McCafferty's Coaches was formed in April 1940 when
Jack McCafferty began a service from Picnic Point to Rangeville in
Toowoomba. In 1955 McCafferty's began operating a service from Toowoomba to the
Gold Coast. Over the next few decades McCafferty's expanded to operate long-distance services throughout
Queensland. In December 1980 McCafferty's entered the interstate coach market with a Brisbane to Sydney service extending to Melbourne in December 1983. On 22 December 1989, one of their coaches was involved in a
disastrous bus crash near
Kempsey, New South Wales in which 35 people were killed. In November 1992 McCafferty's commenced operating Melbourne to Adelaide and Adelaide to
Darwin services followed by Sydney - Canberra - Adelaide in late 1993 and Darwin -
Broome - Perth in May 1995 making it a national operator. The latter service was withdrawn in June 1996. The Brisbane to
Charleville service was acquired from
Skennars in 1992. In 1999 McCafferty's purchased
MotorCoach Australia from the administrator of
Clifford Corporation. As well as building coaches for McCafferty's it also completed orders for external customers. It closed in 2004 having completed over 60 coaches. In March 2000 McCafferty's entered into negotiations with
Greyhound Pioneer Australia about a possible merge. In September 2000 a takeover bid from McCafferty's for Greyhound was accepted. As part of the deal the McCafferty family sold their shares to Tony McCafferty. In October 2004 the McCafferty family sold its shares to
ANZ Bank and George Chapman, and both operations were rebranded as Greyhound Australia. ==Fleet==