Fearnes Coaches

Bustech bodied Mercedes-Benz O500LE in October 2009
Parent	Joe & Tony Calabro
Founded	1916
Headquarters	East Wagga Wagga
Service area	Wagga Wagga Harden
Service type	Bus services
Alliance	Busabout Sydney Hawkesbury Valley Buses
Routes	8 town services 48 school bus routes
Destinations	Ashmont, Bourkelands, East Wagga Wagga, Estella, Forest Hill, Glenfield Park, Gumly Gumly, Kooringal, Lake Albert, Mount Austin, North Wagga Wagga, Springvale, Tatton, Tolland, Wagga Wagga
Depots	2
Fleet	61 (December 2014)
Website	www.busaboutwagga.com.au

Busabout Wagga Wagga is an Australian private bus company formed in 1916 as Fearnes Coaches, with depots in Wagga Wagga and Harden, New South Wales.

Fearnes Coaches was founded by William Fearne and William Borlase in 1916 as a general carrier and charter bus operator, however Borlase pulled out of the partnership in the early 1920s. By 1929, William Fearne had started the first route and timetable in Wagga Wagga between the suburb of Turvey Park and Docker Street which was later extended to North Wagga Wagga.

In 1936, William Fearne's son Clive bought the company and ran it until his death in 1989. The business then passed to his son Garry, who died in 1996, leaving the business to his widow Audrey, who ran it until deciding to retire and sell the business in December 2008.

In 1988, an express service to Sydney was introduced followed in 1998 by a service to Melbourne. In June 1990, Fearnes began coach services from Cootamundra to Tumbarumba and from Wagga Wagga to Griffith under a contract with CountryLink. These were retained when re-tendered from December 1992. Upon being re-tendered, the Griffith service passed to Makeham Coaches in January 2003 and the Tumbarumba service in January 2008.

On 5 December 2008, Fearnes Coaches was purchased by Sydney bus company Busabout purchased and rebranded as Busabout Wagga Wagga in 2009. In February 2009, the coach services to Canberra and Sydney were discontinued.

In November 2013 Busabout commenced operating the services previously provided by Charles Sturt University.

As of December 2014, the fleet consisted of 61 buses and coaches. Since taking over in December 2008, the Calabros have replaced over half of the fleet with a combination of buses transferred from their Busabout Sydney and Hawkesbury Valley Buses operations, second-hand purchases, most notably Volvo B10Ms from Reservoir Bus Company, and some new Bustech bodied Volvo B7Rs.