POTM August 2024

[Barry Drive]

Nominations for Photo of the Month now open.

The rules:

● two* photographs may be submitted by each member, provided they have not been submitted before

  ◦ * a third photo may be submitted if it meets the criteria shown here - or any Electric Bus or PR100.2. However you may only submit a maximum of 2 photos of the same bus or of the same location.

● photos must be "owned" by the person submitting it (if not, you must have the permission of the photographer to submit the photo - and identify the photographer)

● photos must be have taken legally - ACT Bus does not encourage or condone trespassing

● submitted photographs must prominently feature:

  ◦ public transport infrastructure (such as bus stop, bus station, bus depot, Light Rail line, tram depot) within the ACT / Queanbeyan region (location must be specified)

and/or

  ◦ a bus, tram or support vehicle from the ACT or Queanbeyan (taken within the region or a former ACT/Queanbeyan bus) where -
    ▪ the vehicle is in focus
    ▪ the fleet or registration number is identifiable (or supplied by photographer if not visible in photograph)

● photos narrower than 640 pixels (for landscape aspect) will not be accepted

If possible, please supply date or month of photo.

Refer here for full ACT Bus photo submission conditions.

Photos can be submitted by replying to this forum topic and attaching the image; to ensure consistency, photos must be displayed with a width of 640 (or height of 640 if a "portrait" aspect) - photos larger than 640 are required to use the option width=640 or height=640 in the image tag. For example: [img width=640] instead of [img].

To submit photos from Instagram, you must post a reply with a caption and paste the URL of the Instagram image. Photos not publicly visible cannot be submitted. We will not accept unhosted photos - they must be stored on a photo hosting site (such as Instagram, Flickr or Facebook).

Submissions close midnight 27 July, Australian Eastern standard time unless fewer than 6 photos have been submitted.

Voting will commence on 28 July. Voting will close 31 July/1 Aug.

The winning photo will be loaded to the actbus.net website and posted to ACT Bus on Facebook and Instagram. The winner and runner(s)-up will also be included in the Photo of the Year vote. By submitting a photo, you are giving permission for it to be loaded onto the ACT Bus Gallery, and Facebook and Instagram pages.

[Barry Drive]

Bus 394 at National Museum stop


Bus 623 at Dickson Interchange (with Tram 003 in the background)


Bus 800 at Dickson Interchange [bonus category]

Nominations will remain open for another 2 days.

[743]

BUS 958 crossing Benjamin Way in to Belconnen Interchange on 1 July 2024.


BUS 960 travelling along Barry Drive, Turner on 27 June 2024.


Bonus category - Renault PR100.2
BUS 963 laying over at Cowper Street, Dickson Shops on 24 June 2024.

[Snorzac]

BUS 375 at Woden on an R4 just minutes before the odometer clocked over 1 million km, believe it has 999999.7 when I stopped at Woden!


BUS387 at Chapman Terminus


BUS375 on Warragamba Ave

[Barry Drive]

Voting is open. Closes 2 August.