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 annual HCVCA display day was held at Yarra Glen Racecourse on Sunday 13 November 2016. Some operators and owners setup on the Saturday to secure prime parking postions. Many vehicles in Driver Bus Lines' hertiage fleet travelled in convoy from…
The annual HCVCA Historic Commerical Vehicle Display Day was held at Yarra Glen Racecourse on Sunday November 13 2016. Hundreds enjoyed a day out looking at dozens upon dozens of beautifully restored trucks, buses, machinery and other historic vehicles. People…
The final BCSV social meeting for 2016 featured the conculding half a slide presentation by Geoffrey Foster looking back on a number of regional Victorian School Bus Operators during the 1970s to 1990s, covering operations in the north and east…
BCSV deputy president Craig Coop invited members to join him for an afternoon outing on Sunday 19 February onboard his preserved Transit bodied Hino as he retraced Route 617 Caulfield - Middle Brighton - Southland, which he operated from 1986…
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…
Following our successful mini-tour over old Nuline routes a few weeks earlier, we ran another on Sunday 12th March 2017 with a pick up at Caulfield Station at 2.30pm, with an additional pick up at Hampton Station at 3.15pm. This…
On March 19 at 3pm we held our first social meeting for 2017 as our special guest speaker Bill Slattery reflected on 40 years of buying and selling buses. We finished the afternoon about 5pm with a cuppa and a…
On Sunday 21 May 2017 we held our May social meeting Melbourne Tram Museum / Hawthorn Tram Depot. Archives Officer Paul Kennnelly presented a detailed look back at tram and bus transport across Bendigo from 1920 to 1990. Afternoon tea…
