Australia’s cheapest airport transfers
May 28th, 2009 by Tim Uden
The Lifehacker blog recently ran a post comparing public transport options between Australian airports and their respective city centres. The conclusion made Adelaide and Perth the winners with airport buses costing no more than a regular suburban bus fare in those cities.
The Lifehacker survey only covered the major airports and even left out the Gold Coast, which in my opinion is a relatively major airport, especially now that AirAsia has cheap flights to KL from there. As for public transport to Coolangatta (Gold Coast) Airport, you could pay $21 for the airport shuttle bus, but what’s the point when it’s just a simple case of walking a couple of minutes from the terminal to the Gold Coast Highway and hopping on local bus route 700. The fare from the airport to the centre of Surfers Paradise is just AUD $4.30.
That puts the Gold Coast in the same league as Adelaide and Perth, but are there any cheaper Australian airport transfers? Well there’s Broome Airport, it’s just a five minute walk to the town centre.
3 Responses to “Australia’s cheapest airport transfers”
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September 19th, 2009 at 8:47 am
We would like to have rate proposal for airport transfers,could you please send your e-mail address?Thank you Deniz
November 22nd, 2009 at 4:16 am
Recently I saved money and extended my Gold Coast holiday simply by staying at the Gold Coast Airport Motel as a first night “stepping stone” to start our family holiday. The Gold Coast Airport Motel transferred us for free and waiting time is less than 5 minutes since they are just across the road from the airport. The next day I walked back to the airport to hire a car. I paid nothing to walk between the motel and the airport and I didn’t need to start paying for a car until I needed it. This was a cheaper alternative to hiring a car upon arrival just to drive to accommodation, or paying transfers to accommodation and then paying for transport to the nearest car hire depot during the holiday. Being a Motel they are happy if you stay for only one night and they aren’t expensive. In fact I saved so much money doing it this way I flew up one day earlier to take advantage of a cheaper airfare saving even more. And best of all the next day I was well rested before our drive down to Byron Bay.
January 8th, 2010 at 1:51 pm
Sydney’s AirportLinktrain turned out to be a bit of a political disaster after effectively sending its private backers broke, but it does offer regular services (generally around every 15 minutes) and has the advantage of not being disrupted during peak hour traffic.