In 1973, Skroo and a friend (Geoff “Spy” Lomas) buy a double-decker bus and call it “Argas”. They name their tour company Argas Persicus Travel (after the turkey tick – vet humour…) and set off on their first tour to Spain, Portugal and Morocco. By 1975 the company is renamed Top Deck Travel and the following year the guys open Top Deck Travel’s first Australian office at 333 Queen Street in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
By 1978, the company operates 26 buses and the crew is having the time of their lives…essentially partying and touring around Europe!