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Optimus 6965 is seen on the 90 near the Wollongong WIN Stadium after dusk.
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Three CR228L bodied Volvos were used on the Uni service in 2024, some still in their previous colours. On the left is hybrid B5RHLE TV9613 acquired from CDC Melbourne, former 138 (1FW2HP) new in 2013. Alongside is TV9612, a more mundane B7RLE, new as a Volvo demonstrator in 2008 registered UPR855 in Victoria. It arrived with Dion's in a purple livery for the University Shuttle service.
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A second hybrid B5RHLE was former Transperth 2245 (TP2245). It too was new in 2013 but became TV7664 with Dion's. On the lift is B7RLE MO5344.
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On a morning school run in Nundah in March 2016 was Red & White's PMCA 160 bodied Hino RG197K 08 (273TTR). This bus has a fun history arriving from Surfside where it was 467, prior to that it was Orange Bus Lines 2, Shorelink 94, St Ive's Bus Service of Pymble as MO8408 and originally new in 1991 to Dion's.
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Seen in 2009 is one of a pair of Mercedes O405NH Bustech combinations with Casino dating from 2000 and acquired from King Brothers when only three years old. This is 27 (MO5772), previously MO5204, its sister is numbered sequentially. Both buses were acquired by Dion's for the University Shuttle, this one becoming TV8339, the other TV8340. This one was withdrawn when the Uni service was cut back during COVID and sold to Moore's Tours of Carss Park gaining new rego TV698A. The other soldiered on until early 2024. |
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