Bond's Bus Tours [B 70782] • Photograph
Planes and bus at Alcie Springs
Bond's Tours semi-trailer bus with two Australian National Airways DC-3 aircraft at the Alice Springs aerodrome. VH-ANH 'Tullana' (Right) and VH-INI 'Pengana' (Left).
Two ANA planes at Alice Springs
Bond's Tours semi-trailer bus with two Australian National Airways DC-3 aircraft at the Alice Springs aerodrome. VH-ANH 'Tullana' (left) and VH-INI 'Pengana' (right).
Bond's Camp at Palm Vally, Northern Territory
View over Palm Valley, with Bond's camp visible in the centre of the image.
The amphitheatre at Palm Valley
Long view of the Palm Valley amphitheatre, with Bond's Tours camp visible in the middle distance.
Sunrise on Mount Gillen
Sunrise on Mount Gillen, with Bond's camp visible centre right.
Bond's Tours camp at Palm Valley
Long view of the Bond's Tours camp at Palm Valley, with the tents, permanent building, two buses and a truck all visible.
Bond's camp at Palm Valley
Distance view of the rows of tents that make up the Bond's Tours camp at Palm Valley. The bus, a larger tent, and a permanent structure can be seen on the left.
Bond's camp site at Palm Valley
Three rows of tents at Bond's camp site at Palm Valley.
Bond's Chalet, Alice Springs
Part of the garden and grounds at Bond's Chalet at Alice Springs.
Bond's Tours camp at Palm Valley
View of the Bond's Tours camp at Palm Valley with an open sided tent to the left and two of the Bond's buses on the right.
Bond's Palm Valley camp kitchen and dining building
View of the tent which acted as the camp kitchen, beside the permanent structure use as the dining room.
Amphitheatre scene at Palm Valley
The amphitheatre at Palm Valley with Bond's bus No.38 in the middle distance.
Brian Burrow at camp site
Brian Burrow, on of Bond's staff, photographed in front of the two person tents used by Bond's on their camping trips. (Burrow was Bond's gardener at Palm Valley.).
Bond's Chalet at Alice Springs
View of part of the Bond's Tours Alice Springs Chalet complex. [The Chalet was originally an Army staging camp.]
Refuelling rally cars at Bond's Chalet
Car 167 in the first Redex car rally, refuelling at Bond's Chalet in Alice Springs, from the Shell petrol bowsers. [At the bowser a Holden 48-215 sedan (entrant 167); the green car (entrant 147?) behind the Holden is an Austin Atlantic saloon.]
Refuelling rally cars at Bond's Chalet
Two cars involved in the first Redex car rally refuelling at the Shell petrol bowsers at Bond's Chalet in Alice Springs. [The car on the left is an Austin A40 saloon (entrant 9?), with a Holden 48-215 sedan (entrant 41) on the right.]
Refuelling rally cars at Bond's Chalet
Two cars from the first Redex car rally refuelling from Shell petrol bowsers at Bond's Chalet, Alice Springs. [The car on the left is a Jaguar Mk7 saloon (entrant 159), with a Holden 48-215 sedan on the right.]
Ford Customline sedan
One from a collection of photographs taken by Kevin Harris, a long time employee of Bond's Bus Tours. To locate all the images do a number search on B 70782. [The car is a Ford Customline sedan (entrant 109).]
Redex campers at Bond's Chalet
View of campers, cars and a caravan in the grounds of Bond's Chalet in Alice Springs. Bond made his facilities available to participants in the first Redex car rally. [A Ford Customline sedan (entrant 107) is in the centre - this was driven by Jack Davey, a well known radio personality.]
Redex rally car at Alice Springs
Redex rally entrant no. 116, driven by R.Whyte and F.Allen, at Alice Springs. [The car is a Ford Customline sedan.]
Refuelling rally car at Alice Springs
One of the Redex rally cars refuelling at Bond's Chalet in Alice Springs, with the nose of one of Bond's buses visible on the left. [The car on the right hand side is a Holden 48-215 sedan (entrant 41).]
Refuelling rally car at Alice Springs
One of the Redex car rally entrants refuelling at Bond's Chalet in Alice Springs, with washing visible in the background. [The car on the right hand side is a Holden 48-215 sedan (entrant 41).]
Redex Rally cars at Bond's Chalet
Cars participating in the first Redex Rally car trial in the grounds of Bond's Chalet at Alice Springs. [The car on the right hand side is a Holden 48-215 sedan (entrant 41).]
Redex Rally cars at Bond's Chalet
Cars taking part in the first Redex Rally, parked in the grounds of Bond's Chalet, Alice Springs. Bond's provided refuelling facilities for the rally. [The entrants' cars includes Peugeot, Ford Customline, Holden 48-215 and Ford Zephr models.]
Redex rally cars at Bond's Chalet
Cars taking part in the first Redex rally, parked in the grounds of Bond's Chalet at Alice Springs. [The entrants' cars include Peugeot, Ford Customline, Holden 48-215 and Ford Zephr models.]
Redex rally cars at Bond's Chalet
Cars participating in the first Redex rally, parked in the grounds of Bond's Chalet at Alice Springs. [The entrants' cars include Peugot, Ford Customline, Holden 48-215 and Ford Zephr models.]
Rally car on road beside Bond's Chalet
One of the Redex rally cars driving down the dirt road beside Bond's Chalet at Alice Springs. [The car in view is a Jaguar Mk7 saloon (possibly entrant 159).]
Bond's camp at Palm Valley
A simple square building that formed the only permanent part of the Bond's Tours camp at Palm Valley. A small galvanised iron tank and two director's chairs can be seen in the foreground.
Bond's Tours camp at Palm Valley
View of Bond's Tours camp at Palm Valley, showing the one permanent structure on the left and the two person tents on the right.
Bond's Palm Valley camp
View from a nearby hilltop, looking down on the Bond's Tours camp at Palm Valley.