Bond's Bus Tours [B 70782] • Photograph
Mataranka thermal pool
Mataranka thermal pool surrounded by tropical vegetation with a Bonds bus in the background.
Eric Warrell at Mataranka
Snake catcher Eric Warrell at Mataranka. [Warrell used to join the Bonds Tour buses for this part of the trips as a local expert and guide.]
Eric Warrell
Eric Warrell with a snake caught at Mataranka. See also B 70782/32.
Bus travelling through bulldust
One of Bond's buses travelling through a patch of bulldust in the Northern Territory.
Kevin Harris with crocodile
Kevin Harris pictured with a crocodile he shot at Mataranka Lagoon, after a night spot lighting with Eric Worrell. Photograph would have been taken by either Eric Altorfer of Eric Worrell.
Adelaide River
View of some buildings at Adelaide River, Northern Territory.
Buildings at Katherine
A Bonds bus parked in front of the Katherine Hotel.
Ernie Olds on his bike
Cyclist Ernie Olds, pictured with his bike beside a Bonds bus. [Olds rode the bike from Darwin to Adelaide.]
Kevin Harris in front of an ant hill
Bonds Tours driver, Kevin Harris, pictured in front of a large magnetic ant hill.
Japanese graves at Darwin
Row of Japanese graves at Darwin, Northern Territory, with a Bonds Tours bus in the distance. [The cemetery no longer exists as the bodies were repatriated to Japan.]
Kevin Harris and Eric Altofer
Two Bonds Tours employees - Kevin Harris (left) and Eric Altofer.
Bonds buses on Darwin Oval
A row of five Bonds Tours buses on the Darwin Oval. This was part of the Resonian trip.
Kevin Harris & Eric Altorfer
Bonds Tours employees, Kevin Harris (left) and Eric Altorfer, standing in front of one of the buses in Darwin.
Eric Altorfer washing the bus
Bonds Tours employee, Eric Altorfer, pictured washing the roof of one of the buses in Darwin.
Bogged at Finke River
Passengers help push one of the Bonds Tours buses out of the sand at Finke River.
Eric Altofer near Aileron
Bonds tours employee, Eric Altofer, pictured near Aileron, with one of the buses in the background.
Bond's Alice Springs Chalet
View of the buildings and grounds at Bond's Alice Springs Chalet.
Bond's Alice Springs Chalet
View of the buildings and grounds of Bond's Alice Springs Chalet.
Banka Banka
One of Bonds Tours buses outside the store and cafe at Banka Banka.
Homestead at Mataranka
Kevin Harris standing in front of one the Bonds tours buses, with the Mataranka homestead in the background.
Bonds bus outside the Darwin Hotel
One of Bonds Tours buses parked outside the [now demolished] Darwin Hotel.
Two servicemen at Darwin
Two former Army recruits [friends of the photographer's brother John], pictured with the Bond's Tours bus in Darwin. 'Tiny' on the left.
Mindil Beach, Darwin
View looking out over Mindil beach and the water at Darwin, with a Bonds Tours bus parked nearby.
Resonians outside Daly Waters
Members of the Resonians' tour playing two up on the road at Daly Waters during a lunch break; one member of the group is lifting a billy.
Empties returning to Adelaide
An large load of empty 44 gallon drums (over 1000) loaded onto a semi trailer at Alice Springs.
Pushing the bus through the sand at Finke River
Members of a tour grou push the Bonds Tours bus through the sand of the Finke River on their way into Palm Valley.
Resonians helping the bus through the sand in the Finke River
Members of the resonians tour group help push the Bond's Tours bus through Finke River sand on their way out of Palm Valley.
Bond's 4WD truck at Finke River
Bond's 4 wheel drive truck parked in a sandy area at the Finke River.
Hermannsburg Mission
Children playing in the yard at the Hermannsburg Mission, watched by Pastor F.W. Albrecht (on left) and Bert Bond.
Bus outside the Birdum Hotel
The end of one of Bond's Tours buses outside the Birdum Hotel.