ACT Bus Forum

Nominations for May are now open.

The rules:

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

  ◦ * this month we are seeking photos of Scania L94UBs. 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 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 April 2025, Australian Eastern standard time (unless fewer than 6 photos have been submitted, in which case a further 24 hours will be allowed).

Voting will commence on 28 April. Voting will take 3 days and close 30 April/1 May.

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.

My submissions are exclusively Scania L94UBs seen this month:

(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54477084663_0bc39051f9_o.jpg)
350 stopped at Duffy Shops on 7th April.

(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54477084628_92529f2ea2_o.jpg)
361 and 370 meet at Woden Temporary Interchange on 10th April.

(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54477084658_6bf7f9b7f2_o.jpg)
336, 359 and 330 depart Tuggeranong Interchange together on 24th April.

My photos this month aren't the best, but I have 2 decent ones that I think are worth nominating

(https://i.postimg.cc/ZqXYNhTy/IMG-2181.jpg)
BUS 350 at the Canberra Centre on the 23rd of April

(https://i.postimg.cc/FsZJt1ZF/IMG-2178.jpg)
BUS 327 also at the Canberra Centre on the 23rd of April, unfortunately my camera decided to crop the edges out.

To meet the 6 photo minimum:

(https://www.actbus.net/wp-content/gallery/bus-814-2/Bus814-GungahlinPl-1.jpg)
Bus 814 at Gungahlin Place.

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In accordance with the rules, nominations will close at midnight

(https://i.ibb.co/1YvpsbDY/IMG-5764.jpg)
BUS 826 at the top of Mount Ainslie on a private charter

(https://i.ibb.co/HD8ckJqq/IMG-4459.jpg)
BUS 508 at Westfields Belconnen following the conclusion of a charter for "Flight" back in January


(https://i.ibb.co/bMtwqhqh/3643113481-6cda87e723-o.jpg)
And to finish up, a picture from the archives, BUS 368 at Cameron Ave Bus Station operating a route 900

Open for voting. Voting closes on Friday morning (2 May).