{"id":2920,"date":"2019-06-29T14:32:44","date_gmt":"2019-06-29T14:32:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/?page_id=2920"},"modified":"2020-01-23T17:38:32","modified_gmt":"2020-01-23T17:38:32","slug":"australia-page1","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/?page_id=2920","title":{"rendered":"Australia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/?page_id=2888\">Back to country index<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/45-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"2971\" data-link=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/?attachment_id=2971\" class=\"wp-image-2971\" srcset=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/45-4.jpg 900w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/45-4-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/45-4-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/45-4-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\"> \u00a9 Hayden Ramsdale <br> The latest in Melbourne\\&#8217;s Smart Bus routes  started in October 2006.   The  limited stop service with 12 distinctive new low floor buses is  operated jointly by Eastrans and Grendas.  The buses used are Mercedes  Benz OC0500Les with Volgren \\&#8217;CR228\\&#8217; bodies, 43 seats and 2 doors.    Travel was free on the service until the end of October <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"571\" src=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/68-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"2972\" data-link=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/?attachment_id=2972\" class=\"wp-image-2972\" srcset=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/68-4.jpg 900w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/68-4-150x95.jpg 150w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/68-4-300x190.jpg 300w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/68-4-768x487.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">\u00a9 <em>Hayden Ramsdale<\/em> <br> A 1986 vintage Ansair bodied Leyland Tiger of Peninsula Bus Lines  acquired with the Frankston Passenger Services operation in October  2002. <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"630\" src=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/70-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"2973\" data-link=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/?attachment_id=2973\" class=\"wp-image-2973\" srcset=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/70-4.jpg 900w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/70-4-150x105.jpg 150w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/70-4-300x210.jpg 300w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/70-4-768x538.jpg 768w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/70-4-100x70.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">\u00a9 <em>Hayden Ramsdale<\/em> <br> This Custom Coach CB60 bodied Mercedes 0405NH destined for National Bus  Company in Melbourne has been awaiting delivery since late December  1999. This one has been registered but had no signeage as at late  January 2000. <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"643\" src=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/71-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"2974\" data-link=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/?attachment_id=2974\" class=\"wp-image-2974\" srcset=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/71-4.jpg 900w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/71-4-150x107.jpg 150w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/71-4-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/71-4-768x549.jpg 768w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/71-4-100x70.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">\u00a9 <em>Leyland Buses<\/em> <br> wo former Sydney Leyland Atlanteans with PMC bodies now serving tourists  on the Sunshine Coast of Queensland, appropriately registered SUN-28  and SUN-29. Photo taken from the May\/June 1999 issue of Buses Worldwide.   <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"601\" src=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/76-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"2975\" data-link=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/?attachment_id=2975\" class=\"wp-image-2975\" srcset=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/76-4.jpg 900w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/76-4-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/76-4-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/76-4-768x513.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">\u00a9 <em>Hayden Ramsdale<\/em> <br> One of Cardinia Transit\\&#8217;s Mercedes 0405NH with a Volgren body at the new interchange at outer suburb Narre Warren.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"598\" src=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/160-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"2976\" data-link=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/?attachment_id=2976\" class=\"wp-image-2976\" srcset=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/160-4.jpg 900w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/160-4-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/160-4-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/160-4-768x510.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">\u00a9 <em>Ian Lynas<\/em> <br> The Veolia Brisbane fleet includes 604KNM, a Mercedes-Benz OC0500LE with  Bustech body photographed at Brisbane\\&#8217;s Cultural Centre in November  2007. <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"598\" src=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/161-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"2977\" data-link=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/?attachment_id=2977\" class=\"wp-image-2977\" srcset=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/161-4.jpg 900w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/161-4-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/161-4-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/161-4-768x510.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">\u00a9 <em>Ian Lynas<\/em> <br> Brisbane Transport(551), a Volvo B10L with Austral Pacific Group body  departs from the University of Queensland at St Lucia on 17-9-2007. <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"598\" src=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/162-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"2978\" data-link=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/?attachment_id=2978\" class=\"wp-image-2978\" srcset=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/162-4.jpg 900w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/162-4-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/162-4-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/162-4-768x510.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">\u00a9  <em>Ian Lynas<\/em> <br> Brisbane Transport (555) Volvo B10L with APG body advertising BP low  sulphur fuel at Carindale Shopping Centre in the anti-clockwise Great  Circle Line 598 route in 28-9-2005. It has now been repainted in  standard livery. <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"598\" src=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/163-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"2979\" data-link=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/?attachment_id=2979\" class=\"wp-image-2979\" srcset=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/163-4.jpg 900w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/163-4-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/163-4-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/163-4-768x510.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">\u00a9 <em>Ian Lynas<\/em> <br> Brisbane Transport (598)carries a Volgren body on a Volvo B10L (only six  with this style of body). It is shown at Hamilton alongside the  Brisbane River in 2005. <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"598\" src=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/164-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"2980\" data-link=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/?attachment_id=2980\" class=\"wp-image-2980\" srcset=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/164-4.jpg 900w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/164-4-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/164-4-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/164-4-768x510.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">\u00a9 <em>Ian Lynas<\/em> <br> he Atlantean is believed to eminate from Plymouth and is now in a  caravan park in the south of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. Two  problems. The owner is a pilot and rarely visits and as can be seen, the  bus is surrounded by fencing. All attempts at finding its chassis  number have proved fruitless. The bus has since been scrapped. <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"598\" src=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/165-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"30698\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/165-1.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/?attachment_id=30698\" class=\"wp-image-30698\" srcset=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/165-1.jpg 900w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/165-1-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/165-1-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/165-1-768x510.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\"> Woolwich Wharf in Sydney with STA buses (3384 &amp; 3531) during a tour in 2007.  <em>Ian Lynas<\/em> <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"598\" src=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/166-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"30699\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/166-1.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/?attachment_id=30699\" class=\"wp-image-30699\" srcset=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/166-1.jpg 900w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/166-1-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/166-1-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/166-1-768x510.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\"> Woolwich Wharf, Sydney in 1972 during an earlier enthusiasts tour in bad  weather. The bus facing is a REO with Syd Wood bodywork belonging to  the Hunters Hill Bus Co. The bus facing away is a Leyland Royal Tiger  Cub.  <em>Ian Lynas<\/em> <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"598\" src=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/174-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"30700\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/174-1.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/?attachment_id=30700\" class=\"wp-image-30700\" srcset=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/174-1.jpg 900w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/174-1-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/174-1-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/174-1-768x510.