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Help on Using GetAbout Australia
GetAbout Australia provides timetables and information about coach, rail and ferry services for regional Australia. Information about the search options is given below.

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Trip Options
With trip options you need to know your origin and destination locality. These are listed alphabetically in the selectable lists. State and territory capital cities have a listing at the top, so use your first letter key to go down the list. A limited range of suburban stops which form part of a longer distance journey are shown separately. For example, in Adelaide you will find a separate reference to the suburb or Elizabeth. In many localities there are multiple pick up points, but these are listed in your search findings.

Results of searches are dependent on there being no more than 3 stages to a journey. For example, you can search Perth to Cairns in three stages, but any more complex journeys are not looked for. If you do not get any results then try searching using an intermediate option. For example, Perth to Cairns will yield more results if you search Perth to Adelaide or Sydney, then Cairns.

Results are dependent on connections being shown in the database, this is a project that is constantly being worked on, with priority given to failed requests.

Results are subject to a '50% rule', something which should be improved over time. At this time the rule is such that if your search result includes any journey that has time or distance in excess of 50% of the shortest journey, then that result will be excluded from the display. This is to remove circular and convoluted suggestions.

The initial result screen is designed to provide an overview of services available. You then select the service combinations that are of interest and look at their detail in the next window. From there you also get specific detail on timetables for each service.

Localities
Localities will give you information on all services arriving and departing from the selected locality. Each stop along the way then links to show all services for that locality.

Operators
This will give you information on all services included in GetAbout Australia for the selected operator. These link to show a full timetable for each service.

Future Enhancements
To make it easier to commence a search a couple of different options are under consideration. These include a state by state select list, a text search/auto completion and a map selection option.

Local transit operators and links to their respective sites is also being developed.

A project to provide 'sheet' tables that show all services and times for a specific route is also in development.


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