School Transport

St Augustine’s College has its own fleet of five modern, air-conditioned coaches.

Saints provides students with a private bus service travelling to and from co-curricular activities such as sports, excursions and camps.

BUS TRAVEL TO AND FROM SCHOOL

Bus travel to and from St Augustine's is run by Translink, Sunbus, FNQ Bus Services and Love's Bus Service. Love's is the leading school transport provider in the Cairns region with routes available in most areas. For more details on before and after school travel please contact Love's Bus Service on 07 4035 4500 or email portsmithadmin@sunbus.com.au.

For travel outside of routes provided by Love’s Buses; please contact Sunbus cairns@tagroup.net.au or phone 07 4057 7411.

More information on FNQ Bus Services, please contact info@fnqbuslines.com.au or phone 07 4098 2380.

Students that are eligible for a bus pass need to fill out an application via the Tranlink website - here.

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NORTHERN BEACHES/ SMITHFIELD RUN

Tickets available from Love's Buses

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CATCHING THE BUS

BEFORE SCHOOL

Students should be at their stop 10 minutes before the scheduled bus arrival time.

AFTER SCHOOL

Students go to the College bus stop after the final bell and line up for their bus.

Times may vary due to traffic conditions and routes are subject to occasional changes which will be passed on to parents.

NON-GOVERNMENT SCHOOL TRANSPORT ASSISTANCE SCHEME

To be eligible for travel assistance, students must live in Queensland and attend an accredited Queensland non-state school full time.

If a parent pays more than a nominated weekly threshold in bus fares, to transport their children to non-state schools they may be eligible for travel assistance through the School Transport Assistance Scheme. For applicants who hold a Health Care Card, Pensioner’s Concession Card and Veterans' Affairs Pensioner Concession Card, the weekly threshold is set at a lower rate. Total fares for all eligible students in an applicant’s family are compared to the threshold to calculate the level of assistance. It is not a “per student” threshold.

Parents should lodge applications for assistance directly online, and for more information on the nominated weekly threshold check out the QCEC website.

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