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\"> Brisbane have never been big Mercedes operators but two batches of 20  OC0500LE models entered service in 2004. Featured is 622 with Volgren  bodywork.  <em>Ian Lynas<\/em>  <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"598\" src=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/175-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"30701\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/175-1.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/?attachment_id=30701\" class=\"wp-image-30701\" srcset=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/175-1.jpg 900w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/175-1-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/175-1-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/175-1-768x510.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\"> Brisbane Transport (1228)an MAN 18.310 with Brisbane Transport  Workshop\/Volgren body on the last route 385 journey to use Albert St  23.20 28-5-2006. Albert St was closed half-an-hour later and became a  pedestrian mall. On 19 May 2008 an underground busway will pass beneath  the road joining Brisbane\\&#8217;s northern and southern busways.   <em>Ian Lynas<\/em>  <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"598\" src=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/188-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"30702\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/188-1.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/?attachment_id=30702\" class=\"wp-image-30702\" srcset=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/188-1.jpg 900w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/188-1-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/188-1-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/188-1-768x510.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\"> risbane City Council had 340 Leyland Panthers, the largest group in the  world. The photo shows 569 with Athol Hedges bodywork in the southern  suburbs in 1972.  <em>Ian Lynas<\/em> <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"598\" src=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/189-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"30703\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/189-1.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/?attachment_id=30703\" class=\"wp-image-30703\" srcset=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/189-1.jpg 900w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/189-1-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/189-1-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/189-1-768x510.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\"> Current deliveries to Brisbane Transport are M.A.N. 18.310\\&#8217;s with  bodies designed by Volgren but built in the Brisbane Transport  Workshops.   <em>Ian Lynas<\/em>  <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"598\" src=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/215-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"30704\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/215-1.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/?attachment_id=30704\" class=\"wp-image-30704\" srcset=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/215-1.jpg 900w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/215-1-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/215-1-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/215-1-768x510.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\"> Whilst Australian-built bodies are common in New Zealand, the opposite  unusual. One exception being this Designline-bodied MAN photographed in  the fleet of Sugar Valley Coaches of Barnsley near Newcastle, New South  Wales.  <em>Ian Lynas<\/em>   <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"598\" src=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/219-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"30705\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/219-1.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/?attachment_id=30705\" class=\"wp-image-30705\" srcset=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/219-1.jpg 900w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/219-1-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/219-1-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/219-1-768x510.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\"> Brisbane Transport purchased 217 Scania\\&#8217;s with Volgren or Brisbane  Transport Workshops bodies to Volgren design. 829 with BTW-Volgren body  is shown making what will become a rare turn from 19 May 2008 when the  Inner City Busway opens connecting north and south busways through the  City Centre.  <em>Ian Lynas<\/em>    <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/347-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"30706\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/347-1.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/?attachment_id=30706\" class=\"wp-image-30706\" srcset=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/347-1.jpg 900w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/347-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/347-1-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/347-1-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\"> National Bus Company 599   MAN 16.240 with Designline body imported from New Zealand   <em>Hayden Ramsdale<\/em> <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/348-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"30707\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/348-1.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/?attachment_id=30707\" class=\"wp-image-30707\" srcset=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/348-1.jpg 900w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/348-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/348-1-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/348-1-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\"> The White Higer Bus is an Import from China seen here at Melbourne&#8217;s Conference  <em>Hayden Ramsdale<\/em> <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-3 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/350-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"30708\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/350-1.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/?attachment_id=30708\" class=\"wp-image-30708\" srcset=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/350-1.jpg 900w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/350-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/350-1-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/350-1-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\"> The first Alexander Dennis Enviro 200 has been released at the BusVic  Conference in Melbourne in July 2008. it was bodied by North Coast Bus  &amp; Coach, Caloundra, Qld.  <em>Hayden Ramsdale<\/em> <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"598\" src=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/399-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"30709\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/399-1.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/?attachment_id=30709\" class=\"wp-image-30709\" srcset=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/399-1.jpg 900w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/399-1-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/399-1-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/399-1-768x510.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\"> In the early 1970s many of Manchesters troubled Leyland Panthers went to  Australia and one of the Met-Cam bodied examples is shown working for  Forest Coach Lines in the Sydney northern suburb of Belrose.  <em>Ian Lynas<\/em> <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"598\" src=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/400-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"30710\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/400-1.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/?attachment_id=30710\" class=\"wp-image-30710\" srcset=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/400-1.jpg 900w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/400-1-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/400-1-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/400-1-768x510.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\"> The bus fleet in the Australian Capital, Canberra is operated by  A.C.T.I.O.N., one of whose M.A.N. SL200\\&#8217;s is seen in this photograph  from 1980.    <em>Ian Lynas<\/em>  <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"598\" src=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/401-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"30711\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/401-1.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/?attachment_id=30711\" class=\"wp-image-30711\" srcset=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/401-1.jpg 900w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/401-1-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/401-1-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/401-1-768x510.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\"> Leyland Worldmasters were used on long-distance services in Australia  such as this one operating for Ansett Pioneer and shown in the Snowy  Mountains of New South Wales in 1972. Bodywork was by Ansair.  <em>Ian Lynas<\/em>   <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"598\" src=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/402-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"30712\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/402-1.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/?attachment_id=30712\" class=\"wp-image-30712\" srcset=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/402-1.jpg 900w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/402-1-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/402-1-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/402-1-768x510.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\"> Brisbane introduced its new livery with the delivery of CNG powered  Scania L94UB with bodies built in the Council Workshops at Toowong. This  one is shown at Browns Plains, just outside the Brisbane City boundary.  <em>Ian Lynas<\/em> <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/438-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"30713\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/438-1.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/?attachment_id=30713\" class=\"wp-image-30713\" srcset=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/438-1.jpg 900w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/438-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/438-1-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/438-1-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\"> Alexander Dennis Limited (ADL) recently displayed their Enviro 500  3-axle double-deck bus on a road show through Queensland, New South  Wales and Victoria.  