The ANZAC Day Dawn Service at the Cenotaph in Martin Place, Sydney begins at 4.20am on 25 April each year, marking the time at which Australian and New Zealand troops landed at ANZAC Cove in 1915. Sydney Charter Bus Australia provides private bus and minibus transfers for RSL clubs, veterans organisations, families and community groups attending the Dawn Service and the 9am March. We operate early morning drop-offs before the road closure programme takes effect around Martin Place from 2am.
Tucked into the Hartley Valley below Mount York, four remarkable acreage gardens open their gates twice a year for the Hartley Valley Garden Festival. Highfields, Hartvale, Wild Meadows and Gory’u Japanese Gardens draw garden lovers from across New South Wales for a weekend of colour, rare plants, artisan stalls and spectacular escarpment views. Under two hours from Sydney, it is a perfect group day tour, and a comfortable coach makes the journey part of the pleasure. Here is how to plan yours.
Sculpture by the Sea transforms the 2km Bondi to Tamarama coastal walk into the world’s largest free outdoor sculpture exhibition every October and November. Over 100 sculptures by Australian and international artists are installed along the clifftop walk for 18 days. Sydney Charter Bus Australia provides private bus and minibus transfers to Sculpture by the Sea for school groups, Probus clubs, families and corporate clients. Drop-off at Bondi Beach, walk the exhibition at your own pace and return when ready.
The Sydney Royal Easter Show is Australia’s biggest annual ticketed event, drawing nearly 900,000 visitors across 12 days at Sydney Showground, Sydney Olympic Park. Sydney Charter Bus Australia provides private bus and coach hire for families, school excursions, Probus clubs, corporate groups and interstate visitors attending the Show. Skip the public transport queues, travel together from your door, and arrive ready for twelve hours of animals, rides, showbags, food, woodchopping and nightly fireworks. Book early. Easter Show buses fill fast.
Sydney New Year’s Eve draws over 1.6 million people to the harbour foreshore for the world’s most watched fireworks display. Sydney Charter Bus Australia provides private bus and minibus transfers to the CBD for NYE, with drop-off at designated points before the 2pm road closure deadline. Due to road closures, crowd conditions and post-midnight public holiday rates, we operate inbound transfers only, ceasing at 2pm. Plan early, book early, and get your group to the harbour with zero transport stress.
The Bathurst 1000 at Mount Panorama is Australia’s greatest motorsport event, drawing groups from across NSW every October. Sydney Charter Bus Australia provides private bus charter and coach hire from Sydney to Bathurst for families, social clubs, corporate groups and die-hard Supercars fans. The journey covers 200km via the Great Western Highway through the Blue Mountains, taking approximately 3.5 to 4.5 hours by coach. Leave the driving and the logistics to us. Your group travels together from start to finish.
Tulip Time, the Bowral tulip festival, fills Corbett Gardens in the Southern Highlands with tens of thousands of hand-planted tulips and annuals each spring. The 2026 festival ran from 11 September to 5 October, and Tulip Time 2027 is expected over a similar mid-September to early October window. Sydney Charter Bus Australia runs private group coach tours to Tulip Time from across Greater Sydney, the Illawarra and Macarthur, with cellar door, Berrima and Bradman Museum add-ons.
The Chatswood StreetFair is one of the largest single-day community events on Sydney’s North Shore, drawing tens of thousands of visitors to Victoria Avenue and the Chatswood CBD each September. For groups travelling from across the North Shore, Northern Beaches, Hills District, CBD and Western Sydney, a private charter bus is the cleanest, most practical way to get everyone to Chatswood and home again without the parking problem. Sydney Charter Bus Australia provides group transport to and from the StreetFair every year.
Sydney’s Annual Wedding Expo returns to Sydney Showground at Sydney Olympic Park on Sunday 1 August 2027, with more than 200 wedding suppliers and free entry, and a summer edition runs at Royal Randwick on Sunday 7 February 2027. This guide covers both expo dates, the transport questions worth asking venues while you are there, and how Sydney Charter Bus Australia moves wedding guests on the big day, from hotel shuttles to ceremony and reception transfers.
The Manly Jazz Festival is Australia’s longest-running community jazz festival, held each September along the Manly beachfront and throughout The Corso. For groups travelling from the Northern Beaches, North Shore, CBD, Parramatta, the Hills District, Eastern Suburbs and beyond, a private charter bus is the best way to get your group to Manly and back without the parking headache or the logistics of everyone finding their own way. Sydney Charter Bus Australia provides group transport to and from Manly Jazz every year.
Sydney Charter Bus Australia acknowledges the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we operate and travel. We pay our respects to Elders past, present and emerging.
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