POTM May 2025

[Barry Drive]

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 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.

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My submissions are exclusively Scania L94UBs seen this month:


350 stopped at Duffy Shops on 7th April.


361 and 370 meet at Woden Temporary Interchange on 10th April.


336, 359 and 330 depart Tuggeranong Interchange together on 24th April.

[L94UBbusfan]

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


BUS 350 at the Canberra Centre on the 23rd of April


BUS 327 also at the Canberra Centre on the 23rd of April, unfortunately my camera decided to crop the edges out.

[Barry Drive]

To meet the 6 photo minimum:


Bus 814 at Gungahlin Place.

In accordance with the rules, nominations will close at midnight

[Snorzac]

BUS 826 at the top of Mount Ainslie on a private charter


BUS 508 at Westfields Belconnen following the conclusion of a charter for "Flight" back in January



And to finish up, a picture from the archives, BUS 368 at Cameron Ave Bus Station operating a route 900

[Barry Drive]

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