Monday 9th January: Arrive Brisbane 17.05pm
Tuesday 10th:
Wednesday 11th: Day trip to Eumundi market and Noosa Heads (to be booked)
Thursday 12th: Mount Tamborine. Depart Central Station 9.24am, arrive Helensvale 10.29. Meet up with Helen.
Friday 13th: Gold Coast. Depart Central Station 9.54am, arrive Nerang at 11.04am. Meet with Hells.
Saturday 14th:
Sunday 15th:
Monday 16th: Depart Brisbane 20.05pm. Arrive Melbourne 23.30pm.
Eumundi Market
Noosa
Mount Tamborine
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Saturday, January 7, 2012
13. Finding Fares & Timetables
I have been trying to calculate the fare(s) from Brisbane but the TransLink website isn't working. After putting in the details e.g. departing from, to, time etc., instead of seeing the results and fare cost, their website page says "Journey planner error" This is pretty annoying as I leave in two days and won't have access to a computer. I did contact them to relate the problem, they thanked me for contacting them and said they will respond within 10 days. Damn!
Then I thought if I can find out how many zones it is for each trip I can find out the fare. So, that being said -
Brisbane to Helensavle is 12 zones: $7.10 for a paper ticket, $4.90 for a Go card and $3.92 for go card off-peak.
Brisbane to Nerang is 13 zones: $7.40 (paper ticket), $5.10 go card, $4.48 go card off-peak.
Brisbane to Nambour is 17 zones: $10.20 ticket, $7.01 go card and $5.61 go card off-peak.
GOLD COAST TRAIN LINE TIMETABLE
SUNSHINE COAST TRAIN LINE TIMETABLE
CURRENT FARES
Below is a map showing TransLink zones - click on map to enlarge
Above: TransLink Zone Map
Then I thought if I can find out how many zones it is for each trip I can find out the fare. So, that being said -
Brisbane to Helensavle is 12 zones: $7.10 for a paper ticket, $4.90 for a Go card and $3.92 for go card off-peak.
Brisbane to Nerang is 13 zones: $7.40 (paper ticket), $5.10 go card, $4.48 go card off-peak.
Brisbane to Nambour is 17 zones: $10.20 ticket, $7.01 go card and $5.61 go card off-peak.
GOLD COAST TRAIN LINE TIMETABLE
SUNSHINE COAST TRAIN LINE TIMETABLE
CURRENT FARES
Below is a map showing TransLink zones - click on map to enlarge
Friday, January 6, 2012
11. Eumundi Markets
After a bit more research, direct trains from Brisbane to Eumundi are limited but there are more services getting the train to Nambour and then a connecting bus.
This website I love Eumundi markets has very good information detailing public transport bus/train times as well as connecting buses from Eumundi to Noosa Heads
Market Opening Times
Wed - 8am to 1:30pm and Sat - 6:30am to 2pm
WEDNESDAY'S
Train/SunBus from Brisbane Central to Eumundi
DEPART: Brisbane Central - 5:50am and 8:00am
ARRIVE: Eumundi - 8:35am and 10:25am
NOTE: Transfer from train at Nambour Station to connecting Sunbus No: 630 to Eumundi
SunBus/Train from Eumundi to Brisbane Central
DEPART: Eumundi Station - 11:30am, 1:30pm, 2:30pm, 4:20pm
ARRIVE: Brisbane Central - 2:33pm, 3:55pm, 4:56pm, 7:11pm.
NOTE: Transfer from SunBus at Nambour Station to connecting train to Brisbane Central
SunBus from Eumundi to Noosa Heads
SUNBUS NUMBER: 631 and 630
DEPART: Eumundi at 11:20am (Bus 631), 12:20pm (630), 12:20pm (631), 1:30pm (630), 2:20pm (631) and 3:20pm (631)
ARRIVE: Noosa Heads at 12:00, 12:40pm, 1:00pm, 1:55pm, 3:00pm and 4:00pm.
SunBus from Noosa Heads to Eumundi
SUNBUS NUMBER: 630 and 631
DEPART: Noosa Heads at 7:25am, 8:10am, 8:45am, 9:05am, 9:55am and 10:55am
ARRIVE: Eumundi at 7:50am, 8:35am, 9:20am, 9:30am, 10:30am and 11:30am.
It looks like it isn't possible to combine Eumundi and Noosa on the same day as the last bus departs Noosa Heads at 10.55am. Unless there is another bus service but I would very much doubt it. So I'd have to go to Eumundi on the Wednesday and Noosa Heads on another day. I haven't written up the Saturday timetable as there are more services on the Wednesdays.