The spec displayed was that of a KMB of HK.  ADL is  following-up on the interest with hopes of re-introducing the  double-deck to meet public transport demand.  <em>Michael Musgrave<\/em> <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/445-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"30714\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/445-1.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/?attachment_id=30714\" class=\"wp-image-30714\" srcset=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/445-1.jpg 900w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/445-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/445-1-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/445-1-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\"> Surfside Bus Lines 742   Surfside Bus Lines of the gold Coast Bustech VST bodied Volvo B12BLE  <em>Hayden Ramsdale<\/em> <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/446.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"30715\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/446.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/?attachment_id=30715\" class=\"wp-image-30715\" srcset=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/446.jpg 900w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/446-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/446-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/446-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\"> Surfside Bus Lines 774 is a Bustech VST bodied Mercedes Benz 0500LE in  Translink livery, the new livery for buses operated under contract to  Translink in south East Queensland   <em>Hayden Ramsdale<\/em> <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"598\" src=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/514.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"30716\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/514.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/?attachment_id=30716\" class=\"wp-image-30716\" srcset=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/514.jpg 900w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/514-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/514-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/514-768x510.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\"> A large number of AEC Regal IVs came to Australia and New Zealand,  Sydney taking the largest batch. DGT 3446 with Clyde bodywork is shown  in Sydney City Centre in 1972.  <em>Ian Lynas<\/em> <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"598\" src=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/610.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"30717\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/610.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/?attachment_id=30717\" class=\"wp-image-30717\" srcset=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/610.jpg 900w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/610-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/610-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/610-768x510.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">  Australian country Bedford  Motor Body Specialists of Brisbane built nearly 500 bodies between 1964  and 1998. Popular with country operators, the photo, taken in 1991,  shows MO507, a Bedford BLP2 of 1975 operating for Higgins of  Murwillumbah in northern New South Wales.  <em>Ian Lynas<\/em> <br> <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"598\" src=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/615.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"30718\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/615.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/?attachment_id=30718\" class=\"wp-image-30718\" srcset=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/615.jpg 900w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/615-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/615-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/615-768x510.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\"> Called the race that stops a Nation, the Melbourne Cup brings coaches  from far and wide and 1976 was no exception with this Bedford VAM 70  with Freighter Moonraker coachwork, Number 10 in the fleet of Barts of  Littlehampton in South Australia.  <em>Ian Lynas<\/em> <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-4 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"598\" src=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/616.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"30719\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/616.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/?attachment_id=30719\" class=\"wp-image-30719\" srcset=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/616.jpg 900w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/616-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/616-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/616-768x510.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\"> This AEC Regent V with Park Royal bodywork was photographed on the Gold  Coast of Queensland in 1993 still in East Kent livery and with UK  registration AFN763B  <em>Ian Lynas<\/em> <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"598\" src=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/627.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"30720\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/627.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/?attachment_id=30720\" class=\"wp-image-30720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/627.jpg 900w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/627-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/627-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/627-768x510.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\"> Besides AEC Regents, Sydney also had Leyland Titan\\&#8217;s of OPD1 and OPD2  models and 2496 with Clyde bodywork is shown leaving Circular Quay in  1971.  <em>Ian Lynas<\/em> <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"598\" src=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/755.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"30721\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/755.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/?attachment_id=30721\" class=\"wp-image-30721\" srcset=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/755.jpg 900w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/755-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/755-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/755-768x510.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\"> The Melbourne and Metropolitan Tramways Board operated a large fleet of  AEC Regal IIIs. 549 carries a body by Martin and King and was built in  1953.  <em>Ian Lynas<\/em> <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"598\" src=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/756.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"30722\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/756.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/?attachment_id=30722\" class=\"wp-image-30722\" srcset=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/756.jpg 900w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/756-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/756-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/756-768x510.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\"> Atkinsons were well-regarded in Australia with two fleets in particular  taking the majority of the 23 known to have operated. The most famous of  these operators was H.T. Saint &amp; Son of Peakhurst in Sydney\\&#8217;s  southern suburbs. m\/o.986 carries a Commonwealth Engineering body from  1957.  <em>Ian Lynas<\/em>  <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"598\" src=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/757.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"30723\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/757.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/?attachment_id=30723\" class=\"wp-image-30723\" srcset=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/757.jpg 900w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/757-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/757-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/757-768x510.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\"> Chinese-built coaches and low-floor buses have become readily-available  in Australia. The photo shows 4767MO in the recently-introduced series  in New South Wales on a bus built by WUXI ANYUAN through dealer BCI.  Shown operating in Wollongong, south of Sydney, for Premier Illawarra in  January 2009.  <em>Ian Lynas<\/em> <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"598\" src=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/758.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"30724\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/758.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/?attachment_id=30724\" class=\"wp-image-30724\" srcset=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/758.jpg 900w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/758-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/758-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/758-768x510.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\"> The Daimler Roadliner was held in as little regard as it was in UK.  Adelaide had a batch of 30 with Freighter bodywork and 221 is shown in  1975 operating for the State Transport Authority.  <em>Ian Lynas<\/em>  <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"598\" src=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/759.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"30725\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/759.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/?attachment_id=30725\" class=\"wp-image-30725\" srcset=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/759.jpg 900w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/759-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/759-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/759-768x510.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\"> MTT Adelaide took delivery of 292 AEC Swifts with 691 engines and Freighter bodywork. No. 529 is shown in the CBD in 1975.   <em>Ian Lynas<\/em> <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"598\" src=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/760.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"30726\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/760.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/?attachment_id=30726\" class=\"wp-image-30726\" srcset=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/760.jpg 900w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/760-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/760-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/760-768x510.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\"> Whilst Adelaide had problems with Daimler Roadliners and less-seriously  with AEC Swifts, the operator put back into traffic 18-year old Leyland  Royal Tiger Worldmasters which were 8ft 6in wide. 935 shows off the  3-door Lawton bodywork in 1975.   <em>Ian Lynas<\/em>  <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"598\" src=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/761.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"30727\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/761.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/?attachment_id=30727\" class=\"wp-image-30727\" srcset=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/761.jpg 900w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/761-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/761-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/761-768x510.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\"> STA Sydney have recently introduced a two-way CBD loop service with  buses painted in white and green as shown on Volvo B12B-Custom Coaches  1517 shown at Circular Quay on New Years\\&#8217; Day 2009.   <em>Ian Lynas<\/em> <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"598\" src=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/763.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"30728\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/763.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/?attachment_id=30728\" class=\"wp-image-30728\" srcset=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/763.jpg 900w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/763-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/763-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/763-768x510.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\"> A recent innovation in Sydney is the introduction of Metrobus route 10  from Kingsford to Leichhardt via the CBD using route branded buses some  of which are for demonstration of seating and door layouts. 1701 is a  Volvo B12B artic with Custom Coaches bodywork and roof adornments. It is  shown on 20 January 2009 at Leichhardt Town Hall after the service was  cut back to this spot from Market Town due to local resident complaints  about the number of buses. Route 10 is a PrePay service.  <em>Ian Lynas<\/em> <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"598\" src=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/765.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"30729\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/765.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/?attachment_id=30729\" class=\"wp-image-30729\" srcset=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/765.jpg 900w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/765-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/765-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/765-768x510.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\"> STA Sydney are also using this 3-axle Scania, 2108 fitted with Volgren  bodywork on Metrobus route 10. The photo was taken at Leichhardt Town  Hall in January 2009.    <em>Ian Lynas<\/em>  <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"598\" src=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/767.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"30730\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/767.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/?attachment_id=30730\" class=\"wp-image-30730\" srcset=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/767.jpg 900w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/767-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/767-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/767-768x510.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\"> One of the few remaining colourful operators in Sydney is Telford Tours.  Far from their normal territory is 124 a MAN SL202 with Ansair  bodywork, formerly Metbus Melbourne 340 and shown on rail replacement  work in January 2009 at Granville in Sydney\\&#8217;s western suburbs.   <em>Ian Lynas<\/em>   <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-5 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"598\" src=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/768.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"30731\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/768.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/?attachment_id=30731\" class=\"wp-image-30731\" srcset=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/768.jpg 900w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/768-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/768-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/768-768x510.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\"> The Tempe Bus &amp; Truck Museum in Sydney have restored Albion Venturer  80 number 1187 of 1935 to its pre-war Sydney DRT&amp;T livery of red  and cream. It is shown undergoing some remedial work to its Waddington  body at the museum in January 2009.  <em>Ian Lynas<\/em> <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"598\" src=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/769.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"30732\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/769.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/?attachment_id=30732\" class=\"wp-image-30732\" srcset=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/769.jpg 900w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/769-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/769-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/769-768x510.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\"> IBC stands for Ian and Bruce Campbell who built about 100 chassis at a  factory in Brisbane (although the company was based in Sydney). Brisbane  City Council had two as trambuses for the City Sights Tour both being  sold in 2001 to Pearce Katoomba Explorer in the Blue Mountains of New  South Wales. Former BCC 924 is shown in January 2009 as MO.3176.  <em>Ian Lynas<\/em> <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"598\" src=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/770.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"30733\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/770.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/?attachment_id=30733\" class=\"wp-image-30733\" srcset=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/770.jpg 900w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/770-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/770-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/770-768x510.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\"> The City of Parramatta, west of Sydney, have recently commenced a free  circular service which had already carried over 100,000 passengers in a  couple of months. Operated by VEOLIA Transport, 450 is a Volvo B7R with  Custom Coaches bodywork photographed in January 2009  <em>Ian Lynas<\/em>  <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"598\" src=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/771.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"30734\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/771.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/?attachment_id=30734\" class=\"wp-image-30734\" srcset=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/771.jpg 900w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/771-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/771-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/771-768x510.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\"> Municipal operators were and still are quite rare in Australia. Whyalla  City Council in South Australia took over the local private operator  after he had had trouble in 1976 and operted the fleet until 2003 when  it was sold to another private concern. The Council\\&#8217;s fleet was always  immaculate as shown by 42 a Volvo B10M with Pressed Metal Adealide body  shown at Whyalla Playford in 1983.  <em>Ian Lynas<\/em>  <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/786.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"30735\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/786.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/?attachment_id=30735\" class=\"wp-image-30735\" srcset=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/786.jpg 900w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/786-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/786-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/786-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\"> This is the first Hybrid Bus to enter service in Australia into fleet  service, being a BCI JXK6930 model and will operate school servcies in  Melbourne\\&#8217;s Eastern Suburbs.  <em>Hayden Ramsdale<\/em> <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"585\" src=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/802.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"30736\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/802.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/?attachment_id=30736\" class=\"wp-image-30736\" srcset=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/802.jpg 900w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/802-300x195.jpg 300w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/802-150x98.jpg 150w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/802-768x499.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\"> A hop on hop off double decker bus of unknown make waits (in vain) for  passengers in Melbourne, Australia. Thanks to the steep Aus $30 fare,  and the free City Circle tram (with commentary) which does the same  circuit, this bus is woefully short of ridership. (July 2003).  <em>s. shankar<\/em> <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"598\" src=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/866.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"30737\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/866.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/?attachment_id=30737\" class=\"wp-image-30737\" srcset=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/866.jpg 900w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/866-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/866-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/866-768x510.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\"> Brisbane City Council purchased 98 Volvo B59s with domino-hedges bodywork in 1976-77. They ran in service until 2002.  <em>Ian Lynas<\/em> <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"598\" src=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/873.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"30738\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/873.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/?attachment_id=30738\" class=\"wp-image-30738\" srcset=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/873.jpg 900w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/873-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/873-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/873-768x510.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\"> Sydney are receiving a large batch of Mercedes-Benz O500LE, 1819 being shown in Central Sydney in January 2009  <em>Ian Lynas<\/em> <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"598\" src=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/876.