Early Farm Transport. Mr & Mrs Fairbridge aboard. The buggy in use by the boys to collect firewood. The McLarty's Dray was made available to Fairbridge free of charge when available. Here is a photo of the two horse dray with its load ready to go to Mandurah. Possibly the first school bus. It was called a REO and apart from being a general work horse it was used to take the kids to school. Of for the day with plenty of fresh air A well shod vehicle No details of the vehicle are known, but it is loaded with kids for their trip to Manurah camp. The big giveaway is the well known sou'wester hats. It was the only time of the year that hats were worn. This vehicle came into service in 1937 and was used until 1949. It's lack of capacity was known to be a problem. 1950 – This was seen as”The first real bus” by the kids. Photo courtesy of Gladys Mares This bus was owned by a Mr Jones who was located Pinjarre. was used to ferry children to schools outside of Fairbridge. May have been in Fairbridge day photo taken bring in children to play sport. Photo courtesy of Gladys Mares. The would have been the bus best remembered by the last of the old Fairbridge kids. The horse and cart was available for use by all cottages. Here it is out for a bit of fun. Generally used for collecting firewood for the cottages and farm work.
