POTM August 2021

[Barry Drive]

Photo of the Month nominations are now open for August.

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 Irisbus Agora Lines. 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 will not be accepted

If possible, please supply date or month of photo.

Refer here 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 no longer 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 1 August.

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.

[Snorzac]

BUS 959 by Zac Mathes, on Flickr
BUS 959 "Summer" is seen on Robin Boyd Cres in Taylor


BUS 598 by Zac Mathes, on Flickr
BUS 598 "Marlene" is seen on Crackajack Way in Moncrieff


BUS 309 by Zac Mathes, on Flickr
BUS 309 "Madeline" is seen at Kippax

[King of Buses]

217499 on Nomad Drive near the CBR Airport while operating the COVID-19 CBR Airport Vaccination hub shuttle.


314, "Collette", at Tuggeranong Interchange after operating a route R4 service from Belconnen.

[narc855]

482 with a testing desto on R6 to City West is seen at Narrabundah College.

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309 is seen layovering at Woden Interchange before running 59 to City West.


322 with a testing desto on R3 to Airport is seen at City Interchange.

[Barry Drive]

217-499 on George Tyson Drive (performing the Covid-19 vaccination shuttle)


Bus 438 with its new AOA at Cohen St Bus Stn

[Barry Drive]

Voting is open.