Hire Car v. Public Transport
Eumundi is just over an hour north of Brisbane along the Bruce Highway Sunshine Coast and is 20kms west of Noosa. Perhaps it might be worth while hiring a car for two days, that way I can stop at other places along the way and detour back through other village in the hinterland.
Some other websites
About Eumundi Markets
Sunshine Coast Journey Planner
This website I love Eumundi markets has very good information detailing public transport bus/train times as well as connecting buses from Eumundi to Noosa Heads
Market Opening Times
Wed - 8am to 1:30pm and Sat - 6:30am to 2pm
WEDNESDAY'S
Train/SunBus from Brisbane Central to Eumundi
DEPART: Brisbane Central - 5:50am and 8:00am
ARRIVE: Eumundi - 8:35am and 10:25am
NOTE: Transfer from train at Nambour Station to connecting Sunbus No: 630 to Eumundi
SunBus/Train from Eumundi to Brisbane Central
DEPART: Eumundi Station - 11:30am, 1:30pm, 2:30pm, 4:20pm
ARRIVE: Brisbane Central - 2:33pm, 3:55pm, 4:56pm, 7:11pm.
NOTE: Transfer from SunBus at Nambour Station to connecting train to Brisbane Central
SunBus from Eumundi to Noosa Heads
SUNBUS NUMBER: 631 and 630
DEPART: Eumundi at 11:20am (Bus 631), 12:20pm (630), 12:20pm (631), 1:30pm (630), 2:20pm (631) and 3:20pm (631)
ARRIVE: Noosa Heads at 12:00, 12:40pm, 1:00pm, 1:55pm, 3:00pm and 4:00pm.
SunBus from Noosa Heads to Eumundi
SUNBUS NUMBER: 630 and 631
DEPART: Noosa Heads at 7:25am, 8:10am, 8:45am, 9:05am, 9:55am and 10:55am
ARRIVE: Eumundi at 7:50am, 8:35am, 9:20am, 9:30am, 10:30am and 11:30am.
It looks like it isn't possible to combine Eumundi and Noosa on the same day as the last bus departs Noosa Heads at 10.55am. Unless there is another bus service but I would very much doubt it. So I'd have to go to Eumundi on the Wednesday and Noosa Heads on another day. I haven't written up the Saturday timetable as there are more services on the Wednesdays.
Hire Car v. Public Transport
Eumundi is just over an hour north of Brisbane along the Bruce Highway Sunshine Coast and is 20kms west of Noosa. Perhaps it might be worth while hiring a car for two days, that way I can stop at other places along the way and detour back through other village in the hinterland.
Some other websites
About Eumundi Markets
Sunshine Coast Journey Planner
10. Day Trip to Eumundi Markets
The Eumundi markets I am told are held Wednesdays and Saturdays. There is no longer a morning train service to Eumundi I was told, but on checking the Translink website it appears there is.
Brisbane to Eumundi
For Wednesday 11th January
Take train GMPN-X - Roma Street to Gympie North Express
Depart Central Station: 9.37am; Platform 3. Central Railway Station, Cnr Edward And Ann Street, Brisbane City
Arrive Eumundi Station: 11.49am; Eumundi Railway Station, Memorial Drive, Eumundi
Fare is Concession, $12.80 each way. With Go Card it's $7.04 (off peak) and $8.80 peak times.
Return Trip
It looks like there are two options open to me, either the ROMA-X - Gympie North to Roma Street Express which leaves Eumundi at 2.09pm and runs express to Brisbane arriving at Central Railway Station at 4.17pm, or the 6.41pm ROMA-X - Gympie North to Roma Street Express leaving Eumundi at 6.41pm and arriving at Central at 8.39pm.
Again, it's a case of stay a short while to get back at a reasonable time or hang around till all hours and get back much later than I want to. What a pain. It means I'll only have 2 hours from the train station to the markets and back. Maybe there's a bus that would make it a more reasonable journey. Sigh.
Brisbane to Eumundi
For Wednesday 11th January
Take train GMPN-X - Roma Street to Gympie North Express
Depart Central Station: 9.37am; Platform 3. Central Railway Station, Cnr Edward And Ann Street, Brisbane City
Arrive Eumundi Station: 11.49am; Eumundi Railway Station, Memorial Drive, Eumundi
Fare is Concession, $12.80 each way. With Go Card it's $7.04 (off peak) and $8.80 peak times.
