Nice shots Hawkeye. A few comments, if I may...
Hawkeye wrote:What's better to do than take pictures at one of your local interchanges? That's right, nothing!
I can neither agree nor disagree with you here; I have never experienced the pleasure of having a local interchage. Mt Barker Dumas St Park'n'Ride doesn'y count, even if it has an interchange map, so Blackwood is my closest. Even at peak hour, there are very few buses passing through. On a weekend or public holiday you can forget it completely.
Hawkeye wrote:On this cold, wet and windy day, I didn't think I would see sun at all. But hey, the sun came out eventually. So, I took this opportunity and headed down south to Noarlunga. It might have still been very windy, but it was worth it. I must say, the exit/entry to the Noarlunga Centre Int is quite a good spot for taking photos (in my opinion at least).
I will agree with that statement: the entry to the interchange does seem to be a good spot to take photos.
Hawkeye wrote:It was quiet, but still a reasonable amount of buses came through. Some friendly smiles, and some waves from many of the SL drivers. As you will notice, more than half of these shots are of MAN 18.280's. They are quite a regular occurrence here down south, with a large number of them based at Lonsdale depot. Anyhow, hope you enjoy the few I share
Hm. Looking at the Noarlunga departures, it seems a bus leaves every 7mins max, on a Sunday. That's not including arrivals. Then I go over and look at Stirling (I have been known to refer to it as an "interchange". Where else does one change for an 865? (don't answer that)), a bus leaves on a 15/45 pattern, unless you count the pointless 3-hourly 865C.
Now for a few comments on the buses themselves (you can tell I have too much time):
2735 certainly looks smart with an LED desto, much like 2703 does. For some reason I like the LED destos on older buses (let's say pre-2005), but anything newer I prefer flipdot destos. Although anything has to be better than a Southport desto...
2416's desto looks silly, it's all scrunched up in small letters, but the number is in bold. Strange how there's no uniformity, even in the same company. For example, the 822 desto has a scrunched up number, but big, bold letters.
2576's desto is a bit misleading, isn't it? The 725 doesn't go to the City, and hasn't for a good few years now. Only the 725F goes to the City. Maybe it would be better if it said comething like the 834, i.e "Old Reynella // via Acre Ave *scroll* Old Reynella // connect 721 City?" Still, could be worse. It could be like the 837 desto which is "Mt Barker // connect *scroll* City // Service." So for however long each scroll goes for, it says "City Service", which is most certainly is not.
Still nice photos, I look forward to your future posts.
First person on 822, 865 (2016 re-route).
Last person on 164, 867, 868
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