Bus Network
WestMAC offers a cost effective and convenient chartered option for getting your child/ren to and from the College, in partnership with Fassifern Coaches.
Fassifern Coaches operates exclusive bus routes for WestMAC students each morning and afternoon. Each bus varies in size depending on the route, and all are equipped with seat belts and air-conditioning. Timings and pickup points may change depending on the needs of students. If this is the case, parents will be notified via email communications at the beginning of each term.
More Information
For more information about the Fassifern / WestMAC Bus Network, contact the Cashier's Office.
The Non State Schools Transport Assistance Scheme (NSSTAS) provides student travel rebates. Only students with a disability will be eligible under the Students With Disability (SWD) program if catching a chartered Fassifern Coaches service. Bus Fare Assistance Program (BFAP) applications lodged for these chartered services will not be eligible. For more information visit www.SchoolTransport.com.au.
There are also a number of public transport operators that set-down and pick-up at the College. Find out about these transport options.
Ticketing
The College is working closely with Fassifern Coaches to implement a new ticketing system in 2018. The new system will allow students to tap on and off the bus with their student card. Parents will have the convenience of paying for tickets online and being able to track the bus that their child/ren are travelling on. Details of the new system will be emailed to parents shortly.
Transportme App
The new system will operate from an App called Transportme. Please download the Transportme passenger App from the Apple App Store or Google play. This App provides you with real-time tracking of the buses and a cashless system for paying for tickets which will be linked to your child’s student ID card.
TO TRACK YOUR BUS
- Open the App and press ‘Track Your Bus’
- Select Fassifern Coaches as your Bus Operator
- Select the route that you are searching for based on the information from the College website
- Select ‘Track the buses’ from the bottom of the App
TO PAY FOR YOUR CHILD’S BUS PASS
To pay for your child’s bus pass, you will be required to use the Transportme App. Once you have opened the App, payments are made by pressing ‘Smartcard Fund’. We ask that you complete payment for your term pass and all casual travel MUST be paid prior to travel on the bus network. If students forget their Student ID they are still able to catch the bus - every child’s details will be recorded in the Transportme system, so they can manually enter their name when they get on and off the bus.
Bus Fares (effective from 16 July 2018)
| Bus Route | Per trip |
| Kholo / Brassall (Karrabin Railway AM & PM) | $1.50 to $1.75 |
| Laidley | $2.30 |
| South Ripley / Deebing Heights | $1.50 to $1.75 |
| Westlake to Forest Lake | $1.75 to $2.30 |
| Boonah | $2.00 |
| Silverdale / Rosewood | $1.75 to $2.00 |
| Kenmore / Chapel Hill | $2.30 to $2.85 |
| Springfield | $1.50 to $2.00 |
| Late Bus travel - Monday, Tuesday, Thursday only | $3.60 per trip |
Term 1 Bus Routes (effective from Thursday 1 February 2018)
Kholo / Brassall (Karrabin Railway AM & PM)
MORNING
7.15am – Skyline Drive, Pick-up as needed, (R) Kholo Road
7.29am – Pick-up @ corner Mossom and Hill Streets, continue along Hill Street, (R) Albert Street, (L) Cyprus Street, 2nd exit at roundabout into Kay Street, (R) Connors Street
7.32am – Pick-up #20, (L) Roberts Street, (L) Holdsworth Road, (L) Holmes Street
7.35am – (L) Waterworks Road, Pick-up as needed, (R) Pine Mountain Road, Pick-up as needed, (L) Fernvale Road
7.39am – Heritage Drive, Pick-up Heritage Drive @ various houses, return Fernvale Road
7.45am – (R) Vogel Road, (R) Workshops Road, (L) Pearse Drive to Grammar Gate, (R) into Mellor Place Pick-up corner of Dorsey Chase, back onto Pearce Drive (R) Bradfield Drive
7.52am – (R) High Street, (L) Clune Street, (R) Vogel Road, (R) Sydney Street – continues to Gregory Street, (R) Arnold Street
7.55am – Pick-up corner Ceres Street
8.05am – Arrive at College
AFTERNOON
Rail bus departs 3.10pm and returns to the College at 3.20pm to collect students for the Kholo / Brassall route. Bus follows the morning route in reverse
Laidley
MORNING
7.00am – Depart William Street Bus Stop, (R) Patrick Street, which becomes Laidley Plainlands Road
7.08am – At roundabout take first exit to Plainland, at roundabout take first exit onto Gehrke Road, (R) Lorikeet Street - continue to Wagtail Drive, (R) Firetail Avenue, (L) Staatz Quarry Road, (R) Sandpiper Drive, (R) Bertrand Avenue, (R) Australian Il Drive
7.15am – Pick-up Australia II Drive @ Corner Lexcen Court and Australia Ii Drive, continue along Australia II Drive which becomes Thallon Road, (L) Hannant Road
7.20am – Pick-up Hannant Road @ Hatton Vale School, Pick-up Hannant Road @ Corner Stephenson Crescent and Hannant Road, continue along Hannant Road, (R) Fairway Drive
7.25am – Pick-up Fairway Drive @ corner Fairway Drive and Hannant Road, Pick-up Fairway Drive @ Golf Course, continue along Fairway Drive, (L) Warrego Highway
7.35am – Pick-up @ Lowood Minden Road crossroads
7.40am – Pick-up as needed along Edmond Street, Marburg, (L) Queens Street and return to highway, express to College
AFTERNOON
Bus follows above route in reverse, departs WestMAC at approximately 3.10pm.
