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Sydney Sightseeing Bus Tour Historical

Home site of the Sydney and Bondi Explorer - Sydney's tourist bus service The best way to see the best city in the world.

Hop on and off at all the places you'd love to visit with a 24 hour ticket. Sydney Explorer buses operate every 15 to 20 minutes, depending on season.

04/02/2024

City Sightseeing Sydney 423 TV3700 (MCW Super Metrobus) at Bondi Beach. 13/6/07

04/02/2024

City Sightseeing Sydney 423 TV3700 (MCW Super Metrobus) at Bondi Beach on the Bondi Tour. 30/12/04

04/02/2024

City Sightseeing Sydney 423 TV3700 (MCW Super Metrobus) being fuelled at a servo in Erskineville while on its way from the depot into the city to operate the Bondi Tour. 2004

14/01/2024

City Sightseeing Sydney 423 TV3700 (MCW Super Metrobus) at Fox Studios on the Bondi Tour. 30/12/04

14/01/2024

City Sightseeing Sydney 425 TV3594 passes preserved ex China Motor Bus ML1(MCW Super Metrobus) at Tempe whilst returning to the depot in Arncliffe. 26/1/07

14/01/2024

City Sightseeing 'Sydney Tour' 320 (MCW Metrobus) & 422 (MCW Super Metrobus) at Circular Quay. 31/12/11

14/01/2024

City Sightseeing 'Sydney Tour' 420 (MCW Super Metrobus) in Kings Cross. 2004

02/01/2024

City Sightseeing Sydney 425 (MCW Super Metrobus) passes Greyhound Australia 423PUP (MCA Classic III) in Eddy Ave, Central Station. 2004

10/11/2023

24/09/2023

City Sightseeing Sydney 423 TV3700 (MCW Super Metrobus) in Eddy Avenue, Central station. 2/1/11

14/09/2023

This was one of the noisiest charters l have ever done, carrying the "Swami Army" around some of Sydney's tourist spots.
The Barmy Army were boring when l carried them compared to these guys although l did score a date with one of the Barmy Army chics.

https://fb.watch/n2GO11-1Um/

14/09/2023

City Sightseeing 'Sydney Tour' 426 (MCW Super Metrobus) in College St. 2003

14/09/2023

State Transit Authority m/o.3396 (Merc O405 Mk6) in Kings Cross being chased by City Sightseeing "Sydney Tour" TV.3476 #421 (MCW Super Metrobus) on their respective city tours. 26/3/03

7yrs later the big fish caught the little fish after tiring it out.

14/09/2023

City Sightseeing 'Sydney Tour' 424 (MCW Super Metrobus) at the Star City Casino, Sydney. 2003

07/09/2023

City Sightseeing Sydney TV3669 (MCW Super Metrobus) at the depot in Arncliffe. 2004

07/09/2023

City Sightseeing Sydney TV3669 (MCW Super Metrobus) in Rose Bay. 2005

06/09/2023

Sydney Explorer 429 (MCW Super Metrobus) at Central station. 15/2/16

04/09/2023

City Sightseeing Sydney 423 TV3700 (MCW Super Metrobus) in Eddy Ave at Central station. 2/1/11

04/09/2023

City Sightseeing Sydney 420 TV3935 (MCW Super Metrobus) is seen turning from Eddy Ave into Pitt St, with a healthy load of passengers. 20/10/07

28/08/2023

City Sightseeing Sydney 424 TV3669 (MCW Super Metrobus) in Kings Cross. 2004

28/08/2023

Sydney Explorer 436 & 437 enters King St Wharf on a sunny autumn day with the Sydney Wildlife Zoo as a backdrop. 25/5/16

22/08/2023

City Sightseeing Sydney (MCW Super Metrobus) at Bondi Beach. 15/8/05

14/08/2023

Sydney Explorer 431 TV8306 (Ankai) seen turning into Park St, Hyde Park on a Bondi Tour service. 19/2/16

14/08/2023

Our baby bus, Sydney Explorer 320 TV8607 (MCW) at Banksmeadow. 19/12/15

30/07/2023

Changng times, old & the new.

Sydney Explorer 429 TV.6526 (MCW Super Metrobus on Bondi Tour & 445 TV.8608 (Ankai) on Sydney Tour at Eddy Ave. 11/4/16

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Sightseeing in Sydney

Originally in the early 1980’s sightseeing tour bus services were owned and operated by the State Transit Authority (STA). They used single deck buses and charged a fare for each route.

In the early 2000’s City Sightseeing arrived in Sydney with three double decker buses and operated a ‘City Sightseeing’ Sydney tour with open top, double deck buses. As the service became more popular further double deck buses were added to the fleet and a ‘City Sightseeing’ Bondi service was added, only no extra fare was charged for this. The inclusion of ‘two tours for the price of one’ proved extremely popular. The State Transit Authority had to drop the separate fares and for a few years serious competition took place but the passengers were making their choice of sightseeing vehicles obvious to all.

In 2010 City Sightseeing purchased the ‘Explorer’ services from the STA and operated as the ‘City Sightseeing Explorer’. After selling the ‘City Sightseeing Worldwide’ franchise a fleet of new, purpose built double deck buses was purchased from China. The name was changed to ‘City Explorer’, which operated a monopoly hop on - hop off service until 2016 when ‘Big Bus’ purchased the service, the fleet, the depot and the name ‘City Sightseeing Pty Ltd’.

Today ‘Big Bus’ operate the same buses in a maroon and gold livery and to date still have the monopoly for hop on - hop off in Sydney and Bondi.