Bunyip is a busy company and its small fleet work hard. Occasionally buses are hired in to cover the daily schedule and on this occasion in February 2015 Budget Rentals supplied a Rosa to Bunyip and it is seen parked in the world famous Ramsay Street on the Neighbours tour.
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Earlier on the tour Budget's YGL015 was at the studio backlots where fans were posing by the new "Welcome to Erinsborough" sign, which from this side reads "Thank you for visiting Erinsborough".
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For 2016 a new Neighbours Tour bus had taken to the streets, though in this instance it is on Ramsay Street. Fuso Rosa BS00MV had new graphics to match the new credits on the show and characters depicted on the side of the bus were updated too. The bus is seen in October that year with a special group, see below. Note the bus graphics have been altered slightly to match the current Neighbours logo since the picture in 2014.
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Primarily known as a radio personality, Fifi Box joined the cast of Neighbours for a spell in 2016 as Brooke Butler. To promote her appearance she did a special feature for her radio show pretending to be the first celebrity to drive the tour. She is seen here at the wheel of the bus in Ramsay Street. For those in the know realise the real celebrity tour guide is Gerry Austin, who has regularly been voted Australia's top tour guide.
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For 2018 another new Neighbours tour bus was commissioned in the shape of a larger Yutong, BS01ND, seen passing Flinders Street Station in December that year, hence the Christmas decorations overhead. The Rosa, BS00MV, was kept in Neighbours livery as a spare bus, occasionally the trip was duplicated, but by 2018 the tour was usually just once a day. The wrap on the Yutong was deliberately timeless, depicting the houses in the street, rather than any actors, as most of those on the Rosa had moved on.
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