There are a number of travel alternatives for students from Geelong and the surrounding areas. This is an overview of the options available. The Bus Coordinator can provide more detailed information and assistance, once your child is enrolled.
In addition to the public transport options available The College runs dedicated bus service. The private bus service is owned and operated by The Geelong College and is available to Geelong College students only. We provide an efficient and friendly
service for our students to the Senior, Middle and Junior School Campuses.
The Geelong College buses are equipped with the BusMinder system which allows parents to live track the bus thereby making pickup and drop off time a breeze. This
service also has a convenient App for mobile devices that allows parents to be notified when their child/ren has boarded the bus.
This service can be used on a permanent or a casual basis. The fees for permanent travel are published to your family school account at the start of each term by our finance department. Casual fees are charged to the family school account at the end of the term of travel.
Anglesea/Freshwater Creek/Jan Juc
Colac/Birregurra/Moriac/Ceres
Highton/Wandana Heights
Ocean Grove/Wallington/Barwon Heads/Armstrong Creek
Torquay/Waurn Ponds
Williamstown/Sanctuary Lakes/Point Cook/Werribee/Little River/Lara
The Geelong College provides dedicated late bus services to Ocean Grove/Barwon Heads and Torquay/Anglesea on Monday and Thursday evenings and on Tues/Wed a late bus does a loop through Wallington, Ocean Grove, Barwon Heads and Torquay. If your child/ren are permanent travellers on any of the Geelong College Private Services this is included in your bus charges, for all others there is a casual fee per trip per student. This will be added to your fee statement at the end of each term.
Geelong Transit System (GTS) operates a Newtown service which runs between the city, the Middle School and the Senior School and links with other urban areas of Geelong extending to Leopold, Armstrong Creek and Lara. Specific details should be obtained directly from the relevant GTS operator (either CDC on 5240 5000 or McHarry’s on 5223 2111).
McHarry’s Buslines operates School bus services from the following towns located on the Bellarine Peninsula and Surf Coast – Ocean Grove, Barwon Heads, Queenscliff, Point Lonsdale, Portarlington, St Leonards, Clifton Springs, Leopold, Drysdale, Breamlea and Torquay. Details of particular services, times and routes should be obtained from McHarry’s Buslines at McHarrys.com.au and following the School Bus tab.
The Education Department operates bus services from Lorne, Anglesea, Anakie, Deans Marsh, Winchelsea, Cressy, Meredith, Bannockburn/Lethbridge, Aireys Inlet, Paraparap, Bambra, Bellbrae, Buckley, Ceres, Conewarre, Eastern View, Fairhaven, Freshwater Creek, Inverleigh, Little River, Lovely Banks, Maude, Modewarre, Moriac, Shelford, Staughtonvale, Stonehaven, Teesdale, Waurn Ponds and Anakie.
For more information on bus travel please contact our Bus Co-ordinator on (03) 5226 3773 or via email at Sherree Howard.