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McCafferty's Coaches was formed in April 1940 when Jack McCafferty began a service from Picnic Point to Rangeville in Toowoomba. [2] In 1955 McCafferty's began operating a service from Toowoomba to the Gold Coast. [3] Over the next few decades McCafferty's expanded to operate long-distance services throughout Queensland.
In November 1989, the Penfold family sold Greyhound Coaches to Stateliner with the exception of the Brisbane - Gold Coast and Brisbane - Toowoomba services that were sold separately. [3] In 1992 Greyhound, Pioneer and Bus Australia merged with the combined operation rebranded Greyhound Pioneer Australia. [4] [5]
Toowoomba Greyhound Racing Club Showgrounds, Glenvale Road, Toowoomba: 1984–2000 [3] [98] Townsville Showground (Townsville Greyhound Racing Club) Ingham Road, West End, Townsville: opened 19 December 1936 [99]
His coach business was later merged into Greyhound Australia. In 1955, McCafferty was elected as an alderman to the Toowoomba City Council and within three years he was the 58th mayor of Toowoomba, an office he held for nine years until his defeat in 1967. During this time, he came to be regarded as a dynamic mayor who put Toowoomba on the map. [2]
Founder John Cyril Anderson worked in a family grocery store in Toowoomba, and he purchased a two-ton Studebaker truck in 1934 to bring supplies into the store from Brisbane. Eventually this supply run was expanded to a general carry business venture and by 1936 the operation had increased to four vehicles, becoming Western Transport Pty Ltd. [2]
An Eastern Greyhound Lines coach depicted at a stop in Conneaut, Ohio, c. 1930 Cast iron model "Northland Transportation Co." passenger bus, c. 1930. In 1914, Eric Wickman, a 27-year-old Swedish immigrant, was laid off from his job as a drill operator at a mine in Alice, Minnesota.
The Brisbane Valley railway line, branching from the Main Line after Wulkuraka railway station, was opened to Lowood in 1884, Esk in 1886, and Yarraman in 1913. Passenger services operated to Toogoolawah until 1989, and freight services until closure of the line in sections in 1988 and 1993.
Millmerran–Inglewood Road is a continuous 68.8 kilometres (42.8 mi) road route in the Toowoomba and Goondiwindi regions of Queensland, Australia. The road is signed as State Route 82. [ 1 ] Millmerran–Inglewood Road (number 337) is a state-controlled regional road.