Since Monday 7 September 2026, the route 700 bus no longer goes north to Broadbeach South and the route 777 airport bus ends at Stockland Burleigh Heads, so for the rest of the trip you change to the G:link tram at Burleigh Heads. Translink also started a new route 701 and renamed the late night 700 as route 70.
Only the Brisbane City shuttle runs for Brisbane Roar against Auckland FC at Suncorp Stadium on Friday 30 October 2026, free travel for ticket holders starts at 3:00pm, and kick-off is at 7:00pm. The Ipswich/Rosewood and Springfield lines also lose their trains from 11:30pm that night, which matters if you head home late from Milton.
For the Newcastle Jets match against Macarthur FC on Saturday 24 October, gates open at 2pm for a 3pm kick-off at McDonald Jones Stadium. The closest station is Broadmeadow, a 15 to 20-minute walk away, and Transport for NSW says to pre-book stadium parking through Ticketmaster or use nearby local parking.
ACMI, the museum of screen culture at Fed Square, has free entry and is open daily from 10am to 5pm, with some ticketed events. It sits opposite Flinders Street Station within Melbourne’s Free Tram Zone, so most trains and trams reach it, and a car park at Fed Square charges $18 for the first hour on weekdays at the drive-up rate.
Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne is open every day of the year with free entry, and you can reach it by train to Anzac Station or by the tram to Stop 19 Shrine of Remembrance / St Kilda Road, which is a 650-metre walk from Observatory Gate. The gardens are about two kilometres from the city centre, according to Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria.
For Brisbane Lions against Carlton in the AFLW at Brighton Homes Arena on Saturday 31 October 2026, railbuses replace trains on the Springfield line, so the usual train to Springfield Central station, which sits right next to the arena, is a railbus ride that day. Free travel for ticket holders starts at 12:05pm, gates open at 3:00pm and the game starts at 4:05pm.
The Royal Hobart Hospital’s Emergency Department can now be reached only from a new entrance on Argyle Street, near the corner of Liverpool Street, and cars and trucks cannot turn left from Argyle Street into Liverpool Street between 7:00am and 7:00pm. The change began at 8am on Tuesday 15 September 2026, according to the Tasmanian Government, and the Argyle Street entrance will operate until mid-2028.
Every Sunday, travel on Transperth is free for SmartRider holders and for people who pay with a contactless card or device, on all bus, train and ferry trips from first service until last service. You still tag on and off as normal, and Transperth says the fare is free no matter how far you travel.
An adult travelling from Sydney’s Central station to Gosford pays $10.66 at peak times and $7.46 off-peak with Opal, according to Transport for NSW’s fare table and Trip Planner as of 22 October 2026. The trip takes about 1 hour 18 minutes to 1 hour 25 minutes on the Central Coast and Newcastle line services that Trip Planner showed for Thursday morning.
Transperth’s standard fare for a trip across the Perth network is Go Anywhere, which costs $3.50 in cash or by contactless payment, $3.15 with a SmartRider and $2.80 with a SmartRider on Autoload, for up to three hours of travel on any bus, train or ferry. A trip of 3.2 km or less on a single service uses the cheaper 2 Sections fare of $2.40. These fares took effect on 1 January 2026.