Mcharrys.com.au
Title
McHarry's Home Page
Description
The origin of McHarry's Buslines Pty. Ltd. goes back to 1932, when John McHarry (Grandfather of the company's current managing director who is also named John McHarry) was working at the Geelong Plant of the Ford Motor Company of Australia as a master builder. He carried his own employees to the plant in his work truck, and it wasn't very long before he was inundated with requests from the Ford workforce for a ride to work.
As there was an obvious demand for a passenger service to Ford's, Mr. McHarry decided that it was time to purchase a bus. The Victorian Railways were calling for tenders for the sale of an International bus which they owned and Mr. McHarry was the successful tenderer. Soon afterward he purchased a second bus; a Republic, to help cater for the heavy demand on the Fords run.
McHarry's first route service was to Highton, but due to poor patronage it was sold to local identity Hec Drew. In later years this service was bought by Corio Buslines and eventually taken over by Bender's Busways when it took over Corio Buslines.