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"30739\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/876.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/?attachment_id=30739\" class=\"wp-image-30739\" srcset=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/876.jpg 900w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/876-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/876-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/876-768x510.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\"> Motor Coach Australia built almost 300 MCA\\&#8217;s generally with the  company\\&#8217;s own coachwork. This Brisbane Bus Lines example with  Caterpillar 3208 rear-mounted engine is now almost 20 year old and was  photographed at the Cultural Centre in Brisbane.   <em>Ian Lynas<\/em>  <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"598\" src=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/877.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"30740\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/877.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/?attachment_id=30740\" class=\"wp-image-30740\" srcset=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/877.jpg 900w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/877-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/877-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/877-768x510.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\"> A wedding in South-East Queensland was an opportunity to sample a new  BCI imported Wuxi Anyuan used to transport guests between the reception  and nearby wineries and return and proved to be an effective booze bus,  avoiding fairly long drives before and after the wedding reception.  <em>Ian Lynas<\/em> <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-6 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"598\" src=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/878.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"30741\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/878.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/?attachment_id=30741\" class=\"wp-image-30741\" srcset=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/878.jpg 900w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/878-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/878-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/878-768x510.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\"> Bedfords are getting thin on the ground in Australia but this YMT with  Custom Coaches bodywork was looking immaculate when enthusiasts visited  the CavBus operation south of Brisane in early 2009.  <em>Ian Lynas<\/em> <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"598\" src=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/879.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"30742\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/879.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/?attachment_id=30742\" class=\"wp-image-30742\" srcset=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/879.jpg 900w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/879-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/879-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/879-768x510.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\"> One of North Queensland\\&#8217;s longest-serving cruise operators is  Quicksilver-Low Isles Cruises, conveying hundreds of tourists from Port  Douglas to the Barrier Reef. To get the tourists to Port Douglas, the  company has used a fleet of coaches based in Cairns. Most have been  long-lived. A recent addition is number 7, an MAN with Coach Design  coachwork shown leaving the Cairns to Mossman highway and entering Port  Douglas in April 2009.   <em>Ian Lynas<\/em> <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"680\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/880-680x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"30743\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/880.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/?attachment_id=30743\" class=\"wp-image-30743\" srcset=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/880-680x1024.jpg 680w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/880-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/880-100x150.jpg 100w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/880-768x1156.jpg 768w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/880.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\"> Brisbane Transport have acquired 8 Scania K310UB6x2 with Volgren bodies  and steerable rear axles to supplement artics. Initially confined to  route 142 which operates a seated-only service along freeways and  busways between Greenbank, in the neighbouring Logan City and Brisbane  CBD. 1701, the first is shown leaving Greenbank on its first ever  revenue journey on 11 May 2009.  <em>Ian Lynas<\/em>  <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/910.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"30744\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/910.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/?attachment_id=30744\" class=\"wp-image-30744\" srcset=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/910.jpg 900w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/910-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/910-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/910-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\"> AdelaideMetro   Scania L94UB.  Port Adelaide\/Hendon depot  <em>Transit2203<\/em> <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/911.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"30745\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/911.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/?attachment_id=30745\" class=\"wp-image-30745\" srcset=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/911.jpg 900w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/911-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/911-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/911-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\"> AdelaideMetro   Mercedes Benz O305G.  St Agnes depot  <em>Transit2203<\/em> <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/912.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"30746\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/912.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/?attachment_id=30746\" class=\"wp-image-30746\" srcset=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/912.jpg 900w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/912-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/912-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/912-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">  State Transit Sydney  Scania L113CRB\/Ansair. One of two in the fleet  <em>Transit2203<\/em> <br> <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"599\" src=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/931.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"30747\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/931.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/?attachment_id=30747\" class=\"wp-image-30747\" srcset=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/931.jpg 900w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/931-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/931-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/931-768x511.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\"> The is the first Hybrid for Ventura and is prodiced by Designline, seen here at the Victorian Busvic bus expo on June 28 2009  <em>Mick Kane from Hayden Ramsdale\\s  collection<\/em> <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/932.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"30748\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/932.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/?attachment_id=30748\" class=\"wp-image-30748\" srcset=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/932.jpg 900w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/932-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/932-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/932-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\"> BCI have produced an electric bus version of their Proma and Crown Coaches in Melbourne have the first one  <em>Hayden Ramsdale<\/em> <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"598\" src=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/933.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"30749\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/933.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/?attachment_id=30749\" class=\"wp-image-30749\" srcset=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/933.jpg 900w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/933-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/933-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/933-768x510.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\"> A very long-lived bus in northern New South Wales was this AEC Reliance  with bodywork by local Brisbane builder Watt Brothers. Built in 1964 and  still in service in 1992 in the town of Woodenbong.  <em>Ian Lynas<\/em> <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"598\" src=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/995.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"30750\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/995.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/?attachment_id=30750\" class=\"wp-image-30750\" srcset=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/995.jpg 900w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/995-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/995-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/995-768x510.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\"> Brisbane Transport 1801, the 1st of 85 Volvo B7RLEs with Volgren or  Volgren-BTW bodies shown at Carina depot on 26th August 2009.   <em>Ian Lynas<\/em>  <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-7 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"598\" src=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/996.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"30763\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/996.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/?attachment_id=30763\" class=\"wp-image-30763\" srcset=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/996.jpg 900w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/996-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/996-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/996-768x510.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\"> STA Sydney have been receiving Volvo B12BLEs with Custom Coaches bodies  and 4927 is shown in January 2009 in the suburb of Leichhardt.   <em>Ian Lynas<\/em>   <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"598\" src=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/997.