Bus Australia Photo Gallery


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TV 5052138 viewsRecent new addition to Cumberland Coachlines was TV 5052, a Volvo B12 with Austral Denning body of 1996 build, and formely with Baxters and prior to that Selwood of Orande. Captured here at Echo Point in the winter of 2019.
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m/o 036186 viewsStone Bros of Auburn m/o 036. An AEC Regal 111 with Charles Hope body ex MTT Adelaide.
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MO 1001152 viewsFolpp of Blayney MCI MC7 formely #804 with Ansett Pioneer. Not the best quality, but eh !
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TV 64571 viewsBlue Mountains Explorer Bus. BCI double decker of 2018 build, coming into Echo Point on a cold misty winter morning in 2019.
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MO 5709164 viewsBatterhams of Cessnock AEC Merlin, with MCW body of 1968 build. Formely MB393 with London Transport.
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TV 4024141 viewsLinq Buslines Wyong TV 4024. Volvo B12R Austral Pacific body of 1998 build. It is ex Road Runner Tours Wyong Pty Ltd, Wyong (1) TV 4024 20/12/19; ex Forest Coach Lines Pty Ltd, Terrey Hills TV 1573 .
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TV 566149 viewsAustralian Sightseeing TV 566 Mercedes Benz O302 with Manheim body. Captured at Circular Quay. I'm a little vague on memory but I think this brand was still in Deanes ownership. That's my set of wheels of the time behind the coach.
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TV 4089122 viewsBilpin Coaches displaying new Eastern branding. This is a Scania K124EB with Coach Design body of 2006 build. Captured here at Echo Point with a school group in the winter of 2019.
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m/o 4995209 viewsMcVicar's Bus Service, Lidcombe AEC Regal III 9621E/Coachmaster on an earlier chassis purchased from the Hardie Brake company where the chassis was used as a test bed for Hardies brake products.Transferred to Bankstown Bus Lines. No longer listed in 1983.
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1565 MO1312 viewsNew in TNSW livery (with no waratah logo) for Blue Mtns Bus Co is this Scania 270UB with CB80 body seen here at Valley Heights.
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1565 MO1399 viewsNew in TNSW livery (with no waratah logo) for Blue Mtns Bus Co is this Scania 270UB with Custom CB80 body seen here at a wet Katoomba depot.
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6137 MO115 viewsAccredited to Holiday King Coaches P/L but in Kingsford Smith Transport livery. A Volvo B10M Austral, formerly Brisbane Transport 296. The vehicle provided a shuttle service during the Ultra Trail marathon event through the BM National Park in the winter of 2019. Captured near the Edge Cinema, Katoomba.
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TV 1368116 viewsRoad Runner Leisure Tours of Wyong Autobus/Cummins of 2005 build, in the winter of 2019. Originally new to Doherty Coaches as TV 1368. Included in the takeover by Linq Buslines Pty Ltd, Wyong as TV 1368 20/12/19.
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m/o 6880174 viewsBlue Mountains Transit Volvo B7RLE/Volgren Optimus ex Station Link Camelia. Shown here in the Winter of 2019 still with the pink front bumper from its Station Link days.
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TV 65498 viewsBlue Mountains Explorer Bus Volvo Olympian/Alexander, crosses paths with Moore's Tours Denning Decker TV 5961 at Echo Point in the winter of 2019. Reregd XN91WM by 9/2021.
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XQ 89 DP135 viewsIt's Easy Tours from the Central Coast XQ89DP a Scania K450EB with Coach Concepts body of 2018 build. Now part of the Palmers Coaches group from Queensland and displaying their cockatoo logo. Captured outside the Carrington Hotel on a freezing morning in the winter of 2019 and the lens was fogging up faster than I could wipe.
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TV 8068109 viewsCDC Travel P/L St Marys. Mercedes Benz 0404-3 with PMCA 'Apollo' body of 1996 build. Formerly TV 1045 of Blue Mountains Bus Co (Pearce) and still in those colours. At Carrington Hotel pick up point in the winter of 2019. Deregd by 4/20 and sold to iDrive Recruitment & Training Pty Ltd t/a iCharter, St Marys by 5/20. For sale on Facebook by 1/21.
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3801114 viewsTransport Herirage steam locomotive 3801 passing through Blackheath station 9 May 2021.
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TV 8354124 viewsLangley's Dubbo Austral Minimaster ex various operators including Hopkinsons and its original owner Deluxe Coachlines still showing its livery, passing through Mount Victoria May 2021.
