Local author John Cronshaw (affectionately known as “Buspa”) is the successful publisher of three books along with a CD, with more tomes in the pipeline. When not writing, Cronshaw is widely recognised as the founder of Fantastic Aussie Tours and the Blue Mountains Explorer Bus; as well as his dedication as, lay preacher in the Anglican Church.
His tour company now includes Fantastic Aussie Tours (FAT), the red double-decker Blue Mountains Explorer Bus fleet and Christian Fellowship Tours. The business is the longest running coach operation in NSW and second oldest continuous family-owned tourism business in the Blue Mountains.
Katoomba-based FAT last year became the first certified 100 per cent carbon neutral bus charter transport service in Australia under the Federal Government’s Carbon Neutral Program.
Book One
The first book, Coached by God: The Successful Christian (2015), began as an attempt to reconcile the conflict within himself between ambition to steer a successful business and humanist philosophy which places all power to change on the individual, and conservative Christianity which defers to God alone and a desire to live a godly Christian life.
Coached by God is a product of two decades of writing, peppered with experiences from Mr Cronshaw’s own life.
Book Two
His second book, Buspa’s Corner: Thoughts for the journey of life, was published in 2017 and follows the Moving Devotions with Buspa CD of 2006.
Both stem from the daily devotions given during Christian Fellowship Tours trips for the Anglican-run Bush Church Aid Society (BCA), which he instigated in 1978 to support remote and rural churches in Australia.
``When we go on tours we have a little devotion each morning, so I started putting some of them together, a bit ad hoc, a bit rough, but next thing you know people are relating to it and being encouraged by it.
``They are practical, easy-to-read, down to earth things.’’
Book Three
Cronshaw’s latest book, Land of the Bible (2017) was published as an accompaniment to The Land of the Bible Tour through Jordan and Israel operated by Christian Fellowship Tours.
Coached By God, Land of the Bible and Buspa’s Corner ($20 each) are all available in the Blue Mountains Explorer Bus shop at Katoomba railway station or can be ordered through the Koorong Bookshop in Penrith.
Pic: John Cronshaw. Image taken by David Hill, (Deep Hill Media).
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