Thursday, January 16, 2025

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Mackay and Whitsunday Life

STELLAR BUS DRIVER SAVES SCRUFFY BEAR

Lost but not forgotten, a little boy’s treasured bear was accidentally left on the bus. The scruffy but much-loved bear named Teddy spent the day on the shuttle going back and forth between Proserpine and Shute Harbour when little Liam accidentally left him behind after riding the bus with his family.  

Tony Snape, an outstanding member of the Whitsundays community was the driver that day and noticed the lost bear. Tony returned the bear to the Jubilee Tavern where the family could pick Teddy up after his ‘little unplanned day of work experience’ as Liam’s mum, Shauna, states.
Avoiding a tearful disaster, Tony saves the day saying thankfully to the kind words from the family he was ‘just doing his job.’

Proving that Whitsunday Transit has some of the nicest bus drivers around to keep this well-travelled little bear safe until he could be reunited with his boy.

The Munro family thanks Tony again for returning their son’s bear and treated him to a tipple of his favourite pint at the Jubilee Tavern. Liam’s now keeping a tighter hold on Teddy, and they plan on having many more fun bus trips together in the future.

Liam ecstatically reunited with his Teddy. Photo source: Shauna Munro on Facebook

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