Bollards and Betoota

[V8Ian]

The old ex Adelaide trolley bus that was at Bollards, and I hear there was a similar vehicle at Betoota. The Bollards one had been buried when I was out there earlier this year and I don't recall/didn't see the Betoota one on that trip. Does anyone know how, when and why they got to their respective destinations?

[StephenF10]

Found this on another forum, written by the Bollards land owner ...

"The bus was taken away because of the rubbish collecting around it,&also as it is a stock watering point we try to discourage people from camping there.Hemma maps have it down as a camp site without any authority from the land owner.as this is a designated watering point under the pastoral board act no camping allowed within one KM.The history of the bus, it was towed there in 1972 with a grader by George Rieck to be used as a camp for pumping water & stockmen.Originally the bus was electric trolly bus either from Sydney or Adelaide. The bus used to be owned by GEO surveys REG Sprigg & used in the early years in the search for oil &Gas in the Cooper basin.Over the years it has slowly deteriorated with more travelers on the road every year. Hope this gives a bit about the bus Bollards lagoon past co. As for it been driven there you would need Avery long exstention cord."

[V8Ian]

As it's a two axle bus that denotes it as ex-Adelaide, Sydney trolley busses were three axle. I knew it couldn't have been driven there, the voltage drop from a 600V extention lead plugged in at Adelaide would have been a tad excessive. ;)
Thanks for the info. :thumbsup:

Anyone enlighten me on the Betoota beast? I have one iffy tale about it.