At BPASA we are inclusive and open to all types of buses and coaches in South Australia.

As most of our members are located within metropolitan Adelaide, most of our member-owned fleet consists of former metropolitan service buses.

However there is a notable bright yellow exception; meet 1432. It is proudly owned by a member in Redhill, in SA’s mid-north,

1432 is a 1991-built Hino AK176K with local PMCSA bodywork. It is one of 170 near-identical Hinos built for the Education Department of SA between 1984 and 1991.
Differences between the fleet were the chassis type; 1150 to 1289 are BX341E which is a very similar model. Some styling differences at the rear of the earliest buses is also present.

For many years, the bright yellow Hinos were a familiar sight around rural South Australia. Tucked away quietly at their respective schools during the day, they came to life before and after school times. Tearing about the countryside, noisily transporting the children to and from school.Those who caught these while at school probably remember how slow and yet so noisy these buses were. The lack of air-conditioning also left a mark in the memories of children in country areas, and how hot the green vinyl seats were in summer might have left physical burn marks!

By 2017, all had been retired and replaced with a wide assortment of different bus types, such as Daewoo, Hyundai, and Iveco (to name a few). This marked an end to a standardised, locally-built fleet, and also to school buses without air-conditioning.