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Baan Baa Cricket Club Grandstand

Derelict Bus

Baan Baa Cricket Club Grandstand

Driving between Gunnedah and Narrabri on the Kamilaroi Highway we passed the small town of Baan Baa. Like most Australian towns it has a cricket club and oval, but what made us stop was its grandstand. Originally a Leyland Titan double-decker bus, this repurposed vehicle now serves as the club’s grandstand. You can find some pictures of Titans in happier condition here.

In very poor condition, with most of the panels removed, probably to improve airflow and visibility. A wooden awning has been added outside, along with some bench seats, but they look very unstable. The interior looked unsafe, so we didn’t enter, but looked through the windows. Wooden bench seats have replaced the original bus seating, even on the upper level.

Along with the overgrown cricket pitch, this bus needs some attention, but is still a great place to stop for something so unusual. Be careful of the long grass, unstable bus and awning. Otherwise enjoy a unique site in the Australian bush.

  • Derelict Bus
    The Derelict Leyland Titan
  • Derelict Bus
    Rear of the Bus
  • Derelict Bus
    The Bus and its Awning
  • Baan Baa Cricket Club Grandstand
    Baan Baa Cricket Club Grandstand
  • Baan Baa Cricket Club Grandstand
    Bus and Awning in Need of Some Maintenance
  • Derelict Bus
    This Side Faces the Road
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Sydney Bus Museum

AEC Roadmaster 1708 Sydney Bus Museum Australia

Sydney Bus Museum

About The Museum

The Sydney Bus Museum is a not-for-profit organisation first established in 1986 at Tempe, and now permanently based within the Old Tramshed at Leichhardt in Sydney’s inner-west.

It is a working museum made up of over 250 members who together help to preserve a rare, and invaluable collection of historic buses dating from the 1920s to 1980s.

How to Get to the Sydney Bus Museum

We caught the light rail from Central Station getting off at North Leichhardt. From here it’s a short walk to the Museum. As you walk along City West Link Road you will see gaps in the noise reduction barriers. Take the second of these into the roads behind and you will find the museum 100m up the road

The Museum’s Collection

The Sydney Bus Museum’s collection consists of over 70 vehicles ranging from primitive 1920s type buses, through to 1940s and 50s Leyland’s and AEC’s as well as the more modern 1980s Mercedes-Benz city buses. The Museum also houses Australia’s largest collection of historic double deckers, including those from Sydney, Adelaide and London.

The museum’s collection is impressive and they are well laid out in the old workshop building. Many are open for inspection and you are able to enter them although usually only in the passenger areas not the driver’s position . This is great as you get to experience what it was like to ride inside the busses.

  • Canberra AEC Regal III 60160 Sydney Bus Museum Australia
    Canberra AEC Regal III 60160
  • AEC Roadmaster 1708 Sydney Bus Museum Australia
    AEC Roadmaster 1708
  • Albion Venturer CX19W 1892 Sydney Bus Museum Australia
    Albion Venturer CX19W 1892
  • Bedford 100 Sydney Bus Museum Australia
    Bedford 100
  • Dennis Lancet II 1492 Sydney Bus Museum Australia
    Dennis Lancet II 1492
  • Leyland OPS2 2599 Sydney Bus Museum Australia
    Leyland OPS2 2599
  • AEC REGENT- 1694 Sydney Bus Museum Australia
    AEC REGENT- 1694
  • Albion Venturer Type 80 1187 Sydney Bus Museum Australia
    Albion Venturer Type 80 1187
  • Leyland OPS2 2599 Sydney Bus Museum Australia
    Leyland OPS2 2599
  • Sydney Bus Museum Australia
    Pioneer Coaches AEC Reliance 634

There is an excellent gift shop selling bus related souvenirs as well as cold drinks.

Bus Trips

On open days the museum runs one of its busses into Sydney. The price of the trip is included with the entrance ticket. An excellent experience for anyone interested in old busses or wants to try something different.

For a photo gallery showing more of the museum’s collection, click here.

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For other interesting places to visit in Sydney, please read some of our other stories.