7-8 Seater Mini Bus
Our 8 seater minibus is perfect for smaller groups as it can be driven with a normal car licence.
Warrnambool and District only.
12-14 Seater Minibus
Our 12 seater is a great vehicle that is popular with small groups for hire.
Warrnambool and District only.
21-25 Seater Minibus
Our 21-25 seater minibuses for hire are great for zipping around the city or cruising along the freeway, even with a trailer in tow.
57 Seater Charter Bus
Seating up to 57 passengers our buses are suitable for use during school hours and on weekends to transport groups within Victoria.
53-57 Seater Charter Coach
Explore Cole’s Coaches wide variety of coach charter hire/travel options. With our coaches you know you will travel in comfort with reclining air-craft style seating.
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Bus Hire
You can hire 7, 12, 21 and 25 seater minibuses on a self drive basis. Alternatively, Cole’s Coaches has drivers that can drive your minibus.
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Group Tours
Tours from 1 to 100 days can be organised by Cole’s Coaches for your Group. It can be within the local district, Victoria or interstate.
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School Tours
Primary, Secondary and Tertiary Schools from western Victoria, Melbourne and interstate have been traveling on Cole’s Coaches tours for many years.
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Events
Coaches connect you to some of the most popular events in Australia. Events are predominantly held in Melbourne and taking our tour, allows you to sit back, relax, and enjoy the show.
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School Bus Service
Cole’s Coaches carries around 1000 students a day during the school week. Coles operate 32 services throughout south western Victoria with bases in Geelong, Colac, Mortlake and Warrnambool.
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VLine Services
Cole’s Coaches operate two scheduled services for the general public.
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Special Needs
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Private Contracts
Your Drivers
Meet your drivers...
Steve Grindal
Steve brings impressive and extensive coach driving experience having driven coaches for over 35 years. Steve's has experience driving coaches around all parts of Australia, on camping charters and on 4WD tours. When he hasn’t been driving coaches, Steve has also worked on a cattle station in the Northern Territory. His hobbies include camping, travelling Australia and spending time with his family Steve will be driving on our charter jobs and extended tours.
James Jonah
James is our newest member to join the Cole’s Coaches team. James is our loveable Welsh driver. He has worked extensively in the UK and throughout Europe driving coaches for touring rock bands. James and his Australian wife and children now call Warrnambool home. You can find James out and about on one of our school runs, charter jobs and extended tours. In his downtime James likes to spend time with his family, cooking, watching live music and comedy shows.
Alan Moncrieff
Alan has worked for Cole’s Coaches for the last 8 years. Alan is one of our regular school bus drivers. You will also find him out about on school/group day trips plus Alan helps out on our extended tours such as the Rock to Reef as our tour cook/driver. In his own time Alan likes to spend time with his family and travelling. Alan travels to all parts of the globe including recent trips to India, Peru and the Easter Islands. Alan is also a keen fisherman and is very knowledgeable about where the best fishing spots are.
Brendan Farley
Brendan has worked for Cole’s Coaches for the last 8 years. Brendan is one of our regular school bus drivers and you will also find Brendan out and about on school/group day trips and as a second driver on our extended School tours interstate to the Northern Territory, Queensland and Canberra. Brendan is easy going with a pleasant personality and is professional in his service delivery. In his downtime you can probably see Brendan catching a wave when he’s not spending time with his family.
David Robe
David works at our Geelong office as Operations Manager and has worked for the company for 5 years. When David is not in the office you will find him out on a school run and or charter. He is also a coach captain on our School extended tours – Canberra and the Rock to Reef. In his downtime David plays golf and tries to barrack for the Collingwood Magpies.
Andrew Woods
Andrew has worked for Cole’s Coaches for the past 12 years and is located at our Geelong depot. Andrew is one of our regular school bus drivers. However he is mostly out and about with local school groups travelling to Melbourne and around Geelong. Andrew aims to please and offers great service to all types of groups. In his downtime Andrew is a bus nut and loves V8 Supercars.