Bus Australia was a short-lived Australian interstate coach operator formed in 1985 when Volvo Trucks dealer Max Winkless from Perth linked Across Australia Coachlines with Briscoe's Coachlines and Quest Tours of Adelaide, and Perth based Parlorcars Group.Max Winkless goes public Truck & Bus Transportation October 1986 page 24Bus Australia acquires major SA coach operator Truck & Bus Transportation January 1987 page 7Victorian Buses in the Eighties Australian Bus Panorama issue 6/6 February 1991 page 303 Winkless Max National Road Transport Hall of Fame In 1989 the east coast-based Intertour business was purchased with 27 coaches.Bus Australia Takes Intertour Australasian Bus & CoachIndustry News Australian Bus Panorama issue 5/1 July 1989 page 14 In 1993 Bus Australia merged with Greyhound Australia and Ansett Pioneer to form Greyhound Pioneer Australia.Greyhound / Bus Australia Merge Australasian Bus & Coach March 1992 page 14Sweeping reforms in ACH's strategic recovery program Truck & Bus Transportation December 1993 page 82
Fleet While operating the standard Austral Tourmaster and Denning Landseer coaches, in 1986 Bus Australia began importing Bova Futura coaches from the Netherlands.Bova exportsCommercial Motor 6 April 1985Victorian Buses in the Eighties Australian Bus Panorama issue 6/6 February 1991 page 6 Some were assembled in Perth by JW Bolton.First deliveries from Bova Australia Truck & Bus Transportation July 1990 page 192First Aussie Bovas delivered Truck & Bus Transportation January 1991 page 101 Fleet livery was white, red and blue.
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