Does this bus go to the city?
By Judy Evans
@JudyEv (381931)
Rockingham, Australia
April 23, 2018 8:41pm CST
I’ve just Lori’s (@LoriAMoore) discussion, Funny Signs Not A Bus and it reminded me of when Vince and a friend drove the bus home from Melbourne to Donnybrook, a distance of about 35,000 kms (21,747 miles).
After emails and phone calls, Vince had decided it was odds on (highly likely) that he would buy the bus so he and a mate flew to Melbourne with the idea of driving it home across the Nullarbor.
They hired a car at the airport then drove about an hour to inspect the bus. They then had to return the hire car to the airport. Vince had to park the bus and wait for his friend to do the paperwork for returning the car so being Vince, he parked it smack bang in the centre of the pick up/drop off area in a bus zone.
While he was there a woman put her foot on the step and asked was the bus going into the city. When Vince said he was going to Western Australia, she said ‘That will do me’ and laughed. But she didn’t go with them.
The photo is of the bus, Vince and a friendly dog at Kimba in South Australia on their way home. You can read about the galah here:
Some years ago we bought our Leyland Tiger bus over the internet. Unfortunately it was 3,500 kilometres away and south of Melbourne in the Australian state of...
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@silvermist (19701)
• India
24 Apr 18
That is a giant model of the bird.Are all the Galahs grey and pink or are there white winged ones?
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@silvermist (19701)
• India
24 Apr 18
@JudyEv This is also a good one.You know,I have never come across a Galah here or even a statue of the bird.
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@JudyEv (381931)
• Rockingham, Australia
24 Apr 18
@silvermist Perhaps they don't have them in India. Here is a pink cockatoo. Although he is 'pink' it's a different colouration from the pink and grey.
Photo courtesy Aviceda (Wikimedia)
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@changjiangzhibin89 (17239)
• China
24 Apr 18
Wow! 35,000 kms ,that was a demanding drive! It is a really giant parrot 's statue in the picture!
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@changjiangzhibin89 (17239)
• China
25 Apr 18
@JudyEv Oh,I haven't heard of the galah before.Is galah native to Australia?
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@JudyEv (381931)
• Rockingham, Australia
25 Apr 18
@changjiangzhibin89 Yes it is one of our native birds. Here is a 'real' one.
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@just4him (323168)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
25 Apr 18
I love the picture. The bus parked right by the bird is great and would spark a lot of conversation. Had to look at it again to see the dog. It's funny the woman thought the bus was going to the city. That's quite a trip home. How long ago was that?
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@JudyEv (381931)
• Rockingham, Australia
26 Apr 18
@just4him It broke down on the way over the east. It wasn't something that could have been picked or had been hidden. But then they had to get a part for England so that took quite a few months. It was in Kalgoorlie at the time so 700 kms away. We did it all ourselves and we were pretty slow. There was a lot of 'thinking' time for Vince - how to do the electrics, water supply, fridge, toilet, etc. We can plug into power or run off batteries. The fridge is three-way power, battery or gas. So it did take a long time.
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@JudyEv (381931)
• Rockingham, Australia
25 Apr 18
Yes, they had a few adventures on the way as the bus broke down before they got home and had to have some major work done on it.
@hereandthere (45628)
• Philippines
24 Apr 18
melbourne to donnybrook? wow. how many days did it take?
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@JudyEv (381931)
• Rockingham, Australia
24 Apr 18
Yes, that is the bus. We converted it when we got it home. In the photo it is full of seats but we took them all out and made a motor-home out of it.
@xFiacre (14795)
• Ireland
24 Apr 18
@judyev I’d have been tempted to say “yes I’m going to the city” but not say which city and let her on. I was stopped outside a club in Belfast a few years ago waiting for my daughter when two tipsy women came out, climbed into my back seat and told me the address they wanted to go to, thinking I was their taxi. I just sat on while they chatted till they asked why I wasn’t moving. They were most annoyed and berated me robustly for their own silliness.
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@JohnRoberts (109841)
• Los Angeles, California
24 Apr 18
Now that is a photo op!
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@mlgen1037 (29882)
• Manila, Philippines
24 Apr 18
I want to go there and see that giant bird. Hehe
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@mlgen1037 (29882)
• Manila, Philippines
24 Apr 18
@JudyEv Yey! Thank you, Judy. Many interesting places there in Australia. 
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@JudyEv (381931)
• Rockingham, Australia
24 Apr 18
We have a number of these 'big' icons here and there. I know America has too.
