Coastal Liner; A Charter to Toowoon Bay

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Coastal Liner; A Charter to Toowoon Bay

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I unexpectedly came across two Coastal Liner buses while visiting the Central Coast on the 2nd of November 2022 at Toowoon Bay that were performing a charter of some sorts and I couldn't pass up an opptunity to get photos of the two that were there (one being former to the Hunter Region having long found a new home with Costal Liner in 2019 and the other being at Costal Liner since April of this year when it was transferred from the Blue Mountains Transit Emu Plains fleet.

Coastal Liner 8385 MO, Mercedes-Benz O405 Custom Coaches "510" at Toowoon Bay performing a Charter 2/11/22.
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Costal Liner 3583 MO, Mercedes-Benz O405NH Custom Coaches "550" at Toowoon Bay performing a Charter 2/11/22. The days of 3583 MO being a revenue service bus are long done & dusted with the removal of the Opal Equipment that was previously onboard it.
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Re: Coastal Liner; A Charter to Toowoon Bay

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I cannot grasp enthusiast's virtual worship of buses like 8385 MO. They represent archaic practise mounting an artificially high floor body with narrower doorways than the chassis is made for. It's a waste, where a mid mount chassis would achieve the same result.

3583MO is more worthy of having an altar dedicated to it than that bland anachronism on wheels.
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Re: Coastal Liner; A Charter to Toowoon Bay

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Both were previously at Westbus where 8385 started in the Bosnjak days
MO 8385 ex Hillsbus Co Pty Ltd, Northmead m/o 7159 4/17; ex (110); ex Westbus Pty Ltd t/a Hillsbus (National Express Group), Northmead m/o 7159 25/9/05; ex Westbus Pty Ltd (Bosnjak family), Northmead m/o 7159 5/99.

3583 MO started its life in Queensland before Blue Ribbon and Westbus
ex MO 5535; ex Westbus Pty Ltd (National Express Group), Penrith MO 5535 25/9/05; Transferred ex Blue Ribbon, Thornton (45) MO 5535 by -/05; Transferred ex National Bus Company, Capalaba, QLD 580 ELK by c/8/04.
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