

Queensland Rail

Links to both country and Brisbane city rail network.

131 617

TRANSLink

SEQ: TransLink services operate across 8 zones and 7 regions in South East Queensland. The network stretches from Gympie in the north to Coolangatta in the south and west to Helidon.

CAIRNS: This region is defined by the Cairns Regional Council area and stretches from Palm Cove in the north, south to Gordonvale, west to Redlynch, and incorporates Cairns City and surrounding suburbs.

MACKAY: This region includes Mackay, the Northern Beaches, Sarina, Marian and Mirani.

131 230

QConnect

Regional qconnect bus services operate in:

  • Airlie Beach and Proserpine
  • Bowen
  • Bundaberg
  • Gladstone
  • Gympie
  • Hervey Bay
  • Innisfail
  • Kilcoy to Caboolture
  • Magnetic Island
  • Maryborough
  • North Stradbroke Island
  • Rockhampton
  • Sunshine Coast Hinterland
  • Toowoomba
  • Townsville
  • Warwick

Mackay Transit Coaches

Mackay

07 4957 3330

Douglas Coaches

Charters Towers to Townsville

07 4787 1830

North Burnett Bus Service

Biloela, Thangool, Monto, Mulgildie, Maryborough, Bundaberg, Monto, Eidsvold, Mundubbera, Gayndah, Ban Ban Springs, Biggenden, Childers

1300 696 272

07 4992 2588

TransNorth Bus & Coach Service

Cairns to the Atherton Tablelands, Innisfail, Mission Beach

07 4095 8644

Northern Territory Public Transport

Alice Springs, Darwin, Casuarina, Humpty Doo, Bees Creek, Noonamah, Palmerston, Karama, Leanyer, Coolalinga, Howard Springs, Girraween, McMinns Lagoon

07 4095 8644

South Australia links

Table 4

Provider

Direct Services To

Telephone

Sharp Airlines

Portland, Melbourne, Geelong, Hamilton, Port Augusta

1300 556 694

Adelaide Metro

Website for Adelaide metropolitan bus, train and tram services and regional bus services.

1300 311 108

Link SA

Barossa Valley, Murray Bridge, Mid Murray, Adelaide Hills, Angle Vale, Victor Harbour regions within regional SA

Barossa Valley 08 8564 3022

Murray Bridge 08 8532 2633

Premier Stateliner

Port Augusta, Whyalla, Port Pirie, Port Lincoln, Eyre Peninsula, Ceduna, Berri, Renmark, Loxton, Kingston, Robe, Millicent, Naracoorte, Mount Gambier, Victor Harbor, Goolwa

08 8415 5555

Southlink

Adelaide metro services from Sellicks Beach, Seaford, Noarlunga, Woodcroft and Hallett Cove in the South to Mawson Lakes, Salisbury, Elizabeth and Smithfield in the North

08 8210 1000

Southern Services 08 8186 2888

Northern Services 08 8282 7900

Sealink

Bus & Ferry

Adelaide, Cape Jervis, Penneshaw, Kingscote, Kangaroo Island, Goolwa, Victor Harbour

131 301

Yorke Peninsula Coaches

Yorke Peninsula, Adelaide, Copper Coast, Balaklava, Mid North, Southern Yorke Peninsula Intertown, Upper North Intertown

08 8821 2755

Dysons Bus Service Pty Ltd

as Speedlink, Vline and Cobb & Co

Adelaide, Albury, Sydney

136 196

Firefly

Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney

1300 730 740

Table 5

Provider

Direct Services To

Telephone

Airlines of Tasmania

Cape Barren, Wynyard, King Island

1800 144 460

Sharp Airlines

Melbourne, Launceston, Flinders Island

1300 556 694

Spirit of Tasmania

Melbourne

132 010

MetroTAS

Burnie, Ulverstone, Penguin, Wynyard, Burnie Airport, Launceston & Suburbs, Hobart, Glenorchy, Clarence & Suburbs, Brighton, Kingston, Blackmans Bay, Opossum Bay, Seven Mile Beach, Margate, Snug, Kettering, Woodbridge, Middleton, Cygnet

132 201

Merseylink

Devonport, Spreyton, Latrobe

Monday to Saturday

1300 367 590

Tassielink

Hobart to Devonport (via Launceston), West Coast, East Coast, Perth, Longford, Cressy, Richmond, Campania, Colebrook, Cygnet, Huon Service, Tasman Peninsula

1300 300 520

Redline Coaches

Smithton, Burnie, Devonport, St Helens, Scottsdale, Georgetown, Bicheno, Coles Bay, Launceston

1300 360 000

Calow's Coaches

Launceston, Perth, St Marys, Bicheno, St Helens, Scamander, Beaumaris, Four Mile Creek, Falmouth, Mangana, Fingal, Rothbury Road, Waverly, Ravenswood

03 6372 5166

Lee's Coaches

George Town to Launceston

03 6334 7979

0400 937 440

Derwent Valley Link

O'Driscolls Coaches

New Norfolk, Ellendale to Hobart

03 6249 8880

Table 6

Provider

Direct Services To

Telephone

Inter Island Ferries

Phillip Island, French Island, Seal Rocks

02 9585 5730

Sharp Airlines

Flinders Island

1300 556 694

Public Transport Victoria

Metropolitan and regional buses, trains and trams over Victoria.

1800 800 007

V/Line Regional Buses and Trains

V/Line trains and coaches go to all pockets of regional Victoria. Connections with coach services at many points along the major train lines to destinations throughout the state. High frequency trains and coaches run from Melbourne to Geelong (south west), Ballarat (west), Bendigo (north), Seymour (north east) and Gippsland (east). Intercity services also provide links between major regional cities.

131 638

Metro Trains Melbourne

Alamein, Belgrave, Craigieburn, Cranbourne, Epping, Frankston, Glen Waverley, Hurstbridge, Lilydale, Pakenham, Sandringham, Stony Point, Sydenham, Upfield, Werribee, Williamstown

Yarra Trams

Melbourne tram service.

1800 800 007

Melbourne Water Taxis

Melbourne water taxi service for Yarra river

Western Australia links

Table 7

Provider

Direct Services To

Telephone

Skippers

Carnarvon, Geraldton, Kalbarri, Laverton, Leinster, Leonora, Meekatharra, Monkey Mia, Mt Magnet, Wiluna

1300 729 924

WA Public Transport Authority

Links to Transperth, Transwa and SchoolBus services.

136 213

Transperth

Public transport services in the Perth metropolitan region. Includes Perth's public buses, trains and ferries.

136 213

Transwa

Transwa operates passenger train and bus services to approximately 275 destinations in regional Western Australia.

1300 662 205