The winner of the best decorated Christmas bus in Sydney was chosen by Santa’s Little Helper – a lucky eight-year-old boy – at the annual Transport for NSW Christmas bus decoration competition.
In partnership with the Sydney Children’s Hospital, Transport for NSW invited each Greater Sydney bus operator to bring a festively decorated bus to Brookvale depot for the competition this morning.
John, eight-year-old chief judge, with Parliamentary Secretary for Transport Marjorie O’Neill, chose the bus from CDC NSW as the winner of the 2023 competition.
“I really liked the double decker bus because I had never been on one before. They had lots of decorations like tinsel and stickers,” John says.
“It was really fun to pick the winner and I hope people feel happy like at Christmas time when they go on one of the buses.
“Thank you to everybody for making their buses look dressed up and Merry Christmas.”
Quotes attributable to Transport Parliamentary Secretary Marjorie O’Neill:
Transport parliamentary secretary Marjorie O’Neill says she appreciates bus drivers and depot team members at this time of year.
“The wonderfully creative decorations were of such a high standard that John had a tough time deciding the winner but, in the end, it was the decked out double decker which won John over, so thanks John,” O’Neill says.