Travel Information
Travel on public transport or contract bus is available for St Joseph’s students from most Geelong suburbs and surrounding districts. The cost of transport and eligibility for conveyance allowance are governed by the student’s place of residence
A copy of the Student Travel Information Sheet can be downloaded below:
Conveyance Allowance
A Conveyance Allowance may be available to St Joseph’s College students who live outside a radius of 4.8 km from the school. Forms for Conveyance Allowance (yellow form) are available from the College’s Accounts Office. The Conveyance Allowance is forwarded to the College from the Department of Education at the end of each term and is credited to the fee account.
The use of the most economical mode of transport between home and school governs the value of the conveyance allowance. That is the cost of an annual student concession and bus pass. Student concession forms are available from mid-January each year from V/Line or the College.
Coastal Travellers
Students travelling from coastal areas of Bellarine Peninsula and Surf Coast are fully subsidised but are required to have a Conveyance Allowance form completed to acquire a bus pass from the bus company.
For details of bus routes and timetables for Bellarine and Geelong Transit travellers, please contact the relevant transport companies:
McHarrys Phone 5223 2111
Benders Phone 5278 5955
Contract Bus Travel
Where a free contract bus service is available, students can claim for the Conveyance Allowance only if the student lives 4.8km or more from the closest contract bus stop. Contract buses are available from the following areas:
Anakie, Anglesea, Bambra, Bannockburn, Barrabool, Batesford, Bellbrae, Bells Beach, Buckley, Ceres, Deans Marsh, Freshwater Creek, Gheringhap, Gnarwarre, Inverleigh, Lara, Lethbridge, Little River, Lorne, parts of Lovely Banks, Maude, Meredith, Moriac, Shelford, Stonehaven, Teesdale, Waurn Ponds, Winchelsea, Wingeel
Any student travelling on a contract bus must have an application form (RO38A – blue) completed. These forms are available from the College Accounts Office.
For details of contract bus routes and timetables, please contact:
- Leanne Goodwin on 5221 8834 at Matthew Flinders Girl’s College
Werribee Travel
A private bus service is offered to Werribee students travelling to St Joseph’s College and Sacred Heart College. The fee for this service is reviewed annually.
Travel and Public Behaviour
All bus travellers are to behave in a responsible manner at all times while travelling to and from school. Appropriate College uniform is to be worn. The travelling public and fellow students are to be treated with respect. Failure to meet these expectations may result in the loss of the right to travel on the bus and / or some other appropriate disciplinary action. Students are to follow directions given by staff supervising the bus set-down.
Bicycles
Students who ride bicycles to school must use the bike racks near the VCE building and are required to provide their own lock. As required by law, all bike riders must wear an approved Safety Helmet.
Car
Students travelling by car should be dropped off and collected from the Queens Road entrance.
Eligibility For Bus Travel – Registered Schools
Students travelling from specific areas outside the Geelong urban area are eligible for school bus travel (if available), or payment of a conveyance allowance, only if they are enrolled at their closest denominational school.
Catholic Secondary Colleges
Parents enrolling students at Catholic Secondary Schools should note that bus travel or conveyance allowances would only apply in the following situations:-
- Students travelling from districts north or north-west of Geelong e.g. Anakie, Bannockburn, Lara, Meredith Little River, Wingeel, Inverleigh to :
St Joseph’s College or Clonard College
- Students travelling from districts south, south-west e.g. Bellarine Peninsula, Winchelsea, Anglesea, Barwon Heads, Torquay, Gnarwarre, Ceres to:
St Joseph’s College, Sacred Heart College or Saint Ignatius College
Students living north or north-west of Geelong would not automatically be entitled to free bus travel or a conveyance allowance to attend Saint Ignatius College in Drysdale. Students living in these areas should be dealt with on a case by case basis.
In all above cases, to be eligible for free bus travel or conveyance allowance, students must reside more than 4.8 km by the shortest practicable route and be attending the nearest appropriate denominational school.
Where a school contract bus service is provided, students travelling to schools other than those listed above may be able to travel as fare paying passengers. Travel as a paying passenger will only be permitted on a term by term basis and where space is available on the bus. A number of other conditions for fare paying travel will also apply and be subject to agreement.
Any further inquiries regarding bus travel can be made to Leanne Goodwin, Geelong Bus Coordinator, C/- Matthew Flinders Girls Secondary College on 03 5221 8834 of Carina Cullen, Senior Consultant, Resources Unit, Barwon South Western Region on 03 5225 1000.