Newcastle Earthquake 2805

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Newcastle Earthquake 2805

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Hi all.
I've been researching the Newcastle Earthquake a lot recently for a school project, and I'm trying to figure out what the union dispute was over STA's 2805. I know it was an ex. Sydney Explorer bus and there is a photo of it somewhere out there.
You can see footage of the union's news interview here where they mention 2805.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RAtJMu1 ... stleMuseum
Does the bus still exist?
Thanks in advance, Griffin.
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From disposal list "Withdrawn from Ryde after accident damage, remains scrapped 2/10"
No idea what it was doing in Newcastle.
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Newcastle had a couple of ex- Explorer buses which had blue stripes added to the red paintwork to give Newcastle Knights promotion.

The interview mentions that “the 100 km/hr diffs were removed”, perhaps this feature reduced acceleration and hill climbing ability compared to the rest of the fleet?
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I thought for sure this thread was about someone coming back from the future to warn us about an earthquake coming up in 793 years!
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