As of 2022, Sunbus changed its name as part of a business re-brand by the parent company, Kinetic.

[1] In April 1996, Harry Blundred, the proprietor of Thames Transit in the United Kingdom, began operating the route services in Cairns.

In April 2010, the operation expanded with the acquisition of Hermit Park Bus Service.

All new buses will display the Kinetic logo with the current fleet of Sunbus slowly being updated to reflect the new brand name.

Sunbus operated from Pallarenda in the north, Kelso and Stuart in the south and Kirwan and Thuringowa Central in the west.