ACT Bus Forum

Nominations are now open for POTM May. Keep reading for modified rules.

The rules:

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

  ◦ * this month we are seeking photos of Woden Temporary Interchange or Woden Interchange^[1]. 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 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 (including Flickr, Facebook or photo sharing sites such as imgbb.com).

Submissions close midnight 26 April 2026, 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 27 April. Voting will take 4 days and close 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.

** If there are 10 or more submissions, the top 2 photos will be posted to actbus.net and Facebook.

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1 - photos of, or taken at, (A) Woden Temporary Interchange or (B) Woden Interchange on or after 20 April 2026.

To start us off:

(https://www.actbus.net/wp-content/gallery/bus-720-2/Bus720-csbs-1.jpg)
Bus 720 departing Cohen St Bus Station

(https://www.actbus.net/wp-content/gallery/woden-interchange/WodenTempInt-pl3.jpg)
Bus 581 at Woden Temporary Interchange Platform 3

(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54126344696_1398c505a2_z.jpg) Former Bus 717 seen at the Woden Temporary Interchange

(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54812816268_8d6e9921b8_z.jpg) MO-9033 Of CDC Canberra seen in the Canberra CBD

Both photos taken by myself

(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55230865488_b38296516b_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2s9yC6w)
Bus 892 at Woden Temporary Interchange

(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55231120505_79d1ac254e_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2s9zVUn)
Bus 704 on Alinga Street, City

(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55230710256_0afaa42672_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2s9xPX7)
Bus 459 at Woden Interchange 

Sufficient photos have been submitted, so voting is now open.