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Clipper Tours was an Australian coach operator in Sydney. ==History== Clipper Tours was formed by Ray Cotrill in Campsie. In October 1964 the business was sold to Ron Deane who operated Deanes Coaches on Sydney’s North Shore.〔"Denning Monocoaches at Clipper Tours" ''Fleetline'' September 1993 page 186〕 In October 1985 the business was sold to Australian Rambler Coaches, Melbourne proprietor Don Nugent and Jim Hawkesford. In March 1994 it was sold to Ross Adair.〔"Clipper Tours" ''Australian Bus Panorama'' 10/2 August 1994 page 50〕 In the late 1980s a depot was established in Canberra with an express service from Sydney to Canberra commencing in March 1989.〔"Clipper Tours" ''Australian Bus Panorama'' 5/1 July 1989 page 45 〕 This ceased in October 1990 with the Canberra depot closed.〔"Clipper Tours" ''Australian Bus Panorama'' 6/5 January 1991 page 37〕 In January 1997 the business was purchased by Driver Group.〔"Private operators" ''Fleetline'' January 1997 page 29〕〔"Driver Bus Lines" ''Australian Bus Panorama'' 12/4 February 1997 page 47〕 Driver’s primary interest in Clipper Tours was the Gray Line franchise that it held. Having separated this from the business, Clipper Tours was sold back to the Deane family in February 1998.〔(About Us ) Driver Group〕 The Deanes by now had sold their North Shore operation and were operating South Trans.〔"Clipper Tours" ''Fleetline'' January 1999 page 27〕 By this stage the operation had relocated from Macquarie Park to Waterloo. In 2002 Clipper Tours was placed in administration.〔(Clipper Tours appoints administrator ) ''Australasian Bus & Coach''〕 The trading name was purchased by former owner Jim Hawkesford with some of his Hawkesfords Coaches fleet having Clipper signwriting applied. In September 2011 Hawkesfords was placed in administration and liquidated. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Clipper Tours」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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