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XN 38 UZ108 viewsCommunity Accessing Bussing in the Blue Mountains has taken a giant step forward with the Blue Mountains City Council purchasing this Hino Poncho for its fleet in early 2021.
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m/o 9823178 viewsHillsbus Scania K289UB/Volreh CR228L 14.5M awaiting its next rail replacement trip at Katoomba May 2021
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m/o 5359176 viewsHillsbus Volvo B7RLE/Volgren CR228L in Metrobus livery, on rail replacement in the Blue Mountains May 2021.
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m/o 5295220 viewsBusways (1069) VolVo B7RLE/Volgren CR228L ex Westbus region 1, a surprise rail replacement in the Blue Mountains May 2021.
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3714 MO1170 viewsThis is the original TNSW liveried vehicle in Blue Mountain Bus Company's fleet a Volvo B9R with CC SB50 body.
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TV 6100 and TV 8659104 viewsSid Foggs TV 6100 Scania K420EB and TV 8659 BCI Cruiser near Katoomba Falls Kiosk on a very foggy Wednesday morning May 2021.
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TV 6707115 viewsFantastic Aussie Tours Denning Landseer DD ex Nowra Coaches and originally APT, at Scenic World with an Indian Pacific off train load of passengers at Katoomba May 2021.
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TV 955090 viewsMacquarie Coaches Yutong in the Blue Mountains May 2021.
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TV 173A154 viewsGood Az Gold Volvo B1f0M/Austral ex Brisbane Transport (243), seen in St Marys getting a lift home May 2021.
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TV 000A111 viewsNorth Sydney Bus & Coach Yutong, first with the new series TT plates, in the Blue Mountains May 2021.
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3712 MO143 viewsBlue Mountains Bus Co (Pearce) Volvo B10M/PMC of 1984, ex Defence Force, seen here in 2014, signwritten for Retro Tours.
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Leyland Titan92 viewsNot every day in Sydney, NSW or anywhere in Australia to my recollection that you'd find an abandoned ex London Leyland Titan. This was found in Sydney 19/9/2015. Bus it was not abandoned and was subsequently renovated - see photo where it is registered AVIARY.
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Leyland Titan75 viewsNot every day in Sydney, NSW or anywhere in Australia to my recollection that you'd find an abandoned ex London Leyland Titan. This was found in Sydney 19/9/2015. Bus it was not abandoned and was subsequently renovated - see photo where it is registered AVIARY.
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Leyland Titan73 viewsNot every day in Sydney, NSW or anywhere in Australia to my recollection that you'd find an abandoned ex London Leyland Titan. This was found in Sydney 19/9/2015. Bus it was not abandoned and was subsequently renovated - see photo where it is registered AVIARY.
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CE 41 CV117 viewsFormer Sydney Buses 3159 Mercedes 0405 Mk.5 now with Ping Zhang T/A Aussie Shuttle Party of Prospect. seen here reg'd CE 41 CV in 2019.
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TV 032A76 viewsA.L. Tours of Luddenham Denning Landseer in 2019. Ex TV 1003 by 9/19; ex YADA Coaches (Russell Egan), Ingleburn TV 1003 by 6/12; ex KRB Coaches, Ingleburn TV 1003 -/11; ex Manly Coaches Pty Ltd, Brookvale TV 1003 by 9/08; ex C48FT; Reg 18/3/98 ex Greyhound Pioneer Australia Ltd, Brisbane (306) UKH 708; ex Coach Fleet Pty Ltd t/a Pioneer Express, Adelaide, SA (306) UKH 708. Converted to Allison auto under A.L. Tours ownership.
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1600 MO109 viewsMercedes Benz OH1830L with Volgren Endura body of 2014 build, now with Big Bus Co (E9). The vehicle has been re-seated with belted 3 abreast student coach seating and certainly impressed. A very well presented former VIVO mining bus from the Northern Territory - ex Buslink Vivo, Howard Springs, NT via Pickles Auctions by 9/18.
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8993 MO 77 viewsStill in its mining bus VIVO guise is 8993 MO, a Mercedes Benz OH1830 with Volgren body of about 2013 build accredited to Chalker P/L seen here in 2019. A similar unit is 8994 MO, while a third unit was still unregistered when I visited.
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Lineup106 viewsBlue Mountains Transit Scania K280UB's with Custom Coaches CB80 bodywork and in TNSW livery are 6999 MO, 1565 MO, 7000 MO and 1564 MO, lined up in the Katoomba depot in 2019.
