ACT Bus Forum

Photo of the Month nominations are now open for December.

The rules:

● two* photographs may be submitted by any one person, provided they have not been submitted before

● * This month we are seeking photos of Bus 490 - Yutong ZG6131HG1. If you submit a photo (or two) meeting this criterion, you may post up to three photos but you may only submit a maximum of 2 photos of the same bus.

● photos must be "owned" by the person submitting it (if not, you must have the permission of the photographer to submit the photo - and identify the photographer)

● photos must be have taken legally - ACT Bus does not encourage or condone trespassing

● submitted photographs must prominently feature:

  ◦ public transport infrastructure (such as bus stop, bus station, bus depot, Light Rail line, tram depot) within the ACT / Queanbeyan region (location must be specified)

and/or

  ◦ a bus, tram or ancillary vehicle from the ACT or Queanbeyan (taken within the region or a former ACT/Queanbeyan bus) where -
    ▪ the vehicle is in focus
    ▪ the fleet or registration number is identifiable (or supplied by photographer if not visible in photograph)

● photos narrower than 640 pixels will not be accepted

If possible, please supply date or month of photo.

Refer here (http://actbus.net/gallery-submissions) for full ACT Bus photo submission conditions.

Photos can be submitted four ways: (1) by posting to this forum topic (2) by posting on ACT Bus Facebook page (and mentioning POTM) (3) by DM to @barry_drive on Instagram (4) by contacting ACT Bus (submit a "contact us" form, send a message to our Facebook page or send me a Private Message) - and we'll send you an email address.

Unhosted photos may be uploaded into the ACT Bus Gallery which will apply a watermark. Requests to remove the watermark will not be considered.

To ensure consistency, photos must be displayed with a width of 640 (or height if 640 if a "portrait" aspect) - photos wider than 640 are required to use the option width=640 or height=640 in the image tag. For example: [img width=640] instead of [img].

Submissions close midnight 26 November, Australian Eastern daylight saving time, unless fewer than 6 photos have been submitted.

Voting will commence on 27 November. Voting will close 1 December.

The winning photo will be loaded to the actbus.net website and posted to ACT Bus on Facebook and Instagram. The winner and runner(s)-up will also be included in the Photo of the Year vote. By submitting a photo, you are giving permission for it to be loaded onto the ACT Bus Gallery, and Facebook and Instagram pages.

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7347 at Woden Interchange starting an 831 to Queanbeyan - a rare sight on route work. #wow

(https://www.actbus.net/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Factbus.net%2Fgallery%2Fzp-core%2Ffull-image.php%3Fa%3DACTION-Buses-Disposals%2FRenault-PR100-3%2FBus-114%2FCTM-114%26amp%3Bi%3Dex-114-King-George-Terrace-with-ex-967-.jpg%26amp%3Bq%3D75%26amp%3Bwmk%3DGallery%26amp%3Bdsp%3DProtected%2520view%26amp%3Bcheck%3Dcaa6f97a35ab1e48c5f1b367f806091e41ad2122&hash=ea552cf804cdf009a6277290558f6851bd0cf180)
ex-114 and ex-967 on King George Terrace, Parkes.

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490 departs Woden on an R5 to Lanyon Mkt Pl.

(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50640275543_b512e3744f_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2k9UDD2)
BUS 490-2029 (https://flic.kr/p/2k9UDD2) by Zac Mathes (https://www.flickr.com/photos/zacmathes/), on Flickr
BUS 490 at Kippax Interchange prior to operating a route 44
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50640281218_b23a86e77a_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2k9UFjS)
Untitled (https://flic.kr/p/2k9UFjS) by Zac Mathes (https://www.flickr.com/photos/zacmathes/), on Flickr
BUS 659 on Lachlan st Maquarie as the sun rises
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50640281203_d915535662_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2k9UFjB)
Untitled (https://flic.kr/p/2k9UFjB) by Zac Mathes (https://www.flickr.com/photos/zacmathes/), on Flickr
ex BUS 114 on Heyson st Lyons

(https://i.imgur.com/x0GkRkW.jpg)
490 at Woden

(https://i.imgur.com/gOt9krQ.jpg)
490 at Woden with that thing

(https://i.imgur.com/kzFe1sr.jpg)
930 on Barry Drive on driver training day

Voting is now open.