Duffy's City Buses began trading in 1954, when Tom and Marie Duffy purchased the local Bundaberg bus service from Mr. Earl Johnson. Immediately they set about improving the quality of services and buses. The buses serviced the schools and conducted urban and charter services, operating seven days per week.

As cars became more readily available, urban services were starting to struggle, however the introduction of free transport to school, helped keep the business viable. During this time a number of services were deleted because of the fall in passenger numbers. These included the picture service, workers' service and Saturday and Sunday services.

In 1975, Tom Duffy passed away and other family members carried on the business. In 1981, Paul and Lyn Duffy purchased the business in their own right. Paul and Lyn remain the owners to this day.

During the 1980's, Duffy's began rebuilding their urban services in addition to maintaining the school and charter services. In the late 80's it was decided that the charter side of the business would have to stand alone, as the owners were currently subsidizing it. Because of the competitive nature of charter work and a number of new companies coming to Bundaberg, it was decided to phase out charter work and concentrate on school and urban services. This was a major paradigm shift, however it gave the company the opportunity to refocus it goals and set in place services and vehicles that were of the highest standard.

In July 1994 the urban services were extended to include many areas of Bundaberg. In July 1999, these services were updated with more services per day, new timetables and integrated services that allow people to purchase one ticket to go to any destination. Duffy's City Buses has one of the most modern fleets and most regular timetables in regional Queensland.

Each day Duffy's transport over 2500 children to and from school in addition to over 1000 paying passengers on the urban services. Our aim is to continue to build upon these foundations and provide public transport that is highly regarded by the local residents.

Duffy's fleet consists of 23 buses, with the majority being under 5 years of age. Of these, 2 are kneeling buses which lower to the height of the gutter, and five are low floor buses. These buses have no steps which enable easy access for the elderly, wheelchairs and prams.  The fleet is continually being updated and plans are in place to purchase additional buses in years to come.

Currently Duffys City Buses employs over 30 staff, ranging from Full Time through to Casual.  We anticipate enormous growth in the future which will allow us to not only increase current services but to add new services as well.   The region is growing fast and we hope to grow with it for many years to come.