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TV 644 and TV 994185 viewsBlue Mountains Explorer Bus BCI decker TV 644 crosses paths with Hopkinsons Denning Decker TV 9941 in Travelways livery, in 2019.
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TV 885656 viewsToyota Coaster of Coast Warriors P/L. Glenbrook. ACN: 41923. A regular visitor to Echo Point in 2019.
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TV 736584 viewsGood Az Gold Windsor Volvo B10M Mk 111/Austral Metroliner in 2019. Reg 8/2/13 ex Brisbane Transport, Toowong, QLD (253) 253 BLE via Auction (withdrawn 12/12). Withdrawn by 6/20 & offered for sale at Pickles Auctions, Milperra 3/9/20 and again 30/10/20.
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3812 MO103 viewsVisiting Scenic World in 2019 was 3812 MO of Allens Coaches Wagga Volvo B12B with Coach Design body of 2010 build. Originally new to Deanes Travel, Pambula.
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Bedford Domino137 viewsFound this Domino bodied Bedford on a property in Bullaburra in 2019, being used as a storage shed.
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2196 MO. 5096 MO and 1695 MO128 viewsA Buslines family gathering at Scenic World in 2019. Buslines Lithgow #15 2196 MO Mercedes OH1830L Mills Tui; Buslines Orange #34 5096 MO Volvo B7R Bustech SBV and Buslines Bathurst #23 1695 MO Mercedes OH1830L Mills Tui.
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TV 7922157 viewsBaxter's Scania K310IB with a Coach Concepts body of 2018 build seen here in 2019. New front design variation noted.
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TV 440962 viewsSpence's Coaches Dubbo Anhui Ankai of 2010 build seen here in 2019. This unit originated with Adams Coachlines in WA. Only a handful of these vehicles it is believed were imported.
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TV 994690 viewsFormer Kingsgrove Bus Service #26 mo 9726 MAN 16.240 is now TV 9946, while former #21 mo 6337 is now TV 9945. Both are with Gordon Leonard Alderton, ACN: 42773, North St Marys, replacing TV 8790 Scania 'Wild Thing' and TV 9297 Hino CCMC 'Time Warp'.
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TV 956392 viewsKeal Enterprises Pty Ltd t/a Travelon Coaches, Ingleburn Scania K112TR/Custom Coaches Hyliner seen here in 2019; Regd 17/4/19; ex various operators. Since later 2019 is operating for Near or Far Bus & Coach, Lawson.
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7261 MO78 viewsStuarts Coaches, Worrigee Denning Phoenix Silver of 2013 build. Captured at Echo Point in 2019.
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Anset103 viewsParked near the Fantastic Aussie Tours depot in Barton Sreet, Katoomba in early 2021, was this very unique restored Flxible Clipper built in th USA.
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TV 4801110 viewsGood Az Gold Denning Denflex of 1983, seated for 70 school children, still in very good condition, in St Marys January 2021.
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m/o 6890151 viewsBlue Mountains Transit Volvo B7RLE/Volgren Optimus at their Katoomba depot showing Mount Victoria destination January 2021.
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Leyland Titan81 viewsNot every day in Sydney, NSW or anywhere in Australia to my recollection that you'd find an abandoned ex London Leyland Titan. This was found in Sydney 19/9/2015. Bus it was not abandoned and was subsequently renovated - see photo where it is registered AVIARY.
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TV 6707128 viewsFantastic Aussie Tours "Kapunda" Denning Landseer decker ex Nowra Coaches, seen here in January 2001.
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TV 6753131 viewsMacquarie Educational Tours Scania K310IB/Express coming into Katoomba from Echo Point in January 2021
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TV 119A & TV 120A135 viewsICharter, St Marys Higer Roadboss coaches at Scenic World January 2021.
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TV 9277143 viewsCDC Travel Mercedes O500RF-3/Irizar with Penrith Panthers Rugby League promo wrap. Seen here in Parks St, Katoomba January 2021.
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m/o 5320176 viewsDural Buslines Freighter Lawton monobus which operated on route 51 - photo taken at their depot. In the background is a Bedford Vam acquired by Dural from Youngs at Rockhampton which went on to become m/o 611.
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Remnants145 viewsFound these remains of a Bedford SB5 with Smithfield body on a farm in Hartley in 2020. Origins unknown.
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TV 7730159 viewsI took this photo of Australia Wide Coaches TV7730 Bustech CDi - Cummons decker back in late February 2020, my last meeting with it. It's about to turn off Katoomba St towards Scenic World, just days before tourism crashed. It has since been sold to Thompsons, Strathpine as (25) XQ 25 QF.
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