A Wyndham-based bus company has celebrated the cultures and diversity of it drivers.
CDC Victoria bus drivers on Tuesday dressed in traditional clothing that reflected their cultural backgrounds as they manned their buses across the western suburbs.
Staff members also brought foods signifying their cultural identity into work to share with each other.
The company has celebrated its Taste of Harmony festival for the past three years.
CDC Victoria last week moved into its new depot on Prosperity Street, Truganina.
CDC Victoria chief executive Nick Yap said the decision to amalgamate the company’s Altona and Werribee depots into “one mega depot” was made to modernise facilities for the benefit of staff and with any eye to future growth possibilities.
“The 15 million dollar investment into a new modern facility at Wyndham allows us to be better equipped to serve the ever-expanding population in the west,” he said.
The Truganina depot is home to 302 employees including 33 head office staff, 11 administration employees, 239 drivers and a 19-member maintenance crew.
The depot has a fleet of 146 buses that cover 28 routes, not including school runs.
The depot also has an operations and customer centre, three refuelling stations and a bus-wash big enough for a double-decker bus.
Alesha Capone
