Council Link
Council Link is a transport service for over sixties and people with a disability. The service will pick you up and take you to your nearest shopping centre.
Council Link is an affordable transport service that is available for:
- people aged 60 and over
- people with a disability or mobility impairment (DSP concession card holders)
- carers and minors accompanying eligible people (carers card or companion card holders).
The Council Link program replaced the previous service known as Council Cabs. The Council Link schedule remains the same, and is available below.
This service will operate one day per week within the designated areas only. Council Link drivers collect eligible people from their homes and take them to their local shopping centre.
Door-to-door service
If you are eligible, Council Link will collect you from your home in the morning and drive you to your local shopping centre. Please refer to the schedule below to see if this service is available in your area.
If you book a return trip you will be picked up at around lunch time. You will be picked where you were dropped off and returned to your home address.
Bookings and travel details
To book a Council Link trip, call 5441 8856 by 12.00 pm the day before. Note: You can only book during business hours.
Please advise the operator when you book if you have any special needs. This includes the use of walking frames or wheelchairs. If you have a hearing impairment you can book through the National Relay TTY Service on 13 3677.
How to book a Council Link
- Check the list of suburbs below to see if the Council Link program is available in your area
- Check the days of operation on the Council Link schedule
- Telephone 5441 8856 by 12 noon on the day before your trip.
Cost
$2.00 per person per one-way trip.
Cancellations
If you decide to cancel your booking please call 5441 8856, preferably the day before. This allows another person from your community to use this service.
Feedback
Council Link is a service provided by council in partnership with Suncoast Cabs and is funded by the Transport Levy.
Council would like to know what you think about the Council Link service. Please send your feedback to: [email protected].
Council Link schedule
View and print (PDF, 3.6MB) the latest schedule.
Suburb | Shopping Centre | Day |
Beerwah, Beerburrum, Glasshouse Mountains, Peachester, Landsborough, Mooloolah Valley, Mount Mellum | Beerwah Marketplace | Tuesday |
Buderim, Forest Glen, Mons | Buderim Marketplace or Chancellor Park Marketplace | Tuesday |
Sippy Downs, Glenview, Palmview, Tanawha, Chevallum, Ilkley | Chancellor Park Marketplace or Buderim Marketplace | Tuesday |
Landsborough, Mooloolah Valley, Mount Mellum | Landsborough, Maleny Road Shopping Centre | Tuesday |
Kawana, Birtinya, Buddina, Minyama, Mountain Creek, Parrearra, Warana | Kawana Shopping World | Tuesday |
Caloundra, Caloundra West, Golden Beach, Kings Beach, Little Mountain, Moffatt Beach, Pelican Waters, Shelley Beach | Caloundra Shopping Centre, Library or IGA | Tuesday |
Alexandra Headland, Diddillibah, Kuluin, Kunda Park, Maroochydore, Mooloolaba | Sunshine Plaza | Tuesday |
Coolum Beach, Maroochy River, Mount Coolum, Point Arkwright, Yandina Creek, Yaroomba, Valdora | Birtwill Street Shopping Centre, Coolum Library | Wednesday |
Currimundi, Aroona, Battery Hill, Dicky Beach, Wurtulla, Meridan Plains | Currimundi Marketplace Stockland Birtinya Shopping Centre | Wednesday |
Nambour, Burnside, Coes Creek, Highworth, Image Flat, Kiels Mountain, Kulangoor, Ninderry, Palmwoods, Parklands, Perwillowen, Rosemount, Towen Mountain, West Woombye, Woombye, Yandina | Nambour Plaza, Nambour Community Centre, Nambour Centrelink/Medicare, Nambour Library, Sunshine Coast Low-cost Grocery Store | Wednesday |
Doonan (south of Sunrise Road), Eumundi, Verrierdale, Peregian Springs | Peregian Springs Shopping Centre | Wednesday |
Pacific Paradise, Bli Bli, Marcoola, Mudjimba, Twin Waters | Centro North Shopping Centre, Sunshine Plaza | Tuesday |
Mapleton, Montville, Flaxton | Nambour Plaza | Thursday |
Balmoral Ridge, Maleny, North Maleny, Witta | Maple Street Maleny | Thursday |
You can download this information in the Council Link fact sheet (PDF, 450KB).