Private Schools in Brisbane finish last week nov/first week dec. State schools finish a week or so after that. Fares will probably go up last week Nov/first week Dec and come back down early feb. Depending on where you end up living depends will depend where your kids end up at school - if you want to go the private route start enquiring now....I can give you some good recs if you PM me. I lived in BNE for years - grew up there, so if you have any qns feel free to PM me.