... and I can't remember an O-Bahn bus being painted into the Brown Bomber livery (but I might be wrong!).

Ironically, 240 was later renumbered 7000, and painted as a Bomber!

What about the all-singing, all-dancing Southland Station?

It bugs me that traders have this school of thought that everyone drives to their shop and must get a park outside it. Having frequented shops and venues along Nicholson Street before, I have found plenty of parking in side streets. Heaven forbid someone has to park off the main drag and walk somew...

UrgeOverkill, I don't understand how Driver's care for their branding and appearance is anal. Rather, I would have thought that it was good business sense, particularly seeing the fleet is nowhere the size of Ventura (for example) and it would have been a relatively easy proposition. At least they w...

I remember them! I travelled from Melbourne to Adelaide on them one Christmas ... got picked up from Dandenong Station on the same Mercedes Coach that went through to Adelaide.

Regards,

Paul

Hi, Pete. I was at Grenda's in the early eighties - Have fond memories of the "90" series Volvos. I don't recall 75 being a Volvo. I know that at one stage, 75 was a Leyland Leopard, bodied by Denning. I think that this was replaced by a Bedford BLP, bodied by PMC. Similarly, I recall 24 (...

Paul_Nicholson,

I don't know which zone(s) you travel in, but the message on trams in Zone 1 is "You don't need to touch off, to pay the lowest fare", whereas the message on trains is "Touch on and Touch off". Maybe these mixed messages are the issue?

What interests me in all of this is why would the donor of the Grange actually keep a "thank you" note for three years???

Paul.

Denv12, The bus companies that I remember from that era that were predominantly blue were Thomas Tours, Cole's, Lang's, Foote's and Bonds. I think that you posted a photo of an early Lang's CAC Bedford recently in another post. They used to have the Australian Coat of Arms on the side. Regards, Paul

Was it Bonds? I recall that they had a small depot with space for about four (?) vehicles. It was in Fullarton Road, south of the Parade, from memory (on the corner of Boskenna Ave?)

Regards,

Paul

Birdseye's

Regards, Paul

The Inspector wrote:I doubt the plan is to restore the City of Adelaide to operational condition, more than likely it will be restored to become a static exhibit.

Do you mean to tell me that Adelaide hasn't been a static display for years already????

Regards,

Paul

With various companies having their own procedures and driver checklists, not to mention that most new telephones these days are smart hones that can access the internet, I don't know how popular that it would be. When planning holidays over the past few years, my family have used Google Earth to pl...

scott wrote:I think the bus he was talking about was old Driver (45), The Collins/MCA unit.

There were actually two such units; number 45 and also number 3

Regards,
Paul

In Melbourne, there are TWO Coles Supermarkets in the one shopping centre at Northcote Plaza!

Panorama then announced in local media that the service would commence on 4 October 2010.

Not exactly recent news

Paul

Trevor (and all),

I would be interested to know what was on a "Working Timetable". Is it possible that a sample could be included in this most interesting discussion?

Regards,

Paul

Trevor,

This is from the Graeme Turnbull Collection (if you have the CD from BCSV, it is found in Part 2, image 221)
Regards,

Paul

Trevor,

I have seen a photo of Leyland Worldmaster 816 (converted to one-man operation) that was running out of of Angas Street Depot into service showing 9B and both Newton and Day Street. It is taken in Victoria Square. I will have to look for it and let you know!

Regards,

Paul

Thank you, Driver Family, for your contribution over many, many years to the quality provision of Melbourne Public Transport.

Paul, on behalf of Richard Price, a former employee.

Hi Denv12 (and all)

Please understand that I was making an observation and not a criticism. My comment was not meant as a criticism. If any offence was taken, please accept my apologies.

Regards,

Paul

Hi, Denv12.

While I appreciate all of your photos, it is getting a little bit much with so many different threads having the same photos in them. For example, in this thread, all of the photos have been posted by you in the past few days in other threads. Just an observation ...

Regards

Paul

Foote's
Harcourt Gardens
Slattery's
Campbell's

and also some vehicles (not sure about the company) from Premier and Wrights.

Regards,

Paul

I always had a soft spot for the older Grenda's (from Dandenong, Victoria) colour scheme of Cream (Grenda's Cream), Green (Grenda's Green) and Red (Post Office Red).

Regards,

Paul

It looks like the destination at the front is not quite right. Is this just the photos (angle, etc.), or is it somehow mis-sized?

Regards,

Paul