Below is a list of useful links, mainly to websites and Facebook pages for bus preservation clubs, groups and museums across Australia and New Zealand, plus various train and tram preservation clubs and groups around Victoria.
There is also a selection of the numerous Facebook Groups that feature Melbourne and Victorian bus news and photos. Despite the long list, the Bus Australia website (busaustralia.com) features an even more comprehensive directory, listing websites for photo collections, operators, bus manufacturers, bus body builders, industry groups and various magazine publishers. There is also an index of Wikipedia articles.
Bus Australia also hosts the Australian Transport Discussion Board forum (busaustralia.com/forum) and the invaluable fleet list database of hundreds of operators around Australia. (busaustralia.com/fleetlists)
Key Australian bus preservation clubs & groups
Bus & Coach Preservation Society of NSW (BCPSNSW)
Bus Preservation Society of Western Australia (BPSWA)
Flxible Clipper Club Australia
German Omnibus Club of Australia
Heritage Bus Association
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Heritage-Bus-Association/253841574649806/
Historic Commercial Vehicle Club of Australia (HCVCA)
(VIC-based) www.hcvc.com.au
Historic Commercial Vehicle Association (HCVA)
(NSW-based) www.hcva.org.au
Historic Commercial Vehicle Association Queensland (HCVAQ)
www.facebook.com/pages/Hcvaq-Inc/114557431962709
Queensland Omnibus & Coach Society (QOCS)
www.facebook.com/QOCSAustralia
Retired ACT Transport Employees Club (RATEC)
www.facebook.com/rateccanberra
Road Transport Historical Society
Sydney Road Transport Museum
www.sydneyroadtransportmuseum.blogspot.com.au www.facebook.com/sydneyroadtransportmuseum
Transport Enthusiasts Society of South Australia
http://tessa.wisp.fastmail.com.au
Tasmanian Bus and Coach Society (TBCS)
Australian transport museums featuring bus collections
Campe’s Motor Museum (Horsham)
http://www.visitgreaterhamilton.com.au/campes-motor-museum
Canberra Transport Museum (home pending)
Custodians of the former RATEC memorabilia collection
www.facebook.com/canberratransportmuseum
National Road Transport Museum (Alice Springs, NT)
www.facebook.com/Trucks.n.Trains
Sydney Bus Museum
www.facebook.com/SydneyBusMuseum
Tasmanian Transport Museum
www.facebook.com/TasmanianTransportMuseum
Tramway Museum, St Kilda (SA) (includes Trolley Bus collection) www.trammuseumadelaide.com
www.facebook.com/trammuseumstkilda
Whiteman Park & Revolutions Transport Museum (WA)
www.whitemanpark.com.au/attractions
New Zealand preservation clubs, groups and museums
Ferrymead Heritage Bus Group & Ferrymead Heritage Park (Christchurch NZ)
www.facebook.com/ferrymeadheritagebuses
www.facebook.com/ferrymeadpark
Foxton Trolley Bus Museum
www.facebook.com/FoxtonTrolleyBusMuseum
Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT) (Auckland, New Zeeland)
Omnibus Society NZ (Wellington, New Zealand)
www.facebook.com/OmnibusSocietyNz
Otago Heritage Bus Society
www.facebook.com/otagoheritagebus
Other transport preservation clubs and groups for Victoria
Australian Electric Traction Association
www.transitaustralia.com.au/aeta.htm
Association of Tourist Railways (Victoria)
Australian Railway Historical Society – Victorian Division
Australian Timetable Association
www.facebook.com/AustralianTimetableAssociation
Australian Tourist Heritage Railways Association
Australian Transport Ticket Collectors Association
Council of Tramway Museums of Australia (COTMA)
Transport museums in Victoria
Alexandra Timber Tramway & Museum
