Location
Bond University is located on the Gold Coast which is approximately 600 miles north of Sydney which is an 80 minute flight or a 10 hour drive.
Getting to Bond University
Australia is not as far away as you might think and many direct flights for Australia depart every day from Los Angeles - LAX and San Francisco - SFO. Here are some popular flight routes to Bond University:
Option 1: USA to Brisbane - BNE - QANTAS only
Option 2: USA to Sydney - SYD to Brisbane - BNE - United & QANTAS
Option 3: USA to Sydney - SYD to Gold Coast - OOL - United & QANTAS
There are also flights from Air New Zealand that fly into Brisbane, however, they fly via New Zealand. Air Pacific have flights via Fiji to Brisbane and the Gold Coast.
Delta Airlines and V Australia have indicated they are starting to fly from the US to Australia mid year 2009
The direct flight to Australia from LA or San Francisco (direct) is about 14 hours.
A typical round trip coach airfare from West Coast USA to the Gold Coast Australia is US$1,900 for 6 month fares and US$1,000 for 30 day fares. If you have airline miles, these same tickets can be purchased for 60,000 miles (United).
The Gold Coast airport is just 20 minutes drive from the Bond campus and Brisbane is a 55 minutes drive from campus.
Regardless of
where you land, College Down Under
representatives will greet you
at the airport and give you a free ride to
Bond. No worries mate!
The endless white sands of the Gold Coast are complimented by
sub-tropical rain forests in the surrounding hills.