page_title: Busabout Wagga Wagga
section_title: Fearnes Coaches
hierarchical_section_title: Busabout Wagga Wagga / History / Fearnes Coaches
caption_attribution_description: English: Austral Pacific Group (APG) Classic III 4x2 owned by Fearnes Coaches.
context_page_description: Busabout Wagga Wagga is an Australian private bus company formed in 1916 as Fearnes Coaches, with depots in Wagga Wagga and Harden, New South Wales.
context_section_description: Fearnes Coaches was founded by William Fearne and William Borlase in 1916 as a general carrier and charter bus operator, however Borlase pulled out of the partnership in the early 1920s. In 1927, William Fearne commenced the first route and timetable in Wagga Wagga between the suburb of Turvey Park and Docker Street which was later extended to North Wagga Wagga.
  In 1936, William Fearne's son Clive bought the company and ran it until his death in 1989. The business then passed to his son Garry, who died in 1996, leaving the business to his widow Audrey, who ran it until deciding to retire and sell the business in December 2008.
  In 1952, two school services were taken over from George Greely and a depot established in Harden. By 1969, the Harden fleet comprised eight buses. Extended touring to the Northern Territory commenced in the 1960s, and in 1974 Fearnes began operating tours from Sydney to Cairns as a contractor for Carah Coaches.
  In 1988, an express service to Sydney was introduced followed in 1998 by a service to Melbourne.
  In June 1990, Fearnes began coach services from Cootamundra to Tumbarumba, Cootammudra to Griffith and Wagga Wagga to Griffith under a contract with CountryLink. These were retained when re-tendered from December 1992.
  Upon being re-tendered, in January 2003 the Albury to Echuca, Wagga Wagga to Echuca and Cootamundra to Condobolin services all passed to King Brothers, the Cootamundra to Tumbarumba service to Transborder Express and the Wagga Wagga to Griffith service to Makeham Coaches. Following King Brothers being placed in administration, Fearnes took over its four CountryLink routes on 22 April 2003.
caption: Austral Pacific Classic III in Fearnes Coaches livery in December 2008
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