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04/09/2026

We didn’t know what to expect….. Here’s an update on our bendy bus project. With horror stories of windows falling out whilst in service, we decided before putting on a paint job we’d tackle what really matters underneath and give our bendy a serious second chance in service. Want to be part of our design team to work out its paint scheme? We’ll keep you posted on an upcoming challenge!

01/09/2026

What do you do when you find an intriguing coach on Facebook Marketplace and the price is right? Jump on an XPT to Kempsey and drive it home of course. What could possibly go wrong? In this video we take you along for the whole adventure as we quickly learn about our MAN 18.360 with a ZF AS-Tronic gearbox and race to get it ready for a big weekend of Central Coast Rail.

28/08/2026

Sorry! After a fortnight of getting our head around pre-planned rail, we’re back to showing you behind the scenes of our operation. Friday night should be a celebration but it is generally relocation night and this time we’re bringing back a familiar bus that seems to spend a lot of time in the panelshop. Accident damage is inevitable in this game, but it is all about managing risks and putting together the right fleet to minimise risk.

Part of the new pre-planned Contingency Bussing Contract was a requirement for operators to upload TODIS (Transport Oper...
15/08/2026

Part of the new pre-planned Contingency Bussing Contract was a requirement for operators to upload TODIS (Transport Operations Data Interface Specification) files when operating pre-planned services. This data contains timetable, shift and route information, and technically should allow live tracking of the buses in operation. During the tender process, we had zero idea what this even meant, but it has worked out to be a far more involved and expensive than anticipated. Leaving things far too late, our last TODIS submission was processed through Busable only yesterday and thankfully appeared uploaded through TNSW's systems this morning.

Driver tablets were installed & partially tested Friday night (they do not work until the vehicles are at the actual bus stop) and the buses are ready for the morning only service between Central to Ashfield on Sunday. My chariot for the day will be this dinosaur and museum piece B10BLE.

Over the weekend we dragged out our Volvo B10BLE in anticipation for the upcoming Contingency Bussing Contract. Whilst i...
11/08/2026

Over the weekend we dragged out our Volvo B10BLE in anticipation for the upcoming Contingency Bussing Contract. Whilst it can only do a year or so before it becomes age expired for rail, it gives us a weak justification to the accountants to be able to steer a B10BLE once again! When I was driving route buses 20+ years ago, I spent more time in B10BLEs than any other model and whilst they never excited me, they were such a lovely and easy vehicle to drive full-time.

After nearly 25 years, our B10BLE still drives as good as I remember them when they were brand new. In fact, they probably drive better than some of the newest low floors out there now.

Today we were thrown a last minute handback, and we're going to test the waters and send vehicles out on Central to Ashfield this weekend. It's a hell of a rush but we'll give it a go as it is quite a simple possession. Who knows, this could well be the last time we are asked!

We're back on air-conditioning duties today fitting up a new Denso shaft seal on our B10BLE as it had been sitting around since COVID. For those following our AC woes, the Denso shaft seal was around $300 + GST. The Hispacold shaft seal last week? Basically $1000 + GST.......

07/08/2026

Last Friday we ducked down to Canberra to pick up another bus sight unseen, but this time an Irisbus Delta - one of the most misunderstood brands and models here in Australia. Join us on its delivery run as we give you a tour around this unique piece of Australian engineering. It all starts in 1993 by Terry O’Hare, a Ten Pound Pom who ended up with one of the longest lists of achievements ever from owning the largest truck repair business in Australia, starting Centurion, building custom buses for Werribee Zoo to owning truck stops, building Whitsunday Airport, managing an America’s Cup Team to holding the Guiness World Record for the largest Australian flag.

With the new Contingency Bussing Contract having started 1st July, we’ll be “attempting” to manage one of the Central Co...
07/08/2026

With the new Contingency Bussing Contract having started 1st July, we’ll be “attempting” to manage one of the Central Coast Line shutdowns on the weekend of the 22nd and 23rd of August. Utilising the latest Transport for NSW apps, we have uploaded shifts & timetables, and technically all of our vehicles should be trackable. It could well become a complete balls up but we’ll give it a go regardless. Age requirements have highlighted our lack of rail compliant vehicles so we registered these two in anticipation only today!

A Hispacold Update: We received a call from Steve Heanes, Managing Director of Irizar Asia Pacific only minutes after ou...
05/08/2026

A Hispacold Update: We received a call from Steve Heanes, Managing Director of Irizar Asia Pacific only minutes after our last post about shaft seal issues. To give full credit, he never hid from the problem and openly discussed the issues they were facing since changing suppliers for their shaft seals. We learnt they were already up to Version 5 of seals trying to solve the problem and furthermore offered their after-sales technical support and the possibility of supplying their latest seal to test. Honestly, to reach out to a nobody bus company who had never even bought an Irizar new, we do actually respect that a lot.

The first broken Hispacold received a new shaft seal, drier, 4kg of gas and a 12 monthly service which cost $2800. The 2nd Hispacold needed 3x Condensor Fans, 3x Speed Controllers, 2x Condensor Fan covers, a new low pressure switch, a new shrader valve and received a 12 monthly service which cost $3800. Realistically, this was just normal wear and tear plus damage from tree strikes. Irizar have the compressor mount and fitting kit to be able to retrofit a Valeo TM65, and this will be our next step if we continue to have compressor problems.

From our experience, the Irizar body is ahead of the Chinese builds, but still behind the Aussie builds. Where they stand out though is in their after-sales support. Either way they can't be too bad as we've got another coming from WA. Rest assured it will not stay in that disgusting orange!

As un-glamorous as working as a bus driver may sound, the bus industry can deliver some amazing perks. Being paid to see...
03/08/2026

As un-glamorous as working as a bus driver may sound, the bus industry can deliver some amazing perks. Being paid to see sights travellers can only dream of is an obvious one. However, you'd be surprised as a lowly bus driver I've worked with many celebrities from driving major sporting teams around (my least favourite task...) to world-famous movie stars and musicians. One of my recent favourites was working with Australian music legend Paul Kelly on a promo for a one-night only performance in Kings Cross. A real down-to-earth bloke who was unreal to chat to.

So do consider the bus industry, as it can offer many different facets to just carting junkies around.

To see Paul's video, and snippets of our Hino BG300 check out the video at: https://www.facebook.com/share/r/196pkFf5HN/

Within our fleet we run Thermoking, Coachair, Denso and Hispacold air-conditioning units. We regularly service all of th...
03/08/2026

Within our fleet we run Thermoking, Coachair, Denso and Hispacold air-conditioning units. We regularly service all of them and get an excellent run out of all except consistently one. Two vehicles are off the road today and surprise, surprise, they are both Hispacolds. On one unit, after replacing 3 shaft seals within 12 months, we bit the bullet and spent nearly $8000 and fitted a brand new Hispacold compressor. Two years to the date, and we're up for another shaft seal after losing 4kg of refrigerant. Air-conditioning is critical in our industry, so make sure you choose the right make as it will literally make or break you!

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236a New Line Road
Dural, NSW
2158

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