Simcocks’ Bus Services are a 4th generation family owned and operated company that have been operating in the Garfield, Pakenham and Drouin areas for 60 years. When the Tonimbuk School closed in the early 1950’s Cecil Simcocks, who was responsible for the morning paper & mail run from Garfield to Tonimbuk, took it upon himself to offer transport for the children of the Tonimbuk area to school in Bunyip. Cecil was a well known figure in the area, living in the Main Street of Garfield, and along with his wife, Reta, he owned and ran the Milkbar & Newsagency for many years. Slowly but surely the bus transport requirements in the area grew, and it wasn’t long before Cecil ran multiple buses each morning and afternoon around the area, all driven by a strong community of local farm workers and small business owners.