POTM June 2025

[Barry Drive]

Nominations for June 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 Irisbus Agora Lines or new National Zoo AOA buses. 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 May 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 May. Voting will take 3 days and close 31 May/1 June.

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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Bonus category: Irisbus Agora Lines


Irisbus Agora Line BUS 316 seen on John Gorton Drive, Coombs performing the afternoon Temporary School Route 47 to Whitlam, due to the closure of Coppins Crossing. 16 May 2025.


The evening of 24 April 2025 saw more widespread use of Irisbus Agora Lines than usual. BUS 310 is seen here at Woden Temporary Interchange on a southbound R4.


Scania K360UA BUS 531 makes an appearance on a Saturday R10 turning onto Felstead Vista, Denman Prospect. 26 April 2025.

[CBRFlyer]

BUS812 and BUS814 at Launceston at Layover


BUS656 at the Royal Australian Mint


From the archives, back to 2009, BUS300 at Belconnen Interchange having completed the final service to Belconnen Interchange, a route 900 from Tuggeranong

[King of Buses]

513 on Warramoo Cres, Narrabundah.


374 on Easty St, Phillip.

[Barry Drive]

Voting is now open. 8 photos, up to 3 votes per user.