Route 8 between Port Fairy and Warrnambool worked against the clock — the next bus, the last bus home, what it costs and what connects at the other end.
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Port Fairy has no train and no secondary school, so Warrnambool — about 28 km east — is where the high school, the base hospital, the big supermarkets and the nearest year-round pool are. Route 8 is the bus that gets you there and back.
The frequency is not really the problem; the gaps are. Monday to Friday the last bus out of Port Fairy leaves at 15:05 and the last bus home leaves Warrnambool at 18:00. On Saturday and Sunday the last bus home leaves Warrnambool before the last bus out of Port Fairy gets there — so a late weekend trip in can strand you.
Right now — 07:40
Next bus from Bank St / Gipps St, Port Fairy: 10:05
in 2 h 25 min · toward Warrnambool — Sunday
The published timetable, not a live tracker
These are the operator’s published times. A bus can run a few minutes late, wait for a delayed connection, or fill up and leave you for the next one — the official timetable below is the last word.
Five buses, but nothing before 10:05.
The town-centre stop, the same corner as the Port Fairy Visitor Centre stop.
10:05 (in 2 h 25 min) · then 11:05, 13:45
All times today: 10:05 11:05 13:45 15:15 17:15
10:25 (in 2 h 45 min) · then 11:25, 14:05
All times today: 10:25 11:25 14:05 15:35 17:35
The 17:15 gets in at 18:00, nearly two hours after the last bus home has gone.
10:50 (in 3 h 10 min) · then 11:50, 14:30
All times today: 10:50 11:50 14:30 16:00 18:00
Five buses home, all finished by late afternoon.
16:10 is the last bus home on a Sunday.
09:00 (in 1 h 20 min) · then 10:00, 12:40
All times today: 09:00 10:00 12:40 14:10 16:10
09:20 (in 1 h 40 min) · then 10:20, 13:00
All times today: 09:20 10:20 13:00 14:30 16:30
09:42 (in 2 h 2 min) · then 10:42, 13:22
All times today: 09:42 10:42 13:22 14:52 16:52
Five buses a day. Only the times below leave Port Fairy for Warrnambool — the 18:39 service is a town loop that stays in Port Fairy.
The town-centre stop, the same corner as the Port Fairy Visitor Centre stop. Every Warrnambool-bound bus passes here.
All times today: 07:05 09:35 11:05 13:05 15:05
All times today: 07:25 09:55 11:25 13:25 15:25
About 45 minutes from Port Fairy.
All times today: 07:50 10:20 11:50 13:50 15:50
Four buses, with a long gap between the 10:05 and the 15:05.
The town-centre stop, the same corner as the Port Fairy Visitor Centre stop.
All times today: 07:05 10:05 15:05 16:05
All times today: 07:25 10:25 15:25 16:25
The 16:05 gets in at 16:50 — after the last bus home has gone.
All times today: 07:50 10:50 15:50 16:50
Five buses home. After the 18:00 the only public transport left is a V/Line coach from the railway station.
In the centre of Warrnambool, on Lava Street.
All times today: 08:30 10:00 12:00 14:00 18:00
All times today: 08:50 10:20 12:20 14:20 18:20
The bus then loops the Port Fairy streets, so you can stay on for a stop nearer home.
All times today: 09:09 10:39 12:39 14:39 18:39
Four buses home, and a five-hour gap between the first and the second.
16:30 is the last bus home on a Saturday.
All times today: 09:00 14:00 15:00 16:30
All times today: 09:20 14:20 15:20 16:50
All times today: 09:42 14:42 15:42 17:12
Port Fairy to Warrnambool is a $5.80 full-fare single, $2.90 concession. A daily ticket is capped at $11.40 full fare and $5.70 concession, and on weekends and public holidays nobody pays more than $8.00 ($4.00 concession). Shorter hops cost less — Port Fairy to Koroit is $4.40 ($2.20 concession). Those are the fares set in the Victorian regional bus fares supplement, effective 1 January 2026. Half price until 1 January 2027: every Victorian public transport fare has been halved since 1 June 2026, so the full-fare daily cap is $5.70 and the concession cap $2.85. The discount is applied automatically — you don't have to ask for it. Anyone under 18 travels free, children under 5 travel free, and Victorian seniors, Disability Support Pension recipients and carers travel free on weekends.
Every Route 8 service is published as a wheelchair-accessible bus. The timetable data carries no accessibility information for the stops themselves, so if a particular stop matters, check it before you rely on it.
Route 8 finishes at the Lava Street Interchange in central Warrnambool, where the town routes meet: route 1 for Warrnambool Base Hospital on Koroit Street, routes 3 and 9 for Gateway Plaza, route 3 for Deakin University. It does not call at Warrnambool railway station — that is on Merri Street, about a kilometre away, and town routes 1 and 6 run between the two.
Times read from the Victorian Government's published Route 8 timetable (Transport Victoria GTFS Schedule, released 30 July 2026) and checked on 1 August 2026.