Bus Operators

While the area is now subsumed by Brisbane Airport, Cribb Island was once a popular seaside resort for the people of Brisbane. The origins of the first motor bus service … Continue reading Cribb Island Bus Service →

The story begins during the early 1970s when Reg and Yvonne Clark had their eldest daughter attending their local primary school, Loganholme State School, 30 kilometres to the south of … Continue reading Clark’s Logan City Bus Service →

The story begins back in 1942 when a 16-year old Stan Young began working for Monty Davies as a driver on his Port Curtis-Gracemere passenger service. Remarkably, this was not … Continue reading Young’s Bus Service →

The story begins back in 1954 when Roland Polley traded in his family farm at Wallumbilla near Roma in Western Queensland, for a move to the coastal town of Tin … Continue reading Polley’s Coaches →

The Nundah Bus Service is one of Brisbane's lesser known private bus operations. Proprietor Ivan Godfred Franklin was originally a body builder by trade at Austral Motors, before starting his … Continue reading Nundah Bus Service (I.G. Franklin) →

Nestled in the heart of the Lockyer Valley and south of Wivenhoe Dam is the town of Coominya, a place where the Burns family has called home for over 60 … Continue reading Burns Bus Service →

Following the expiration of its toll franchise over the Hornibrook Bridge in October 1975, M R Hornibrook Pty Ltd sold its Hornibrook Highway Bus Service business to Victorian bus proprietors … Continue reading Hornibrook Bus Lines →

The McGrath family's Black & White Buses plied between the bayside suburb of Sandgate and city of Brisbane for a period of 27 years. Before they got started in Sandgate … Continue reading Black & White Buses (Sandgate) →

The story begins in 1932 with the start of construction of a privately funded toll bridge providing a direct link between Brisbane and the coastal city of Redcliffe. Conceived and … Continue reading Hornibrook Highway Bus Service →