South Ripley / Deebing Heights
MORNING
6.55am – Providence Parade, (L) Amity Way, (R) Harmony Crescent to the end, (R) Greenview Avenue, (R) Providence Parade, (R) Ripley Road, (L) Centenary Highway, (L) Grampian Drive, (R) Winland Drive
7.05am – Pick-up Winland Drive outside #3, (R) Chilton Court, Pick-up outside #20, (L) Leesmore Court, Pick-up outside #41, (L) East Field Court, Pick-up outside #16, (L) Winland Drive, Pick-up outside #119, #143 and #164
7.17am – (L) Grampian Drive, Pick-up @ bus stop near Sovereign Drive, (R) Lakeview Drive, (L) Dannika Way, (R) Lakeview Drive
7.20am – (R) Pisasale Drive, (R) Kerners Road, Pick-up bus stop @ Balsa Street
7.24am – (L) Deebing Creek Road, Pick-up @ Amberley State School, (R) Ash Street, Pick-up outside #5A, Pick-up @ Kensington Drive at Winston Glades Shopping Centre, (R) Reif Street, (L) Kurrajong Street, Pick-up outside #29, (L) Hibiscus Street, Pick-up outside #32
7.33am – (R) Pepperina Street, (L) Discovery Street, Pick-up @ #4, (L) Edwards Street, Pick–up @ #169, Pick-up corner Discovery and Edwards Street, Pick-up near Rockman Drive, (R) Raceview Street, Pick-up @ Westminster Crescent
7.37am – (R) Cascade Street, (L) South Station Road, Pick-up @ corner Harding Street
7.45am – (L) Blackstone Road, Pick-up outside #137, (L) Chermside Road, (R) Griffith Road, which becomes Garden Street, (R) Thorn Street, (R) Moffatt Street, (L) Old Toowoomba Road, (R) Toongarra Road, which becomes Karrabin Rosewood Road, on to the College
AFTERNOON
Bus follows above route in reverse, departs WestMAC at approximately 3.10pm
Westlake / Forest Lake
MORNING
7.00am – Depart Sumner Road - Seven Eleven, continue along Sumner Road, (R) Horizon Drive
7.06am – Pick-up Horizon Drive @ Peter Lightfoot Park, continue on Horizon Drive, (R) Dandenong Road, (L) Sumner Road, (L) Centenary Highway, continue along Centenary Highway, (L) Inala/Forest Lake Exit, Garden Road, which becomes Forest Lake Blvd
7.20am – Pick-up Forest Lake Blvd @ opposite Lake
7.25am – Pick-up @ Forest Lake Village bus stop, continue along Forest Lake Blvd which becomes Wadeville Street, (R) Stapleton Road, (R) Logan Motorway, exit @ puma Petrol station, (R) Ashburne Rd, through two roundabouts, (L) Bognuda Street, (R) Wall Street
7.40am – Pick-up @ Byrne Street opposite carpark, (R) Law Street
7.43am – Pick-up @ Law Street, (R) Vale Street, (R) Davis Street, (L) Law Street, (R) Bognuda Street, express to the College
AFTERNOON
3.10pm – Depart WestMAC, Warrego Highway (L) take the Riverview Exit, third exit over River Road, third exit onto Warrego Highway take exit onto Ashburn Road, (L) Bognuda Street
3.30pm – Drop-off @ Byrne Street opposite carpark, (L) Law Street
3.31pm – Drop-off @ #5 Law Street, (R) Davis Street, (R) Vale Street, (L) Byrne street, (L) Brisbane Road
3.50pm – Drop-off @ Sumner Road - Seven Eleven, continue along Sumner Road, (R) Horizon Drive
3.55pm – Drop-off @ Horizon Drive, Drop-off @ Peter Lightfoot Park, continue on Horizon Drive, (R) Dandenong Road, (L) Sumner Road, (L) Centenary Highway, continue along Centenary Highway, (L) Inala/Forest Lake Exit, Garden Road, which becomes Forest Lake Blvd
4.14pm – Drop-off @ Forest Lake Blvd opposite Lake
4.20pm – Drop-off @ Forest Lake Village bus stop
Boonah
MORNING
6:50am – Pick-up @ Springleigh Park, Hoya Road
7:00am – Pick-up @ Butchers Shop, Kalbar
