The Depot Historic Vehicle Collection

The Depot Historic Vehicle Collection opened in 2020 to bring the Purtill family's vehicles out of the sheds and into public view at 158 Hardinge Street, Deniliquin. Three generations of a Riverina transport family built this collection, and it shows: around 15,000 visitors a year now come through.

The centrepiece is a restored 1948 Fargo Golden Fleece tanker, anchoring a 450 plus piece Golden Fleece and Ampol petroliana collection of bowsers, signage and memorabilia. Around it sit working trucks (Ford Louisvilles, a White 3000, a Maple Leaf), historic rescue vehicles, a 1948 Bedford school bus named Rosie, a pink Cadillac and a Rolls-Royce once owned by Christopher Skase.

The Depot runs deep in town life, hosting the annual Deniliquin Truck Show and the Transport Industry Wall of Fame, with the 1950s style Cruizin Diner alongside for a post visit milkshake.

A working family's collection with stories attached to every vehicle, not a static shed.

Look out for:

• The restored 1948 Fargo Golden Fleece tanker and the 450 plus piece petroliana collection around it.

• Serious trucks: Ford Louisvilles, a White 3000 and a Maple Leaf among them.

• Rosie, the 1948 Bedford reportedly Australia's oldest registered school bus at retirement.

• A pink Cadillac, historic rescue vehicles and a Rolls-Royce with Christopher Skase provenance.

• The Transport Industry Wall of Fame and Deniliquin Truck Show connections.

• A gift shop, plus classic vehicle hire for weddings and events.

Best way to experience it: allow a lazy hour, read the vehicle stories, then take a booth at the Cruizin Diner next door.

• Open daily 10am to 4pm.

• Entry $20 adult, $16 senior/concession, $16 child 6 to 17, $50 family (2 adults, up to 4 children).

• In central Deniliquin at 158 Hardinge Street; easy parking, with the Cruizin Diner alongside.

• Enquiries and vehicle hire: 1300 333 768.

Last updated: 3 September 2026