The model - a surprise release on 19th
September 2011 is this ADL Enviro500 in demonstrator livery.
The bus
- in
February 2008, one of the New World First Bus batch of Enviro500s was
noted in Hong Kong in ADL demonstrator colours carrying the
slogan 'Reaching New Heights in Australia'. It was
shipped
to Australia soon after, arriving in Brisbane, Queensland on 31st March.
Here it demonstrated for several weeks before heading south to
Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, where it attended the Bus And
Coach Association New South Wales bus and coach show on 18-21 April.
It then moved to Sydney for a week, between 23-29 April,
for two potential customers there - State Transit and Comfort
Delgro (owners of Westbus/Hillsbus). Finally it moved on to
Canberra and Melbourne for further demonstrations and headed
back
to Hong Kong in May 2008. It subsequently joined the NWFB
fleet as
5504 and was registered NK3640 on 25th June 2008.
Full details and further
photographs can be found in
the section - just follow this link.
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