POTM July 2025

[Barry Drive]

Nominations for July 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 any version Bustech VST. 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 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, ImgBB or Facebook).

Submissions close midnight 28 June 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 29 June. Voting will take 3 days and close 1/2 July.

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.

[L94UBbusfan]

BUS 376 leaving Regatta Point on a Reconciliation Day shuttle


BUS 720 at Regatta Point on Reconciliation Day

I have a photo of 384, but the rules say a maximum of 2 photos of buses at the same location.

[Barry Drive]

Bus 432 outside Kingsford Smith School (Hardwick Cres)


Bus 830 at Dickson Interchange

[Bus 400]

CDC Canberra Bus 8624 at Queanbeyan Interchange


Transport Canberra Bus 724 at Kippax Interchange


Transport Canberra Bus 357 at Chisholm Shops

[Barry Drive]

Voting has commenced. Winner will be known Wednesday 2 July.

[Barry Drive]

Due to a tied vote, voting has been extended by 24 hours and now 3 votes will be permitted per user.

If you have voted, you may edit your vote to add a third option (remove your vote, then vote again). If you haven't voted, you may do so now.

If a tie remains tomorrow, there will be a run-off vote.

[Barry Drive]

Bus 357 won with 5 votes. But another 4 photos all tied for second place.

So in order to determine which photo(s) are eligible for the Photo of the Year voting, there will now be a further vote between the runners-up.

One vote only, voting will run for 7 days.