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"30764\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/997.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/?attachment_id=30764\" class=\"wp-image-30764\" srcset=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/997.jpg 900w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/997-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/997-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/997-768x510.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\"> Former ACTION Canberra 675, a Renault PR100 with Ansair bodywork  photographed with Premier Illawarra in the city of Wollongong, south of  Sydney in January 2009.  <em>Ian Lynas<\/em> <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"598\" src=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/998.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"30765\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/998.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/?attachment_id=30765\" class=\"wp-image-30765\" srcset=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/998.jpg 900w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/998-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/998-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/998-768x510.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\"> The latest Australian built chassis-body combination is the Bustech MDi  built on the Gold Coast of Queensland. Kynoch Coaches 102 is shown in  July 2009 after Kynoch sold out to Bus Queensland.  <em>Ian Lynas<\/em> <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"598\" src=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/999.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"30766\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/999.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/?attachment_id=30766\" class=\"wp-image-30766\" srcset=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/999.jpg 900w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/999-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/999-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/999-768x510.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\"> A Volvo B7R with Alan B Denning body belonging to Cross Country Tours of  Brisbane and photographed west of the Queensland country town of  Stanthorpe in March 2009.   <em>Ian Lynas<\/em>  <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"598\" src=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/1010.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"30767\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/1010.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/?attachment_id=30767\" class=\"wp-image-30767\" srcset=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/1010.jpg 900w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/1010-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/1010-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/1010-768x510.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\"> Public Transport Commission Sydney 3479 a Leyland Royal Tiger  Worldmaster photographed leaving the Cremorne ferry landing in 1973.  <em>Ian Lynas<\/em> <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"598\" src=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/1059.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"30768\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/1059.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/?attachment_id=30768\" class=\"wp-image-30768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/1059.jpg 900w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/1059-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/1059-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/1059-768x510.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\"> Leyland Tigers were popular in Australia and the two shown are operated  by Stonestreets of Toowoomba in Queensland where they are finishing  their days on school runs.  <em>Ian Lynas<\/em>  <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"598\" src=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/1178.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"30769\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/1178.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/?attachment_id=30769\" class=\"wp-image-30769\" srcset=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/1178.jpg 900w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/1178-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/1178-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/1178-768x510.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\"> Two Leyland-Verheul LVB668 with Leyland Worldmaster parts came to  Australia in 1986 and were bodied by Nambucca River Engineering. MO0254  is shown leaving Mullumbimby High School on a midday charter in 2002.  <em>Ian Lynas<\/em>   <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"598\" src=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/1179.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"30770\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/1179.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/?attachment_id=30770\" class=\"wp-image-30770\" srcset=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/1179.jpg 900w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/1179-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/1179-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/1179-768x510.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\"> Only minutes before it was destroyed in a land clearance this Commer  Avenger I with Lawton deck-and-a-half body lay in the suburbs of  Bundaberg Queensland for over 30 years and was only discovered on the  day of its demolition.  <em>Ian Lynas<\/em>    <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"598\" src=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/1182.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"30771\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/1182.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/?attachment_id=30771\" class=\"wp-image-30771\" srcset=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/1182.jpg 900w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/1182-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/1182-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/1182-768x510.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\"> Brisbane Airport shuttle bus .  Carbridge operate this Volvo B7R with Bustech body. No 41 was operating staff car-park to terminal service in November 2009.  <em>Ian Lynas<\/em>     <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"598\" src=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/1196.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"30772\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/1196.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/?attachment_id=30772\" class=\"wp-image-30772\" srcset=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/1196.jpg 900w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/1196-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/1196-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/1196-768x510.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\"> m\/o302 is a classic early (1954) Leyland Tiger Cub owned by Wilcox of   Auburn in Sydneys Western Suburbs. It carries a body by Motor Body   Assemblers. Photographed in 1971.  <em>Ian Lynas<\/em>     <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"598\" src=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/1199.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"30773\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/1199.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/?attachment_id=30773\" class=\"wp-image-30773\" srcset=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/1199.jpg 900w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/1199-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/1199-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/1199-768x510.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\"> Warrington Corporation Leyland Titan PD2-Leyland was a surprise visitor  to a shopping mall at Charlestown, south of Newcastle, New South Wales  in 1970.   <em>Ian Lynas<\/em>      <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"598\" src=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/1227.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"30774\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/1227.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/?attachment_id=30774\" class=\"wp-image-30774\" srcset=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/1227.jpg 900w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/1227-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/1227-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/1227-768x510.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">  Brisbane City Council\\&#8217;s new CityGlider service launched on 10 April  2010 with service commencing at 10am on 11 April. The service operates  from West End Ferry to Teneriffe Ferry with a high frequency and 24-hour  service on Friday and Saturday. Bus 1043 is shown completing the first  official journey. One of the new bus blade signs can be seen at the  right.  <em>Ian Lynas<\/em>  <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-8 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"598\" src=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/1228.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"30775\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/1228.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/?attachment_id=30775\" class=\"wp-image-30775\" srcset=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/1228.jpg 900w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/1228-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/1228-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/1228-768x510.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\"> The Tempe Transport Museum in Southern Sydney is about to close for  relocation to the former Leichhardt tram depot. The photo shows former  Department of Government Transport 3131, a Leyland Royal Tiger  Worldmaster with Cycle Components body and former Department of Road  Transport and Tramways 492 a rare Dennis Lancet with Waddington  bodywork.   <em>Ian Lynas<\/em>   <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"598\" src=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/1240.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"30776\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/1240.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/?attachment_id=30776\" class=\"wp-image-30776\" srcset=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/1240.jpg 900w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/1240-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/1240-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/1240-768x510.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\"> Bayside Bus Service operated in Brisbanes Eastern suburbs the fleet  including 57 a 1963 AEC Reliance 470 with Watt Brothers bodywork.   <em>Ian Lynas<\/em>   <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"598\" src=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/1275.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"30777\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/1275.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/?attachment_id=30777\" class=\"wp-image-30777\" srcset=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/1275.jpg 900w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/1275-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/1275-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/1275-768x510.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\"> Cornwell of Mooball operated MO7998 a lightweight Ford Cargo Van chassis  bodied as a bus by Nambucca River Engineering. It is shown on a school  run through cane fields south of Mooball in 1990.  <em>Ian Lynas<\/em>    <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"598\" src=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/1276.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"30778\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/1276.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/?attachment_id=30778\" class=\"wp-image-30778\" srcset=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/1276.jpg 900w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/1276-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/1276-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/1276-768x510.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\"> Whilst Brisbane City Council had the largest batch of Leyland Panthers,  two of Brisbane suburban private operators also had Panthers. Bayside  Bus Service 69, built in 1969 with an Athol Hedges body is shown in  Stanley Street South Brisbane in 1972.   <em>Ian Lynas<\/em>    <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"598\" src=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/1666.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"30779\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/1666.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/?attachment_id=30779\" class=\"wp-image-30779\" srcset=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/1666.jpg 900w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/1666-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/1666-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/1666-768x510.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\"> Sunday workings of Country bus services in Australia have declined over  the last 40 years but the new millenium saw restoration of many routes.  Hinterland Connect operates in the Glasshouse Mountains area of  South-East Queensland and this Hino RB8 with UBC-Chiron body is seen  between Maleny and Montville in June 2011.   <em>Ian Lynas<\/em>    <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"598\" src=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/1915.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"30780\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/1915.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/?attachment_id=30780\" class=\"wp-image-30780\" srcset=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/1915.jpg 900w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/1915-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/1915-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/1915-768x510.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\"> Brisbane have purchased 119 3-axle Volvo B12\\&#8217;s and what nice buses they  are. 5102 is shown on the South Busway at Greenslopes in October 2011.  <em>Ian Lynas<\/em> <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"602\" src=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/1930.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"30781\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/1930.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/?attachment_id=30781\" class=\"wp-image-30781\" srcset=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/1930.jpg 900w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/1930-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/1930-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/1930-768x514.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\"> The only Optare to operate in Australia is this Optare Metrorider  with locally constructed Alan B. Denning bodywork. It carries body  identification both for this body builder and for Optare.  It was new to King Bros Bus Service (whose livery it retains)  operating their Maclean &#8211; Illuka service. It then passed to JS &amp; A  Sodhi, Bangalow on a school run between Bangalow and Lismore, and has  since transferred to Sweeney Todd Bus Service with the business.  <em>Sweeney Todd Bus Service<\/em> <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"602\" src=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/1931.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"30782\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/1931.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/?attachment_id=30782\" class=\"wp-image-30782\" srcset=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/1931.jpg 900w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/1931-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/1931-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/1931-768x514.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\"> Sid Fogg &amp; Son Pty Ltd of Newcastle in New South Wales operate  one of four 8&#215;2 Scanias in Australia. It is a Scania K124EB chassis,  while the other three in the country are K113TR chassis.  It was photographed under the Sydney Harbour Bridge by Ben Ogle.  <em>Sid Fogg &amp; Son Pty Ltd<\/em> <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"602\" src=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/1932.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"30783\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/1932.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/?attachment_id=30783\" class=\"wp-image-30783\" srcset=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/1932.jpg 900w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/1932-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/1932-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/1932-768x514.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\"> Hunter Valley Buses Pty Ltd, a member of the CDC Group, have  undergone a major fleet upgrade in the 2008-2012 period resulting in the  withdrawal of a large number of interesting, older vehicles. This  photograph depicts a number of withdrawn vehicles awaiting scrapping at  their Morisset depot. From left to right are: a Denning Denair, MAN  16.280, 2x Isuzu ECR570s, an early MAN 16.240, a Leyland Super Viking,  an MCA, another Leyland Tiger &amp; an Austral Interbus. Photo by Ben Ogle.  <em>Hunter Valley Buses Pty Ltd<\/em> <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/2285-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"30784\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/2285.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/?attachment_id=30784\" class=\"wp-image-30784\" srcset=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/2285-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/2285-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/2285-113x150.jpg 113w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/2285.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\"> National bus  Mercedes-Benz  Picture by: <em>melbourne<\/em> <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"598\" src=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/2381.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"30785\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/2381.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/?attachment_id=30785\" class=\"wp-image-30785\" srcset=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/2381.jpg 900w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/2381-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/2381-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/2381-768x510.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\"> Paradise Springs Enterprises near the Queensland city of Bundaberg  operate this luxury school bus based on a Scania chassis with a body by  Irizar. It is shown at their remote depot on 10 June 2012.   <em>Ian Lynas<\/em>  <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"598\" src=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/2413.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"30786\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/2413.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/?attachment_id=30786\" class=\"wp-image-30786\" srcset=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/2413.jpg 900w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/2413-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/2413-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/2413-768x510.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\"> Quite a number of Optare Solo&#8217;s have come to Australia such as  Skybus-Melbourne No. 40 shown here on 16 January 2017 in Exhibition  Street.   <em>Ian Lynas<\/em>   <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"598\" src=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/2418.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"30787\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/2418.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/?attachment_id=30787\" class=\"wp-image-30787\" srcset=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/2418.jpg 900w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/2418-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/2418-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/2418-768x510.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">  Country Queensland school bus operator  Bill Blackburn operates at Walla Walla, a long way from anywhere near  the coast of Central Queensland. This Mercedes-Benz 1517 carried a body  by the now-defunct Nambucca River Engineering.  <em>Ian Lynas<\/em>     <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-9 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"598\" src=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/2423.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"30788\" data-link=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/?attachment_id=30788\" class=\"wp-image-30788\" srcset=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/2423.jpg 900w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/2423-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/2423-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/2423-768x510.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\"> Skybus in Melbourne operate a big group of Bustech double-deckers and  111 dating from  2016 is shown approaching the departure point on 16  January 2017.   <em>Ian Lynas<\/em>      <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"598\" src=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/2437.