2012 January Perth Bus Tours 3 Days Extravaganza (Pt 1)

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2012 January Perth Bus Tours 3 Days Extravaganza (Pt 1)

Postby High Floor Bus » Wed Jan 18, 2012 1:52 am

Hello......Hello......
Hello there fellow ATDB members, Perths chapter of the ATDB held their very sucsessful 3 Day Bus Tour Extravaganza over January weekend of the Saturday 14th,Sunday 15th & Monday 16th which was well atended from local & Interstate members. :)
Day 1 was of the Private operators Westwide & Adams Coach lines.
Day 2 in which i contributed as a driver was the Tranperth buses Tour.
Day 3 Finished With the MCW metrobus tour & the Perth Volgren bodyworks Tour.
Thanks to all involved to making the weekend something realy special to remember.
Starting of in Pt 1 is the first days Action with the Private operators Westwide & Adams Coach lines.


First is Adams B51 at the Barrack st jetty with the local "trackless tram thats not Bondi bound".
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Adams B51 Ex Canbera Renualt 784
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"I Thought I'd saw a Puddy Tat".." I Did I did see a puddy tat"
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Adams B51 Ex Canbera Renualt 784 with city cat TP1915
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After leaving the city we cruised by Lake Monger and stopped for photos .
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Adams B51 Ex Canbera Renualt 784 at Lake Monger.
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Gees we went every where ,even beyond the black stump!
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Adams B51
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Outside of Volgrens Wangara Service & warranty center is Westwides Ex TransAdelaide 1383 "Brown Bomber".
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Westwide Volvo artic
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Perth Volgrens Wangara service & Warranty center
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"Just passing ,Thought we drop in" to the Wangara depot of Veolia Transport.
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Westwides Ex TransAdelaide 1368 "Brown Bomber".[
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We crusied by the 376 terminus with Westwides Fuji Volvo aric and Ex Action 305 artic with OC500 TP1855 ready to pounce into service.
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Fuji Volvo artic ,Ex Action 305 artic & TP1855
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On Route from Westwides to Adams Cooach lines ,a well earned thirst was quenched over lunch at Malaga markets while a watchfull eye looked over our bus.
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B51 at Malaga markets
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After lunch we toured the Adams Depot facilities we sampled many coaches , like Motor Coach C46 and the newly acquired Ex Path transits Dennis Darts.
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Adams Motor Coach C46
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Enjoy :)

Link to Pt 2 viewtopic.php?f=46&t=65237
& Pt 3 viewtopic.php?f=46&t=65239
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Re: 2012 January Perth Bus Tours 3 Days Extravaganza (Pt 1)

Postby High Floor Bus » Wed Jan 18, 2012 2:01 am

And more :)
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Dennis Darts at the 889 Terminus
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Adams Brown Bomber 1383 at the 345 terminus of Bennett Springs & Orile Gardens
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Adams Brown Bomber 1383
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and finaly the group photo at Adams coach lines.
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Adams group shot 14-01-2012
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Enjoy

Enjoy :)

Link to
Pt 2 viewtopic.php?f=46&t=65237
Pt 3 viewtopic.php?f=46&t=65239
Pt 4 viewtopic.php?f=46&t=65254&p=763237#p763237
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Re: 2012 January Perth Bus Tours 3 Days Extravaganza (Pt 1)

Postby TP1854 » Fri Jan 20, 2012 11:31 pm

Nice pics HFB....I see a pic of me in the last shot!!!!
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Re: 2012 January Perth Bus Tours 3 Days Extravaganza (Pt 1)

Postby Mr OC Benz » Fri Jan 20, 2012 11:41 pm

That's no fair, I'm not in it let alone High Floor Bus and one other who were all standing behind the tripod waiting to get a group shot!
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Re: 2012 January Perth Bus Tours 3 Days Extravaganza (Pt 1)

Postby High Floor Bus » Sat Jan 21, 2012 6:53 pm

:D Ahh thats better Mr benz , were all in it now.
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Re: 2012 January Perth Bus Tours 3 Days Extravaganza (Pt 1)

Postby Jasper » Sun Jan 29, 2012 3:29 pm

The last photo of the group is a brillant one! Nice work guys.
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