80s SYDNEY BUSES MOORE PARK & CIRCULAR QUAY 

I drove these buses for 37 years in Sydney and loved every minute. We always look back at the good old days especially our childhood. For me the 1960's. Some comments here it is the 80's. Future adults will look back at the 2000's. For most of us our childhood memories are special no matter what decade. I remember riding the last tram across the Harbour Bridge with my nanna. I recently rode the new tram down George street. A very strange experience for me. The very young children on that tram will look back as adults and tell their children of their first ride on a Sydney tram. So the cycle continues.

I did the Pier One gig for a few months great fun in a MK 1

Damn for a moment i was a kid again … the 80’s were the best… so much simpler than now. Thanks for the upload 👍

I recall my memory when I did my degree from 1996 to 2000 in UNSW taking buses everyday via the Moore Park busway, it’s now gone

Amazing footage, seeing all the Blue and White Merces and the last of the Leopard Mk2's brings back some childhood memories. Based on a fleet list of buses I saw you managed to capture a couple of preserved ones. At 12:38 is a real contrast of fortunes. No. 2235 is now listed as belonging to the Parker Family probably for preservation and right next to it is No 2041 which was one of the 5 sent to Dili, East Timor in December 2001 which turned out to be one big waste as the buses were too big for the roads, used by homeless then cut up by late 2012.

6:37 - Studebaker Hawk...rare car, even in the 1980s!

I didn’t know Sydney buses were still using Leylands in the late 80’s.

many memories on the way to and from work in the city at Waltons catching the 374 and 373 in the weekends. and in bkloody hot weather. You could open the windows the and nobody fell out. ha ha ha

First bus I ever drove was a Leyland Leopard ex-UTA with Gold Coast Citybus. I was 14y/o. (drove in depot)

God i miss the 80s

Wow, Circular Quay was more lively back then, and buses reigned supreme

Great footage of times lost. Thanks for sharing.

The O305 engine is loud, aggressive sounding and scared me when I was a boy. How the hell did guys drive them?

Awesome video, brings back lots of fond memories , well done

Fantastic thank you. So hard to find this sort of stuff. I put this down to about 1986 or early 1987. The Moore Park bus roadway when thre buses could fly along there without the ridiculous restrictions of later years. Loved seeing the taxis and people as well.

I don't know why i didn't Come across this amazing clip sooner Brad this is absolutely fantastic seeing The Mercedes MK I-IV buses and the MK II Leyland Leopards before the latter were withdrawn upon arrival of The PMC MK V Mercs/MAN SL-202's plus the pair of Renault PR 100-2's Forest Minatures has 2800 in it's Preservation stable plus MK-II Leopard 1660 among others.

I remember those buses from when I was living in Sydney until 1981. I now live in Melbourne, though some years back, some of the older Sydney buses were temporally used in the Box hill area here by a local bus company.

footage gold.

Amazing

Thanks Jason

Awesome!!!!

i remember lenoards music centre they were at deepwater plaza woy woy for a couple of years after they first opened and weekends at ettalong markets

Great video mate. Might send the link to a few bus enthusiasts

See the two Westies probably heading to Manley

Feel sorry for the driver on the pier one bus no power steering mach 1 leyland

Pretty much everything about this country was good back then ... these days meh