7:05am – Pick-up @ corner of Goetsch and Munbilla Roads
7:08am – Pick-up @ corner of Pearson and Munbilla Roads
7:12am – (L) Kengoon Road, Pick-up @ #102, return to Munbilla Road, continue on Munbilla Road, (R) Milbong Road, Pick-up @ #386, (L) Roadvale Harrisville Road
7:15am – Pick-up @ the Pink Elephant, Corner Milbong and Munbilla Roads
7.28am – Pick-up @ Wiley Road, (R) Wiley Road, (R) C Beckwiths Road, (L) Limestone Ridges Road
7.33am – Pick–up @ #391 and #327
7.37am – Pick-up @ Limestone Ridges Bus Stop
7.40am – Pick-up @ Peak Crossing State School, continue on Ipswich – Boonah Road, Pick up @ corner of T Morrows Road, Pick-up @ corner of Ellison Road
7.48am – Pick-up @ opposite McDonalds. Pick-up as needed along Warwick Road, Yamanto – express to the College
AFTERNOON
Bus follows above route in reverse, departs WestMAC at approximately 3.10pm
Silverdale / Rosewood
MORNING
7.00am – Pick-up corner of Horan Road and Cunningham Highway
7.07am – Pick-up @ Warrill View Store, (L) Rosewood – Warrill View Road
7.17am – Pick-up @ corner Rosevale Road
7.21am – Pick-up @ corner Vaucluse Road
7.24am – Pick-up @ corner Christensen Road
7.32am – Pick-up @ corner Ebenezer Road, (L) School Street, (R) Railway Street
7.35am – (R) Railway Street, Pick-up @ outside Rosewood Greens and #203
7.38am – Pick-up @ Thagoona Railway, (R) continue on McGearys Road, Pick-up as needed, (L) Ipswich – Rosewood Road, Pick-up @ corner Haigslea Amberley Road, (R) O’Neill’s Road
7.49am – Pick up @ Willowbank Shopping Centre, Pick-up @ #52, (L) Wigmore Street, to Willowbank Drive
7.50am – Pick-up corner Banbury Court, Pick-up @ #92, Pick-up corner Coopers Road, (L) Coopers Road, (L) Cunningham Highway, (L) Ipswich – Rosewood Road, (R) Haigslea Amberley Road, (R) Queens Street, Pick-up Walloon Bakery, express to College
AFTERNOON
Bus follows above route in reverse, departs WestMAC at approximately 3.10pm
Kenmore / Chapel Hill
MORNING
7.10am – Moggill Road, Pick-up @ Alkira Stop 30
7.20am – Pick-up @ Moggill Road at Brenden Street Stop 32, Pick-up @ Moggill Road Kenmore Churches Stop 34 , Pick-up @ Moggill Road Kenmore Central Stop 35
7.25am – Pick-up Moggill Road @ Misty Morn Stop
[PM only – (R) Pullenvale Road, Pick-up @ Pullenvale Hall, Pick-up @ Pullenvale State School, (L) Grandview Road, (R) Moggill Road]
Pick-up Moggill Road @ Mt Crosby Road Stop
7.29am – Pick-up Moggill Road @ Bellbowrie near Birkin Road, (R) Montanus Drive, Pick-up @ corner Pinkwood Street
7.34am – (L) Kangaroo Gully Road, Pick-up Kangaroo Gully Road @ Bellbowrie Chase Stop, (R) Moggill Road, Turn-back at roundabout, Pick-up @ Moggill Terminus Stop, (L) Kangaroo Gully Road
7.35am – (L) Church Road, Pick-up @ near #91 Church Road, Pick-up near Honeyeater Crescent, (R) Hawkesbury Road, Pick-up opposite Castlereagh Place, (R) Sugars Road, (L) Kangaroo Gully Road, Pick-up @ outside #482, (L) Mount Crosby Road
7.45am – Pick-up @ West Vet Practice, express to the College
AFTERNOON
Bus follows above route in reverse, departs WestMAC at approximately 3.10pm
Springfield (including Ipswich CBD)
MORNING
6.50am – Depart Mur Blvd, (R) Sharpless Road, (L) Ivy Street, Pick-up Ivy Street, turn around within Ivy Street and continue along Ivy Street, (L) in Sharpless Road, (L) at roundabout into Topaz Road, through roundabout onto Woodcrest Way