www.facebook.com/Alexandra-Timber-Tramway-Museum-1439004933001393
ARHS Newport Railway Museum
www.arhsvic.org.au/index.php/museum
www.facebook.com/NewportRailwayMuseum
Melbourne Tram Museum (Hawthorn)
www.facebook.com/MelbourneTramMuseum
Melbourne Tramcar Preservation Association (MTPA) (Haddon)
Seymour Railway Heritage Centre (SRHC)
www.facebook.com/SeymourRailwayHeritageCentre
Tramway Museum Society of Victoria (Bylands)
www.facebook.com/tramwaymuseum
Heritage railways & train tours in Victoria Bellarine Railway
www.facebook.com/TheBellarineRailway
Daylesford Spa Country Railway
www.facebook.com/daylesfordrailway
Diesel Electric Railmotor Preservation Association of Victoria (DERMPAV)
www.facebook.com/dermpav.victoria
Kerrisdale Mountain Railway & Museum
www.kerrisdalemtnrailway.com.au www.facebook.com/kerrisdalemountainrailwayandmuseum2015
Mornington Railway
Puffing Billy Railway (Belgrave)
www.facebook.com/PuffingBillyRailway
Red Cliffs Historical Steam Railway
www.redcliffshistoricalsteamrailway.org
Seymour Railway Heritage Centre Tours
www.facebook.com/SeymourRailwayHeritageCentre
707 Operations
www.facebook.com/707operationsInc
Steamrail Victoria
Victorian Goldfields Railway (Maldon)
www.facebook.com/Victorian-Goldfields-Railway-260461453995400
Walhalla Goldfields Railway
Yarra Valley Railway
www.facebook.com/YarraValleyRailway
Heritage tramways in Victoria
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Bendigo Tramways
www.facebook.com/bendigotramways
Coal Creek Bush Tramway & Heritage Village (Korumburra)
Portland Cable Trams
www.facebook.com/portlandcabletram
Facebook Groups (with a focus on Victorian Buses)
Melbourne Transport Friends
www.facebook.com/groups/351646584847809
Victorian Private Route Operators
www.facebook.com/groups/155240787938336
Buses & Coaches of Australia & New Zealand
www.facebook.com/groups/379126048788907
Bus Australia
www.facebook.com/groups/busaustralia
Bus, Train, Tram, Plane, and Ferry all over advertising appreciation group
www.facebook.com/groups/265578220207932
AEC/Leyland Bus and Truck Australia and New Zealand
www.facebook.com/groups/1390572081177698
Aussie Bus and Coach Memories (+ Trams)
www.facebook.com/groups/1461689274042875
Aussie Flxible Clipper Club
www.facebook.com/groups/523845601147392
Australian Long Distance Bus and Coach
www.facebook.com/groups/293867174115535
Bus & Coach Photography
https://www.facebook.com/groups/gunzels
CDC Australia Fan Page
https://www.facebook.com/groups/403076413136239/
Dysons Group Enthusiasts
www.facebook.com/groups/1755110481376978
LC Dysons Bus Service past and present Drivers Family and Friends
www.facebook.com/groups/1491052161194014
HCVC (Historic Commercial Vehicles Club of AUST.)
www.facebook.com/groups/1536889553212917
Leyland Buses and all half cab buses in Australia
www.facebook.com/groups/442075685917835
MAN Bus Appreciation Group
www.facebook.com/groups/655203804506094
Mercedes Benz Appreciation Group
www.facebook.com/groups/1475362132753794
Mercedes Benz O305 appreciation group www.facebook.com/groups/202233709881187 Mercedes Benz O405 appreciation group www.facebook.com/groups/276798145736086
M&MTB – Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board
www.facebook.com/groups/366275143423544
The Greyhound Pioneer Gang
www.facebook.com/groups/6938742108/
Volgren www.facebook.com/groups/288174633302
Additions or collections
If you’d like your society’s website or Facebook group added to our list, please email our webmaster at webmaster@bcsv.org.au with details.
Likewise, please let us know of an errors or dead-links.