Free buses make travel easy over the summer break

Sunshine Coast Daily: "FROM December 26 to January 5, all public buses and council cabs will be free across the region, thanks to Sunshine Coast Council's Public Transport Levy and TransLink.

By leaving the car at home this holiday season, you could save money in petrol, alleviate parking and traffic hassles, and discover that buses are a convenient and comfortable travel option."

'via Blog this'

Bushfires rage in Australia from #climatechange, deniers continue to deny

CSMonitor.com: "Firefighters in New South Wales admitted they were unprepared for the hot and windy conditions that led to Thursday’s inferno, which turned hundreds of houses into smoldering ruins and left at least one person dead. At the height of the emergency, 97 fires with a combined front of more than 400 kilometers were burning across Australia’s most populous state."

Make Perth Public Transport Free

facebook : "In order to make real change about Perth, about urban sprawl, about air and noise pollution how much would it really cost our community to make Perth Public Transport Free?"

Real time bus tracking coming to Adelaide and Perth

iTnews.com.au: "From the outset passengers will be able to access the information via the Adelaide Metro website and on-site countdown screens, but eventually the government plans to release the data feeds to app developers."

'via Blog this'