jason cronshaw commenced operation 1974 headquarters katoomba service area blue mountains service type bus & coach operator depots 1 fleet 13 may 2015 website www.fantastic aussie tours.com.au fantastic aussie tours 1 is an australian bus company in the blue mountains . contents 1 history 2 fleet 3 references 4 external links history edit in 1974 john cronshaw purchased katoomba scenic tours and rebranded it golden west tours . in the 1980s an alliance was formed with bus australia with the business renamed fantastic aussie tours and the bus australia livery adopted . 2 on 11 february 1990 fantastic aussie tours commenced operating a service between sydney and armidale commenced under contract to countrylink as a replacement for the northern tablelands express with denning coaches in a joint venture with manly bus service . 3 4 5 in 1992 fantastic aussie tours commenced operating a double deck service . 6 in july 2010 it began operating a city sightseeing franchise . it was initially operated by leyland atlanteans and is currently operated by former lothian buses alexander volvo olympians . 7 fleet edit as at may 2015 the fleet consisted of 13 buses and coaches . 7 references edit golden west holdings pty ltd australian securities & investments commission blue mountains tourism legend john cronshaw retires visit blue mountains 9 april 2014 manly coach tours fleetline issue 180 july 1990 page 116 manly bus service history australian bus fleet lists golden manly management services pty ltd australian securities & investments commission fantastic aussie tours fleetline issue 207 october 1992 page 197 a b fantastic aussie tours australian bus fleet lists external links edit company website showbus gallery retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title fantastic aussie tours & oldid 663713400 categories bus companies of new south walescity sightseeing1974 establishments in australiahidden categories use australian english from november 2014all wikipedia articles written in australian englishuse dmy dates from november 2014 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 23 may 2015 at 20 37 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view