Get the Go-Card

Many cities have a plastic card that one can load funds to via a machine, online, or with a cashier, and it saves one from having to buy a ticket for each journey - especially on buses or trains.  In some cities (Shanghai is one) that you can use your credit for a taxi as well.  In some cities (Brisbane included) you can use this card on ferries and City Cats (river transport).

In Brisbane, Queensland, the Go Card is available at many outlets - including some newsagents, and railway stations or transit centres.  Each individual must has his/her own card, and the fee for the journey is automatically deducted when you pass the card over the card reader.   Children are charged children's rates, students are charged student's rates, and seniors are charged senior's rates. 

They are generally an efficient money and time saving card.  I have used one for several years and I would be 'lost' without it.  For visitors to Brisbane, a card can be purchased for $5, and you can easily load some funds, depending on your planned trips.  When your holiday or visit to Brisbane is over, you can easily claim a refund of the balance of your funds plus the $5 deposit.  Easy.

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For some major events in Brisbane, you can get FREE public transport on buses, trains or river craft by showing your ticket to the event.  Recently I travelled to the cricket at Woolloongabba, and the tennis at the Pat Rafter Tennis Centre, for free just showing my ticket to these events.
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