Getting There By Air:Brisbane Airport Tel: (07) 3406 3000.
Website:
www.bne.com.au Brisbane Airport is located northeast of the city, 13km (8 miles) from Brisbane CBD. It is the third busiest in the country, and provides direct flights to every capital city in Australia as well as most destinations in Asia, Oceania and the Middle East. A major expansion and modernization of the International Terminal is currently under way to accommodate larger aircraft and cater for an increased number
of flights.
Facilities include a big Direct Factory Outlet, ATMs, currency exchange, conference rooms (tel: (07) 3406 3066), cafes, bars and restaurants, a multi-denominational prayer room, a tourist info desk, several duty-free shops and car rental from
Avis, Budget, Europcar, Hertz, Red Spot and
Thrifty.
The
AirTrain (tel: (07) 3216 3308; website:
www.airtrain.com.au) provides a link between the Domestic and International Terminals and Central Railway Station in the city (journey time - 22 minutes).
Coachtrans (tel: (07) 3238 4700; website:
www.coachtrans.com.au) operates services between Brisbane Airport and Brisbane Transit Center and to the door of all CBD hotels, meeting all major flights seven days a week. Other services are available to the Gold Coast and the Sunshine Coast. Taxis are available, and a trip to the city center cost around AUS$35.
Getting There By Road:The main road to Brisbane is the Pacific Highway (M1), which follows the coast to the east. When traveling from the south (from Sydney and the Gold Coast), it then becomes the South East Freeway (M3) as one approaches the city.
Emergency breakdown services: The
Royal Automobile Club of Queensland (RACQ) (tel: 131 111; website: www.racq.com.au) provides 24 hour roadside assistance.
Driving distances: Travel distance to Cairns is about 1,750km (1,087 miles), to Townsville 1,400km (869 miles), to Sydney 1,000km (621 miles), to Melbourne 1,700km (1,087 miles).
Bus services: Greyhound Australia (tel: (07) 3236 3035
or 1300 4739 46863/GREYHOUND; website:
www.greyhound.com.au) links Brisbane with other major Australian cities. Coaches depart from, and arrive at, the Transit Center on Roma Street.
Premier (tel: 133 410; website:
www.premierms.com.au) also serves the East Coast and are sometimes a little bit cheaper.
Getting There By Rail:QR Traveltrain (tel: (07) 3235 1133
or 1300 131 722; website:
www.traveltrain.com.au) runs services four times a week to and from Cairns, via Townsville and Rockhampton. Check out their website for other services, notably to the outback and further north.
The two main train stations in Brisbane are Roma Street Station (tel: (07) 3235 3291) and Central Station on Ann Street, directly opposite Anzac Square. Central is the railway station for the
Citytrain rail network (tel: (07) 3606 5555; website:
www.citytrain.com.au), for Southeast Queensland and the Gold Coast.
Getting Around:
Public TransportTransLink operates an extensive network throughout Brisbane including
bus,
rail and
ferry and City
CATs (short for catamarans) (tel: 131 230; website:
www.transinfo.qld.gov.au). City CATs operate from 0550 until 1230 every day. The Loop is a free bus that circles the CBD, on weekdays only. A zone system is in place, but the CBD and most of the inner suburbs are in zone one. Daily tickets are available, allowing unlimited travel on buses, trains and ferries within a certain zone. Off peak tickets are also available. NightLink buses, trains and flat fare taxi services operate late on Fridays and Saturdays to destinations across Brisbane.
TaxisThe major cab operators in Brisbane are
Black & White Taxis (tel: 131 008; website:
www.blackandwhitecabs.com.au),
Brisbane Cabs (tel: 132 211) and
Yellow Cab Co. (tel: 131 924; website:
www.yellowcab.com.au).
Car HireRental car companies include:
Avis (tel: 136 333; website:
www.avis.com.au);
Budget (tel: 1300 362 848
or 132 727; website:
www.budget.com.au),
Europcar (tel: 1300 131 390; website:
www.europcar.com.au),
Hertz (tel: 133 039; website:
www.hertz.com.au) and
Thrifty (tel: 1300 367 227; website:
www.thrifty.com.au).
Bicycle HireBrisbane is a pleasant city to ride a bike in, with plenty of bikeways across the city for easy travel, and more than 27km (16.5 miles) of award-winning bicycle pathways line both sides of the river east and west of the city center.
Valet Cycle in the City Botanic Gardens, Alice Street Main Gate (tel: 0408 003 198; website:
www.cyclebrisbane.com) offers bike hire (they can even deliver a bike to your hotel) and a range of tours around the city.
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