Bus and Coach Society of Victoria
After negotiations with local Bendigo operator Whitmore's, the Bus and Coach Society of Victoria (BCSV) were able to secure an afternoon farewell tour for their MAN 10.180, Ansair Tasmaina, originally new to Metro Tasmania in 1992 as #512. This bus…
On Sunday we visited Cranbourne Transit in the morning, before time for lunch at Cranbourne Park Shopping Centre. After lunch we then visited Latrobe Valley Bus Lines on Sunday afternoon to ride the Volvo Hybrid Bus currently on trial, with…
On Saturday 15th October the ARHS & BCSV took a day trip to East Gippsland onboard a chartered coach from Ventura. At Korumburra we called into two local bus depots (Harleys and Winterhalters). There will also be an opportunity to…
The Bus and Coach Society of Victoria held an overnight tour in February 2017, visiting various operators in Bendigo & surrounds. We visited local operators such as Christians, Bendigo Coachlines, Flood's & Whitmore Group as well as the renowned historic…
The Bus & Coach Society of Victoria's May tour visited the Ventura depot in Dandenong. This was long overdue - despite opening in March 2008 under Grenda's, this was our first visit! This depot became Ventura's head office after the…
Members joined the Bus and Coach Society of Victoria on Saturday 2 September 2017 for a day out riding heritage buses in Melbourne's North. The Higginson family warmly invited us back for a morning of rides on some the Moonee…
To celebrate the 40th Anniversary of TeleBus pioneered by John Usher, we drove over TeleBus Areas 1, 2, 3 and 4 using representative vehicles used on the TeleBus service. This was followed by a BBQ lunch at Ventura's Lilydale depot.…
On Sunday 26 Novenber the BCSV visited Mee's depot in West Heidelberg. This was followed by an afternoon visit to the operations of Crown Coaches as part of their 50th Anniversary celebrations. We paused for lunch at Doncaster Shoppingtown between…
Join the BCSV: Bus and Coach Society of Victoria for single day tour on Sunday 25 February 2018 visiting three local operators in the Shepparton/Mooroopna district - Ford’s, Dyson’s and Balfour’s. PICK UPs: * 8.15am - Sandbelt Carpark Moorabbin, Cnr…
The BCSV are planning an action-packed tour weekend for August. On Saturday 4 August we will visit Castlemaine Bus Lines, acquired by the Whitmore Group in mid 2017. After assembling in Melbourne's north-west, everyone will travel to Castlemaine onboard Moonee…