2025 Queensland Bus Driver of the Year Awards competition
To celebrate the 2025 Queensland Bus Driver of the Year Awards, we're offering public transport users the chance to win one of ten $150 gift cards.
Entering the competition is easy. Simply nominate your favourite bus driver for an award and you will automatically go in the draw to win.
To be eligible for the competition, you must:
- make a valid nomination
- have travelled on public transport in Queensland.
Winners of the gift cards will be drawn on Wednesday 5 November 2025 at midday, notified by email or phone and listed on this web page. Where a gift card winner is under 18, parental consent will be required as a condition of the prize being awarded.
Employees of the Department of Transport and Main Roads and drivers, employees and employers of eligible bus services (and their immediate families) are not eligible to enter.
To request a printed nomination form, please contact the Translink Marketing team by email at marketing@translink.com.au.
Read the full competition terms and conditions.

Past competition winners
Thank you to everyone who nominated a bus driver for the 2024 Queensland Bus Driver of the Year Awards.
It was wonderful to hear your positive stories about the bus drivers. The winners of the $100 gift cards were:
- D. Walters
- D. Hamdan
- F. Lee
- A. Sareen
- N. Finch
- K. Bhambhoo
- N. Gardiner
- Kylie. DC
- J. Mann
Thank you to everyone who entered our Brisbane Bullets giveaway. Congratulations to the five winners of a double pass to a Brisbane Bullets game at the Brisbane Entertainment Centre in December 2024.
- D. Collins
- J. Deag
- P. Cowles
- J. Brown
- J. Wood
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