Bond's Bus Tours [B 70782] • Photograph
Bonds bus at Melrose
One of the early Bonds buses, pictured outside a stone building at Melrose, August 1946.
School children at Hawker
A group of children in front of the Bonds bus at Hawker. They were not part of the tour, but simply turned up out of curiousity. The passengers on the tour can be seen seated in the bus.
Tourist group at Quorn
The tour gropu pictured in front of the Bonds bus at Quorn.
Bonds bus near Melrose
One of the Bonds tour buses parked across a dirt road near Melrose.
Bonds bus outside the hotel at Robe
One of the Bonds buses collecting passengers outside the hotel at Robe.
Bonds bus outside Wonoka Hotel.
One of Bonds buses (without the comapany name) parked outside the Wonoka Hotel at Hawker, corner of Wonoka Terrace and Cradock Road on the Hawker to Wonoka run. The hotel's licence ceased in May 1958; the last publicans were James & Joyce Fergusson. The building was demolished in 1980.
Young men on the Flinders tour
Four young men on one of the Flinders Ranges tours standing in front of the Bonds bus.
Bus parties meeting in the Flinders
Two separate bus tours to the flinder Ranges meet up - passengers are shown talking to one another in front of the two buses.
Ruins near Quorn
Historic ruins of the Wilson Hotel, located between Quorn and Hawker.
Rail head at Alice Springs
One of Bonds' buses on a flat top rail car at the rail head at Alice Springs. The vehicles were shipped by rail from here to Quorn.
Buses at the Alice Springs Chalet
Two of bond's buses parked in the grounds of the Bonds Tours Chalet at Alice Springs.
Bond's buses at the Chalet
Four of Bond's buses parked in the grounds of the company's Northern Territory headquarters at Alice Spring, known as the Chalet.
Bond's buses at the Alice Springs Chalet
One of the custom built buses built for Bond's Tours parked in the grounds of the Alice Springs Chalet.
Bond's bus at Alice Springs
One of the Bond's buses in the grounds of the Alice Springs Chalet.
Esme with Brian Burrows at Alice Springs
Two of Bond's employees, Esme ____ and Brian Burrows, pose for the camera in the grounds of the Alice Springs Chalet, with Esme seated in the laundry basket and holding some folded washing.
Bond's Chalet at Alice Springs
View of some of the buildings and grounds at the Alice Springs Chalet. Hazel Harris on the bike.
Bond's bus at Darwin
One of the Bond's Tour buses at Darwin, with Kevin Harris and Eric Altorfer standing in front.
Bond's Chalet at Allice Springs
View of the Bond's Chalet and grounds at Alice Springs.
Entrance to Bonds Chalet at Alice Springs
A Bonds bus facing towards the wire gate and brush fence that surrounds the Bonds Chalet at Alice Springs.
Resonians tour members
Members of one of the resonian tours, pictured outside the Chalet in Alice Springs. [The 'Resonians' were a group of millionaire businessmes from Melbourne, who travelled to Alice Springs by train, then spent three weeks travelling around the northern Territory with Bonds on a three week charter.]
Aileron Homestead and pub
Long view of the Aileron homestead and pub in the Northern Territory. There is a Bond's tour bus on the left and a Pioneer tour bus on the right.
Bus near Central Mount Stuart
One of Bonds tours buses parked near a sign indicating that it is three miles to Mount Stuart.
Barrow Creek graves
View of the entrance through the stone wall towards the Barrow Creek graves, with one of the Bonds buses in the background.
At Barrow Creek
View of one of the Bonds Tour buses at Barrow Creek.
Miss Resch beside the bus near Darwin
View of Miss Resch, brewery owner, standing beside of one the the Bond's Tours buses near Darwin.
Australian Inland Mission premises
View of one of the Bonds buses outside the Australian Inland Mission premises at Tennant Creek.
Daly Waters turnoff
A Bonds bus parked outside a building at the Daly Waters turnoff.
Ryans Well south of Devils Marbles
One of Bond's buses parked beside the windmill at Ryans Well, south of Devils Marbles in the Northern Territory.
Buses at Daly Waters
A Bond's bus (left) and a Pioneer bus (right) outside buildings at Daly Waters.
Aeneas Gunn's grave site
Two Bonds buses parked at the arch marking the Aeneas Gunn grave site.