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I'd recommend using the CBR - SYD service with some trepidation: There's been 3 days of scheduled trackwork on this line, but trains were meant to start running commencing with tonight's evening services. Unfortunately they posted this alert for both the inbound CBR - SYD and outbound SYD -...

QF1278 during the week, which is the 3:55pm MEL - CBR service: Only one option offered (tandoori chicken pie), which tasted okay but would have been better if sauce was provided. I wasn't expecting a lot given the flight duration and time of day, but was still a little bit underwhelmed...

I've noticed with the merchant category based cards they sell that you can convert to a digital card for use in a smartphone wallet, e.g. the TCN Restaurant and Good Food cards, that as per the BIN code and the card T&Cs that appear when you add it to a digital wallet, the 'new' digital card is...

I haven't had much trouble with either the Restaurant Choice or TCN Restaurant cards not being accepted. If it helps anybody with remaining balances, two fast food chains where I have had no problems with doing split payments at multiple locations have been Hungry Jacks and Grill'd. I tend to...

The link works for me at www.colesmastercardbalance.com.au however it doesn't seem to work without the 'www.' at the beginning of the URL. And that domain name presently redirects to www.mybalancenow.com which is the actual balance check site.

I'd like a couple more destinations out of CBR, perhaps HBA and CNS.

Good news, although the first class passes will be missed: https://transportnsw.info/news/2025/3-6-month-economy-discovery-passes-return-from-14-july

According to this video, it's an option at Busselton to walk 3km from the terminal along a highway without a footpath to a school in a nearby suburb, then if you're lucky like he was, the driver of a school bus full of children might let you board: I'm not planning on trying that one myself.

Not specifically related to the title of this thread, but the NSW Government has announced free travel on the entire rail network on Thursday July 31st and Friday August 1st: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07-06/two-days-free-train-travel-nsw-governmnet-unions-sign-pay-deal/105497770 I've...

I was watching a video on YouTube the other day about several routes out of Philadelphia that American Airlines serves using buses departing generally from the airside of the airport (see the applicable part of the AA website), and it was mentioned that tickets on these 'flights' are extremely...

There was recently a debate in state parliament relating to the removal of 3 and 6 month Discovery Passes, as well as some subsequent news coverage: https://www.netimes.com.au/2025/06/20/discovery-rail-passes-quietly-disappear-in-review/...

I was on VH-EBV last night and it was still out of action, unless it was a coincidence. I assume that in a heavily stretched fleet, a broken Wi-Fi system would be a low priority fault to fix.

I would have imagined that for unscheduled diversions to WSI after curfew, the expectation would be for the airline to arrange chartered transport (e.g. buses) to take the effected passengers to their booked destination of SYD, after which it would be their own problem to arrange onward...

Sydney has a network of NightRide bus routes that follow most railway lines (including the metro) overnight. It would be likely that the WSA metro would also get a NightRide bus route, although it could be a torturously slow journey to the CBD. The N71 bus takes 84 minutes from St Marys to...

NSW TrainLink appears to have recently made a change to their booking site in that it now tells you which seat it's going to allocate you during the booking process prior to payment, even though they still don't allow seat selection: In the case of this test booking that I attempted, it was...

I wonder what the chances are of NAB giving me a pro-rata refund of my first year annual fee following the announcement of these changes? I know that NAB is usually strict on that, but given the circumstances, it can't hurt to ask.

Invercargill is the nearest other significant town that may have had accommodation available. Still 2.5 hours away by road though. The only possible contingency that I could think of in this situation would be for an airline to hire buses to take passengers to accommodation down there, if it...

I could have $10k in the bank at ING, and get $45.00 in interest each month @ 5.40%, which after taking into account income tax will probably be more like $31.50, maybe a bit less depending on your tax bracket. Or I could have $10k in the bank at AMP, and get 1000 QFF points each month in lieu...

I'll happily admit to enjoying Starbucks iced beverages in Australia, from time-to-time. I wouldn't go there for a hot coffee though.

NSW TrainLink have now withdrawn the 3-month and 6-month Discovery Passes for sale, apparently due to an 'update to their booking system': https://transportnsw.info/tickets-opal/regional-tickets-fares/discovery-pass I'm not sure how their new booking system can presently only have the...