A dedicated bus network brings students to our Daisy Hill campus from across Logan, Brisbane's southside, the Redlands and as far south as Beenleigh. Find the service that travels near your home, see when it arrives, and learn who to call to book a seat.
The network
Every bus that serves John Paul College is operated by Mt Gravatt Bus Service. Some run for the College itself; the rest are TransLink school services on the public network. The difference matters mainly when you need a timetable or want to give feedback — so here is who does what.
Run by Mt Gravatt Bus Service on behalf of the College. Each has a morning run into school and an afternoon run home, timed to the College day.
School services on the public network, operated by Mt Gravatt Bus Service for TransLink. They also serve other schools along the way, and go card is accepted.
Regular TransLink school routes that pass the College. Five run in the morning and six in the afternoon, and several connect with the train at Loganlea, Beenleigh or Springwood.
All of these services run Monday to Friday during Queensland school terms only — they do not operate in the holidays. Check our term dates before you plan a first day or an airport arrival.
Find your route
Type the street where your child will be living and we will pin it on the map, then rank every service by how close it passes. A suburb or route number works too. Every route below links to its current timetable.
Straight-line distance to where the route passes — not the walk to a bus stop, and not every road a bus drives along has one. Mt Gravatt Bus Service confirms the actual stop.
Map of the bus routes serving John Paul College. The routes are drawn from the operator's own route files. The same information is listed as text beside the map, where each route names the suburbs it travels through and links to its timetable.
Please read: a route travelling through your suburb does not always mean there is a stop near your address. Mt Gravatt Bus Service confirms the actual pick-up point and time for your family — call +61 7 3808 7800.
Mt Gravatt Bus Service operates every route on this page. They will tell you whether a service stops near your address, what time it would collect your child, and the fare.
Timings
Morning services arrive at the bus stops on John Paul Drive in good time for the start of the College day. Afternoon services leave from the same stops.
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Timetables change each year. The operator reissues every route at the start of the school year, so always open the timetable linked beside your route rather than relying on a saved copy. If a time on a timetable has passed, the driver will not depart early — but please have your child at the stop five minutes ahead.
College services
Routes 63, 64 and 65 are run for the College. They exist for one purpose — getting our students to school and home again — and that shapes how they run.
Getting started
Most families sort this out in a single phone call, either before arriving in Australia or in the first days after landing.
Use the route finder above to see which services travel through the suburb where your child will live.
Telephone Mt Gravatt Bus Service on +61 7 3808 7800. They confirm the nearest stop, the pick-up time and the current fare.
For TransLink services, buy a go card at a station, newsagent or convenience store, then add credit. See tickets and fares.
Walk to the stop together once before the first day. Our first days guide covers what else to expect.
Not sure yet where you will be living? That is completely normal. If your child will be in JPC Homestay or JPC Boarding, we take the daily journey to campus into account when we place a student. Talk to us first and the transport question will usually answer itself.
Tickets & fares
South East Queensland has a single public transport network called TransLink. One TransLink ticket covers travel by bus, train and ferry across the whole network, which makes a bus-and-train journey straightforward.
A go card is a reusable travel card you tap on when you board and tap off when you leave. It is the normal way to pay on TransLink services, and it is accepted on the TransLink school services listed on this page.
Ask Mt Gravatt Bus Service which ticket suits your child's route, and whether they are eligible for any concession.
Fares are set by the operator and by TransLink, not by the College, and they can change without notice. We do not print a price here, because it could already be out of date by the time you read it.
For the current fare on your child's route, and for anything about payment, concessions or a lost card, please contact the operator directly.
Operator of every route on this page
Travelling from further south? Several routes connect with the rail network — Route 63 at Loganlea, and TransLink school routes at Beenleigh, Springwood, Kuraby, Runcorn and Fruitgrove. Select a station marker on the map above to see which routes reach it.
Safety
Every student has the right to a safe and enjoyable journey. In Queensland that is set out in a shared code of conduct, and it works because students, families, drivers and the College each play a part.
Use of these services is governed by the Queensland Code of Conduct for School Students Travelling on Buses. It sets out the rights and responsibilities of students, parents, drivers and schools, and how any misconduct is handled.
Students stay responsible for behaving in a way that keeps both their own trip and everyone else's comfortable and safe. Please read it with your child before their first trip.
Read the Code of Conduct (PDF)Parents, caregivers and homestay hosts play an important part alongside the College and the operator — mostly by talking through what good bus behaviour looks like before it is ever needed.
Our International team is happy to talk any of this through. Get in touch.
Questions & feedback
If something about a trip is not right, telling the right people gets it fixed fastest. Here is where each kind of question belongs.
These run for the College, so feedback about them comes to us. Contact our team and it will reach the Director of Community Engagement.
To make a formal complaint, follow the process in the College's complaints policy, listed on our College Policies page.
You can also call the operator directly on +61 7 3808 7800.
The 8024, 8026, 8028 and 8030 school services and all the 41xx and 42xx routes are operated for TransLink. Feedback about them goes to TransLink, or to the operator.
Coming to campus for the first time? The bus stops are on John Paul Drive. Our campus map shows where they sit in relation to the entries, reception and each school, and the FAQ answers the practical questions families ask most.
Tell us where your family will be living and we will help you plan the trip to campus — before your child ever needs to make it alone.