Go West Tours has opened a new Hertz agency at Collie Auto-tech to provide vehicles for the domestic and commercial markets.

The agency will be run by Collie Auto-tech staff and offer a range from sedans to four wheel drives and mine site vehicles.

The move builds on Hertz’s footprint in the South West, which also includes Bunbury and Busselton.

Explore Australia’s Red Centre with Go West on one of its amazing camping safaris.

Join a tour group on a 7000km journey from Bunbury to Kalgoorlie, Leonora, Laverton, Warburton, Giles, Docker River and Ayers Rock. The tour returns to Bunbury via Coober Pedy, Ceduna, Norseman and Perth.

The Uluru tour is one of many regional and remote tours operated by Go West.

A number of ageing buses in Go West’s fleet have been sold in keeping with the company’s values of aligning costs to revenue.

The management team and Bus Procurement and Sales Specialist Graeme Grimes have analysed the fleet to ensure only vehicles which deliver maximising return are retained.

Vehicles were assessed based on utilisation of equipment, cost of repair, future market trends and what could be sold as a profit in a declining economy.

“We have some of the most knowledgeable people in the industry who understand future trends and the vehicles which produce an income, and this in conjunction with a good industry reputation for quality repairs and maintenance has attracted a good market for the old vehicles in our fleet,” said General Manager David Haoust.

It’s great to hear some good feedback about the service Go West Tours provides.

Russell Bunce from the Karratha depot was praised by Sodexo Coastal Operations Manager Luke Liburn for doing a “fantastic job” driving his staff and for an “exceptional overview” of Go West at a safety meeting.

The Public Transport Authority also praised staff for assisting with bus parking.

“Building relationships with our clients goes a long way to ensuring our success and building confidence in our staff and the way we operate,” said Operations Manager Justin Miller.

Go West has welcomed two more employees to the team.

Joanne Landless has joined the Supply team to assist this growing division which looks after all of the company’s parts ordering across the State.

The new role will support Supply Manager Peter Robson and assist with increased demand for parts generated by new contracts and increased work scope.

Welcome also to new Karratha Depot Supervisor Kim Russell. Kim was formerly Operations Manager at Bus West and Fortesque Bus Service in Port Hedland and will now be in charge of 40 staff at the depot.