That could be embarrassing if he's been to his mistress for a quickie!

If they were "handing" the route to Dysons there would not be a tender. But, whilst Dysons could well end up being the operator, a tender is required under government purchasing policy.

Why is it suss? Perhaps Kanga sees a longer term opportunity to either participate in or tender in their own right for rail replacements. After all its a free market..... The buses could also be used for cruise ship transfers to the city when that activity eventually resumes.

You may find the Yutong is going to make an appearance in another location soon.

Not to mention that covid has put us billions into debt which will take a decade or more to pay off.

The Bus and Coach Society is pleased to announce that its first post covid lockdown tour to McHarry’s, Geelong will take place on Sunday 31 January 2021 visiting both the main depot and a satellite depot with a BBQ lunch included. This event was to have run in March 2020 but had to be deferred. Tour...

Gemilangs are mostly framed in Malaysia then fitted out in Ballarat Victoria, though some do come in fully built.

What are the rego and body nos on the new Mt Gravatt unit?

inestimable

Another new Scania for Mcharry in Geelong was noted 12/20 awaiting delivery at Express.

BCSV is pleased to announce that our first post covid tour will be run on 31 January visiting McHarry's in Geelong. Coach transport will be available to and from Melbourne. Some details are yet to be finalised so keep an eye on the BCSV Facebook page in coming weeks. Final details will also be poste...

Of note is no European chassis available in the electric bus category, and of course no articulated bus category at all.

Plenty of NSW Volgrens are from Melbourne. Probably more than from Qld!

Also if counting Volgren Qld production, don't forget all the straight deck, twin deck and double deck coaches produced by the original Volgren Qld operation back in the 1980s.

As an out of stater I'd like more justification as to why $90 million is needed to change the workload from 4 buses per hour on each stand to 2.2 per hour. It sounds more like there is excessive layover time due to poor rostering.

Also why not also create threads on Express and P&D Coaches (NSW) and Gemilang (Vic)?
We do have more than three bus builders.

Question whether delivered or not yet as they've certainly not been sighted in service. But I guess by the time the printed ABC magazine comes out it will be so. They are reported to be based at Dandenong depot. Nos 1453 and 1456.

They already build a school bus as the SBV/ SBM.

My view would be that the 8,000 electric buses may well eventuate but its more likely to be over 20 years rather than 10.

The Adelaide Leylands and AECs that went to other states in the 1970s had the rear door/ lobby section removed and a 2.5 inch cut taken off one side as they were illegal to operate outside of Metropolitan Adelaide due to being overlength and overwidth. This also applied to most of those sold to loca...

Is should be noted that despite the Minister stating clearly that the 8,000 was an aspirational target many in the media have chosen to refer to it as a done deal. There is no factual commitment from the government, as yet, to replace all route buses with electrics by 2030.

Butech also have their Tasmanian presence through Elphinstone which has now completed some 90 buses for Metro. It could well be that they will bid for other contracts to build there as well.

Why run a special shuttle bus between Deer Park and Melton which effectively duplicates an existing bus route?
Are rail passengers really such snowflakes that they can't board a regular bus?

The Nambuccas were on Mercedes chassis though not the mainstream models. They were sold off all over the place and would all be withdrawn by now being 25+. Its important to remember that all the overspecced 0405s etc were only possible due to the dodgy nature of their financing. The rebodied 0305s a...

The bus was not in the museum when I visited last year. There were pics of it somewhere a couple of years back looking rather derelict in a yard. Its certainly MIA and can probably be presumed deceased.

Worthy of note is that the projected budget deficit is approximately four times that of the $32 billion accumulated by the failed Cain/ Kirner Government by the time it was thrown out in 1992.That took the best part of a decade to pay off including privatising many government assets. How and when th...