Brisbane Transport Museum

05/09/2026

03/09/2026

Two more sleeps.... 😁🚌😎

02/09/2026

Ok - so we've teased enough now with the "glimpses" of parts of our Volvo B10M bus 🚌 185 - who's restoration is now complete.... and this Saturday 5 September, you can FINALLY get to see her .... (all of her and not just random bits 🤭) at The Brisbane Transport Museum from 10am until 2pm 😁😎

But that's not all....

Between 10am and 1130am and again from around 1pm - 2pm, you can enjoy free joy rides (with museum admission) on her - to welcome her back from restoration and back into museum service.

(If you haven't visited us for a few months, we have a new-improved joyride circuit that has a few "right hand" ➡️ turns as well as left ⬅️, so its a little more balanced 😆)

It is also the 30th anniversary of - The Queensland Omnibus & Coach Society - the club behind the museum.

At midday, there will be a short ceremony to thank and appreciate our major sponsor for this restoration, our friends at Indra for their generous support funding the restoration of this iconic Brisbane bus 🙏😊

Now there's one (1) more thing....

Given that our freshened up bus 185 is a Volvo, we thought we'd welcome her back by complimenting the joy rides with a selection of only our other European buses for this open day - giving things a slightly Euro flavour 🇪🇺😎

So come along and join us between 10am and 2pm this coming Saturday 5 September at 600 Mains Rd, Nathan.

Museum admission $20, discounts for kids & concession holders. Cash or card payment welcome at either the top carpark gate entry or the Mains rd entry point 😁

See you there! 😎

02/09/2026

As we countdown the days to the start of our 30th anniversary celebrations, we have been busy behind the scenes diving into our archives to reminisce on some key milestones in our history.

Here is a throwback to July 2020 when Coachworks meticulously restored 1948 AEC Regal III bus number 80 to original condition, our oldest Brisbane City Council bus.

01/09/2026

As we countdown the days to the start of our 30th anniversary celebrations, we have been busy behind the scenes diving into our archives to reminisce on some key milestones in our history.

Here is a throwback to Sunday 16 August 1998 when we acquired our very first bus, 1970 Leyland Panther bus number 721, courtesy of Kevin and Beryl Doyle of Doyle’s Bus Lines.

31/08/2026

As we countdown the days to the start of our 30th anniversary celebrations, we have been busy behind the scenes diving into our archives to reminisce on some key milestones in our history.

Here is a throwback to March 2007 when we conducted a tour to local bus manufacturers: Coachworks at Acacia Ridge and Custom Coaches at Arundel on the Gold Coast.

31/08/2026

As we countdown the days to the start of our 30th anniversary celebrations, we have been busy behind the scenes diving into our archives to reminisce on some key milestones in our history.

Here is a throwback to July 2005 when we couldn’t help but notice that then QOCS Secretary, Martin Stepancich, shared some similarities with John Symond from Aussie Home Loans!