Travel to school
Planning your school travel is easy. There are a range of safe transport options to get to our school. Check our location map, driving details and public transport options to help make the journey to school safe and easy.
Location map
We are located at 30 Lindsays Rd, NSW 2450 Boambee.
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Catching public transport
Public transport is a great way to safely get to and from school.
Apply for a travel pass
Eligible students can get a free travel pass under the School Student Transport Scheme. Apply for a travel pass today.
Parking
There is limited parking around our school.
The following information is to outline parking areas and pick-up procedures at Boambee Public School. There are four dedicated areas for cars and buses. The start and end of the school day are busy times for pedestrians and drivers outside schools.
When driving and parking near our school, please:
- ensure you park safely in school zones
- follow speed signs
- do not make U-turns or 3-point turns outside the school.
Parking on school grounds
The school has worked with Coffs Harbour City Council and the Safer Routes to School Officer for some time to make changes to:
- Improve parking facilities for the school
- Ensure our students are picked-up from school in a safe and orderly manner
Area 1: Drop-off and Pick-up Zone
This area is dedicated at certain times of the day for the purpose of delivering and collecting children to and from school. During the
drop-off and pick-up times, drivers are not to stop for more than two minutes, you must remain in or within 3 metres of the vehicle.
The procedure for the afternoon pick-up is as follows:
- First vehicle on the scene to drive to the end of the designated area
- Wait for teachers to send your child to the car
- When safe exit this space
- Next driver moves forward to fill up the space
- Teachers will attempt to fill cars quickly so there can be a smooth flow of vehicles
Afternoon pick-up zone, cars pull into curb and wait. As teachers fill cars from the front vehicles move forward and out to the road allowing other waiting vehicles to move forward.
Please do not cut in and take the space of vehicles that have been waiting in the pick-up zone. Think of it like a taxi rank. As the cars in front move forward others follow and fill the space from the end of the queue. There should be enough space for 8 cars to queue in the designated area illustrated above.
Please do not queue up in the NO STOPPING zone.
Area 2: Bus/Parking Zone
The southern side of Lindsays Road is a bus zone during certain times of the day. This area becomes available for unrestricted parking outside these times.
From 3:00pm parents can park along this side of the road and walk to the crossing to collect children. This area extends for some way over beyond the curb and gutter with parks on the edge of the grassed area.
To ensure that our pick-up zone and parking zone can be used effectively and safely we ask that parents wait until 3:00pm to collect children from school. This gives time to organise children onto buses and gives teachers clear access to organise children into cars.
Area 3: School Car Park
Schools have designated car parks for staff and deliveries. To ensure student safety parents are not to use the school parking area as a drop-off or pick-up zone. The school car park is for authorised vehicles only including:
- School staff cars
- Delivery vehicles
- Contract work vehicles
- Postal service
- After school care mini bus
There is one disabled parking area within the school car park. This is for vehicles of students with a disability.
Area 4: Meeting Area
The tallowwood tree has long been the designated meeting place within the school.
We ask that parents wait at the tree for the children to be delivered. Teachers will walk children who are being picked up from school to meet parents under the tallowwood tree. These would be parents who walk, ride or are able to access a legal park outside of the
drop-off and pick-up zones.
We ask that parents who come to meet their children under the tree move out of this area promptly once children have been delivered. This area needs to be clear for pick-up organisation.
Parents who choose to use these areas incorrectly or who park illegally will be fined according to RMS authority rules. Regular visits from the RMS rangers occur in school zones.
Please be mindful when parking near the school:
- Garden Mania – please do not use Garden Mania car park as an extension of the school parking zone or as a turning circle.
Please do not park along the driveway or on adjacent grassed verge areas. This is private property and needs to be left clear for delivery trucks and customer parking.
- Bus Company – the turning circle and grassed area at the entrance to McAlpine Way is not a parking zone. This is a designated bus stop and bus turning bay. Please do not queue in this area.
- Neighbours – concerned about the queuing along Lindsays Road in the NO STOPPING zone. This forces cars to go over the double lines to pass on the crest of the hill. This is illegal and dangerous.
Staggering pick-up times at the end of the school day
Unfortunately, we cannot increase the parking around the school.
The most effective solution is to stagger the pick-up time. The traffic flows best after 3:00pm when buses have left the area. Students are always supervised and are happy to wait. It would be great if parents could hold off until after 3:00pm to arrive in the queue.
Thank you for your cooperation and support. With over 200 students to deliver safely to cars each afternoon, the process can take longer on occasions, please be patient.
Key Reminder
- Queue in the drop-off and pick-up zone when delivering or collecting your child from school
- Vehicles can only queue legally for 3 minutes
- Parents are not to leave their vehicles and walk to collect their child when queued in the drop-off and pick-up zone
- Parking is available on the southern side of Lindsays Road after 3:00pm when buses have gone
The bus zone directly in front of the school is not available for pick-up before 3:00pm
Need help getting to school?
If your child has a disability or additional needs, they may be eligible for the Assisted School Travel Program. Contact us to learn more or get help planning your child's journey to school.
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