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"30789\" data-link=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/?attachment_id=30789\" class=\"wp-image-30789\" srcset=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/2437.jpg 900w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/2437-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/2437-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/2437-768x510.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\"> Dysons of Bundoora operate the VLine connecting service from Bairnsdale  in Victoria to Batemans Bay in New South Wales. Dyson&#8217;s 910 a Scania  K440EB with Brisbane-built Coach Concepts body is shown on 11 October  2016 heading into the town of Eden, New South Wales and heading to  Bairnsdale where connection is made with a train service to Melbourne.  <em>Ian Lynas<\/em> <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"598\" src=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/2458.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"30790\" data-link=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/?attachment_id=30790\" class=\"wp-image-30790\" srcset=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/2458.jpg 900w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/2458-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/2458-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/2458-768x510.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\"> Bega Valley Coaches of Bega, New South Wales operate this 2016 model  Bustech SDi, 1103.MO photographed at Bega depot on 8 October 2016.   <em>Ian Lynas<\/em>  <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"598\" src=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/614.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"30791\" data-link=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/?attachment_id=30791\" class=\"wp-image-30791\" srcset=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/614.jpg 900w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/614-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/614-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/614-768x510.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\"> Sydney purchased over 700 double-deckers after the Second World War and  1932 is a 1947 AEC Regent III with Commonwealth Engineering bodywork  photographed in 1971 climbing away from Watsons Bay on route 324 with  Sydney Harbour Bridge in the right background.  <em>Ian Lynas<\/em> <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"598\" src=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/762.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"30803\" data-link=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/?attachment_id=30803\" class=\"wp-image-30803\" srcset=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/762.jpg 900w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/762-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/762-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/762-768x510.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\"> Brisbane Transport received 30 articulated MAN NG263\/313 with Custom  Coaches bodywork with many working Busway services. 1616 is shown  descending the half-spiral from Roma St to the Inner Northern Busway in  December 2008.  <em>Ian Lynas<\/em> <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"598\" src=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/764.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"30805\" data-link=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/?attachment_id=30805\" class=\"wp-image-30805\" srcset=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/764.jpg 900w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/764-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/764-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/764-768x510.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\"> Sydney\\&#8217;s Metrobus route 10 is also being worked by new Mercedes  O500LE\\&#8217;s with Custom Coaches EvoII bodywork such as 1825 shown at  Central Railway in January 2009.  <em>Ian Lynas<\/em>  <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"598\" src=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/766.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"30806\" data-link=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/?attachment_id=30806\" class=\"wp-image-30806\" srcset=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/766.jpg 900w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/766-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/766-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/766-768x510.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\"> Sydney\\&#8217;s love affair with Mercedes-Benz started with the 0305 model of  which over 1500 were supplied followed by the 0405 and now the 0500.  Most of the 0305\\&#8217;s are now withdrawn and in early days 2476 with  Pressed Metal Corporation body is shown at North Sydney Station in 1980.  <em>Ian Lynas<\/em>   <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"598\" src=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/994.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"30821\" data-link=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/?attachment_id=30821\" class=\"wp-image-30821\" srcset=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/994.jpg 900w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/994-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/994-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/994-768x510.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\"> A one-time member of the STA Sydney fleet is this MAN 11.220 with Ansair  bodywork now operating for Bus Queensland in the City of Toowoomba,  west of Brisbane.  <em>Ian Lynas<\/em> <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"598\" src=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/2357.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"30970\" data-link=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/?attachment_id=30970\" class=\"wp-image-30970\" srcset=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/2357.jpg 900w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/2357-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/2357-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/2357-768x510.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\"> A Scania with Custom Coaches bodywork on the Adelaide O Bahn on 19 March 2012.  <em>Charles Elson<\/em> <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"598\" src=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/1183-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"30971\" data-link=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/?attachment_id=30971\" class=\"wp-image-30971\" srcset=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/1183-1.jpg 900w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/1183-1-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/1183-1-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/1183-1-768x510.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\"> Department of Government Transport in Sydney had a large fleet of AEC   Regent IIIs which operated into the mid-1970s. 1997 is shown in 1972 on   Anzac Parade Kingsford. Commonwealth Engineering built the bodywork.  <em>Ian Lynas<\/em>   <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"598\" src=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/2382.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"30975\" data-link=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/?attachment_id=30975\" class=\"wp-image-30975\" srcset=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/2382.jpg 900w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/2382-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/2382-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/2382-768x510.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\"> Thompson&#8217;s Bus Service, Strathpine just north of Brisbane, Queensland   have purchased a number of new double-decker coaches, such as 22 built   by Denning Manufacturing (chassis and body) and photographed on 4 June   2011.  <em>Ian Lynas<\/em>   <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"598\" src=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/2414.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"30976\" data-link=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/?attachment_id=30976\" class=\"wp-image-30976\" srcset=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/2414.jpg 900w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/2414-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/2414-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/2414-768x510.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\"> Canberra&#8217;s Dennis Dart fleet are on their last legs, regularly found on the Free City Loop service like 151 on 5 October 2016.  <em>Ian Lynas<\/em>   <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"598\" src=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/1197-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"30978\" data-link=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/?attachment_id=30978\" class=\"wp-image-30978\" srcset=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/1197-1.jpg 900w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/1197-1-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/1197-1-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/1197-1-768x510.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\"> Rockhampton City Council operated trams and buses between 1909 and 1995.   Amongst their long-lived buses were 7 out of 8 Leyland Tiger OPS3\\\u2019s   with Commonwealth Engineering bodywork. No 18 is shown at Lakes Creek in   1971.  <em>Ian Lynas<\/em> <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"598\" src=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/1205-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"30980\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/1205-1.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/?attachment_id=30980\" class=\"wp-image-30980\" srcset=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/1205-1.jpg 900w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/1205-1-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/1205-1-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/1205-1-768x510.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">  St Ives Bus Service in Sydneys northern suburbs operated a number of    Chevrolet normal-control buses in service in 1971. The one in the photo    was on a tour by enthusiasts.  <em>Ian Lynas<\/em>   <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/?page_id=2888\">Back to country index<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Back to country index Back to country index<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2920"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2920"}],"version-history":[{"count":23,"href":"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2920\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31003,"href":"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2920\/revisions\/31003"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2920"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}