ACT Bus Forum

Nominations for Photo of the Month now open.

The rules:

● two* photographs may be submitted by each member, provided they have not been submitted before

  ◦ * a third photo may be submitted if it meets the criteria shown here (https://www.actbus.net/forum/index.php?topic=4685.0) - or any Electric Bus or PR100.2. However you may only submit a maximum of 2 photos of the same bus or of the same location.

● 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 support 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 (for landscape aspect) 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 by replying to this forum topic and attaching the image; to ensure consistency, photos must be displayed with a width of 640 (or height of 640 if a "portrait" aspect) - photos larger 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].

To submit photos from Instagram, you must post a reply with a caption and paste the URL of the Instagram image. Photos not publicly visible cannot be submitted. We will not accept unhosted photos - they must be stored on a photo hosting site (such as Instagram, Flickr or Facebook).

Submissions close midnight 27 July, Australian Eastern standard time unless fewer than 6 photos have been submitted.

Voting will commence on 28 July. Voting will close 31 July/1 Aug.

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.

(https://www.actbus.net/wp-content/gallery/bus-394/Bus394-LennoxCsg-1.jpg)
Bus 394 at National Museum stop

(https://www.actbus.net/wp-content/gallery/bus-623/Bus623-Dickson-1.jpg)
Bus 623 at Dickson Interchange (with Tram 003 in the background)

(https://www.actbus.net/wp-content/gallery/bus-800-3/Bus800-Dickson-1.jpg)
Bus 800 at Dickson Interchange [bonus category]

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Nominations will remain open for another 2 days.

(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53885778741_defecfce45_o.jpg)
BUS 958 crossing Benjamin Way in to Belconnen Interchange on 1 July 2024.

(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53886199915_0ed87ffd70_o.jpg)
BUS 960 travelling along Barry Drive, Turner on 27 June 2024.

(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53884871172_5e160b0854_o.jpg)
Bonus category - Renault PR100.2
BUS 963 laying over at Cowper Street, Dickson Shops on 24 June 2024.

(https://i.ibb.co/1ZCrGBy/IMG-0068.jpg) (https://ibb.co/Wnrkv78)
BUS 375 at Woden on an R4 just minutes before the odometer clocked over 1 million km, believe it has 999999.7 when I stopped at Woden!

(https://i.ibb.co/KmqgPk9/IMG-0185.jpg) (https://ibb.co/8X5wCpj)
BUS387 at Chapman Terminus

(https://i.ibb.co/ygqC0ht/IMG-0241.jpg) (https://ibb.co/MP7Hn8r)
BUS375 on Warragamba Ave

Voting is open. Closes 2 August.