richard baird founded march 1980 headquarters sunbury service area victoria queensland service type bus & coach operator depots atherton ayr bacchus marsh ballarat cairns gisborne ingham innisfail kyneton melton mirani ravenshoe romsey sunbury werribee fleet 333 may 2013 website www.donric.com.au the donric group is an australian owner of bus and coach companies in victoria and queensland . contents 1 history 2 companies 3 depots 4 fleet 5 see also 6 references history edit the origins of the donric group can be traced to march 1980 when don mckenzie and richard baird purchased eight school buses from wj treweek in sunbury . 1 this fleet has now grown to over 340 vehicles and 450 staff across 6 companies . in 1989 coach tours of australia was established as a coach charter company . 2 in march 1989 sweet s bacchus marsh was purchased and renamed bacchus marsh coaches . 3 in 1994 swanlink coachlines swan hill was acquired with two v line contracts . 4 it was sold in november 2007 to the pickering group owners of swan hill coaches . 5 in 2000 thege coach charter ballarat was purchased and renamed gold bus ballarat . 6 in 2001 begonia city coaches ballarat was acquired and incorporated into gold bus ballarat . in october 2007 organ s bus service kyneton was purchased . 7 in june 2010 trans north bus & coach in north queensland was purchased . in july 2010 coopers bus service of mirani and g & je o neill of finch hatten were purchased followed in october 2010 by hasties bus service of innisfail and in january 2011 henderson s of ayr . all have been brought under the trans north bus & coach branding . 8 companies edit companies which have been acquired by the donric group include sweet s bacchus marsh begonia city coaches ballarat thege coach charter ballarat organ s bus service kyneton sovereign city coaches ballarat tantau ballarat jones ballarat trans north bus & coach ingham cooper s bus service mirani o neill finch hatten hasties bus service innisfail hendo s bus service ayr companies currently operated by the donric group include sunbury bus service coach tours of australia bacchus marsh coaches gold bus ballarat organ s coaches kyneton trans north bus & coach depots edit sunbury bus service romsey sunbury riddells creek gisborne bacchus marsh coaches bacchus marsh melton werribee gold bus ballarat ballarat organ s bus service gisborne kyneton romsey trans north bus & coach atherton ayr cairns ingham innisfail mirani ravenshoe fleet edit as at may 2013 the donric group operated 333 buses and coaches . 8 9 see also edit buses in melbourne list of victorian bus companies list of queensland bus companies list of melbourne bus routes references edit melbourne metropolitan bus operators and fleet listings . melbourne bus & coach society of victoria . 1991 . p. 63 . about us coach tours of australia sweet australian bus panorama 5 1 july 1989 page 40 swanlink coaches australian bus panorama 10 9 july 1995 page 40 swanlink coachlines australian bus fleet lists gold charter coaches australian bus panorama 16 4 february 2001 page 53 organ s bus service australian bus fleet lists a b trans north bus & coach australian bus fleet lists donric group australian bus fleet lists retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title donric group & oldid 739405446 categories bus companies of queenslandbus companies of victoria australia 1980 establishments in australiahidden categories use dmy dates from november 2013use australian english from november 2013all wikipedia articles written in australian english 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 14 september 2016 at 14 01 . 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