6.53am – Pick-up @ outside #90, continue along Woodcrest Way, (R) Bridgewater Road, (R) Springfield Parkway, which becomes Springfield Lakes Blvd, (L)
Summit7.00am – Pick-up @ corner Lakeside Avenue and Admiral Crescent, continue along Lakeside Avenue, (R) The Promenade, (L) Springfield Lakes Blvd, (R) Creekside Drive
7.03am – Pick-up @ corner Creekside Drive & Springfield Lakes Blvd, continue along Springfield Lakes Blvd, (R) Springfield Greenbank Arterial
7.10am – Pick-up @ Orion Shopping Centre Bus Station, Southern Cross Circuit, (L) Main Street, (R) Springfield Greenbank Arterial, (R) Sinnathamby Blvd, which becomes Augusta Parkway, (L) Santa Monica Drive
7.15am – Pick-up @ corner Renehan Place and Santa Monica Drive, U-turn back onto Santa Monica Drive, continue through roundabout onto Grangewood Avenue, (R) Brookwater Drive, (L) Silky Oak Drive, (R) Mountain Ash Place
7.22am – Pick-up @ outside #10, turn around at end of Mountain Ash Place, continue along Mountain Ash Place, (L) Silky Oak Drive, (R) Brookwater Drive, (R) Birchwood Crescent, (L) Whitewood Crescent
7.24am – Pick-up @ corner Birchwood Crescent, continue along Whitewood Crescent, (L) Birchwood Crescent, (R) Brookwater Drive, (L) Forester Avenue, Pick-up @ corner Forester Avenue, (R) Augusta Parkway which becomes Jones Road
7.28am – (R) Columbia Drive, Pick-up @ near roundabout, (L) Bellbird Drive, (L) Jones Road, (R) Augusta Pkwy, (R) Redbank Plains Road
7.30am – Pick-up @ Redbank Plains Shopping Centre Bus Stop, continue along Redbank Plains Road, 1st exit at roundabout onto Kruger Parade, Pick-up @ Kruger State School, continue on Kruger Parade which becomes Duncan Street, (R) Namatjira Drive, (L) Collingwood Drive, (R) into Redbank Plaza Shopping Centre, (L) onto Ipswich Motorway – continue onto Brisbane Road
7.50am – Pick-up Brisbane Road @ Bundamba State School, opposite Swim Centre, continue along Brisbane Road
7.55am– Pick-up Brisbane Road @ Sizzlers, Newtown, continue along Brisbane Road, which becomes Queen Victoria Parade into Limestone Street
7.58am – Pick-up Limestone Street @ opposite Coles, continue along Limestone Street, which becomes Burnett Street, (L) Brisbane Street which becomes Old Toowoomba Road, (R) Toongarra Road
8.02am – Pick-up opposite Leichhardt Primary school, continue along Toongarra Road which becomes Karrabin Rosewood Road, and continue onto the College
AFTERNOON
Bus follows above route in reverse, departs WestMAC at approximately 3.10pm.
Conditions of travel on the WestMAC Bus Network
- All students using the buses must hold a valid tickets.
- Seatbelts must be worn at all times while on the bus.
- Seating is limited to the bus capacity; priority will be given to students travelling term passes.
- Students will be collected and returned to their registered bus stop by Fassifern Coaches, unless authorised by the College.
- Students travelling on the buses are representatives of WestMAC and are required to behave appropriately at all times.
- It is the student’s responsibility to be aware of their bus route. They must ensure they are at the correct bus stop at least 5 minutes prior to the timetabled departure time of the stop.
- Buses will not pass a pickup point before the timetabled time; however they may be delayed due to traffic congestion. Students are to remain at the stop until the bus arrives.