Return Trip
It looks like there are two options open to me, either the ROMA-X - Gympie North to Roma Street Express which leaves Eumundi at 2.09pm and runs express to Brisbane arriving at Central Railway Station at 4.17pm, or the 6.41pm ROMA-X - Gympie North to Roma Street Express leaving Eumundi at 6.41pm and arriving at Central at 8.39pm.
Again, it's a case of stay a short while to get back at a reasonable time or hang around till all hours and get back much later than I want to. What a pain. It means I'll only have 2 hours from the train station to the markets and back. Maybe there's a bus that would make it a more reasonable journey. Sigh.
9. Brisbane to Maleny
Depart Central Railway Station : 8.34am
Arrive Nambour Railway Station : 10.22am
Hinterland Connect Bus Service
Depart Nambour: 11.02am
Arrives Maleny: 11.53am
Return Journey
Depart Maleny: 3.52pm
Arrive Nambour: 4.43pm
Connecting train -
Depart Nambour: 4.30pm
Arrive Caboolture Railway Station 5.33pm
Transfer at the same stop
Take train IPSW - Caboolture to Ipswich
Depart Caboolture: 5.52pm
Arrive Central Railway Station: 6.56pm.
Fares:
For the train, this is a 17 zone journey, (travelling within zones 1 - 17) so cost is Concession, $10.20 each way - that's $20.40. If I get a Go Card the fare would be $7.01 each way - a total of $14.02. Plus the bus fare which on their website is given as $2.00 each way for concession. Either way it's a lot of money for very little in my opinion.
There is an earlier bus from Maleny but it leaves at 1.02pm which would only give me an hour at Maleny which would make the journey not worth it - a long time travelling for 60 minutes!
Might be best to look at going to Eumundi and Noosa Heads (on separate days).
Edited to add:
I have just realised that I would arrive back in Nambour after the train leaves. Damn, the timetable given in the bus website is wrong. Timetable for Nambour to Maleny
Arrive Nambour Railway Station : 10.22am
Hinterland Connect Bus Service
Depart Nambour: 11.02am
Arrives Maleny: 11.53am
Return Journey
Depart Maleny: 3.52pm
Arrive Nambour: 4.43pm
Connecting train -
Depart Nambour: 4.30pm
Arrive Caboolture Railway Station 5.33pm
Transfer at the same stop
Take train IPSW - Caboolture to Ipswich
Depart Caboolture: 5.52pm
Arrive Central Railway Station: 6.56pm.
Fares:
For the train, this is a 17 zone journey, (travelling within zones 1 - 17) so cost is Concession, $10.20 each way - that's $20.40. If I get a Go Card the fare would be $7.01 each way - a total of $14.02. Plus the bus fare which on their website is given as $2.00 each way for concession. Either way it's a lot of money for very little in my opinion.
There is an earlier bus from Maleny but it leaves at 1.02pm which would only give me an hour at Maleny which would make the journey not worth it - a long time travelling for 60 minutes!
Might be best to look at going to Eumundi and Noosa Heads (on separate days).
Edited to add:
I have just realised that I would arrive back in Nambour after the train leaves. Damn, the timetable given in the bus website is wrong. Timetable for Nambour to Maleny
Sunday, January 1, 2012
8. Things to do in Brisbane
This is a question mark? I am thinking of doing this (seeing as the date is my birthday) but haven't quite decided yet.
Tuesday 10th January
River Cruise $35, normally $39.
Location
Eagle Street Pier - 1 Eagle Street Brisbane.
Includes
1.5hr Brisbane River Cruise with a 3 Course Carvery Lunch including tea and coffee, live commentary and light entertainment.
Kookaburra River Queen - MID WEEK Sights, Lunch & Cruise
A friend sent me these links:
Free Things To Do in Brisbane
Viator Brisbane Tours of which she said comes at a price!
Kidspot Weekend
Have had a quick squiz and will check them out more fully later.
Tuesday 10th January
River Cruise $35, normally $39.
Location
Eagle Street Pier - 1 Eagle Street Brisbane.
Includes
1.5hr Brisbane River Cruise with a 3 Course Carvery Lunch including tea and coffee, live commentary and light entertainment.
Kookaburra River Queen - MID WEEK Sights, Lunch & Cruise
A friend sent me these links:
Free Things To Do in Brisbane
Viator Brisbane Tours of which she said comes at a price!
Kidspot Weekend
Have had a quick squiz and will check them out more fully later.
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