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Manly Ferry
The Manly ferry service (numbered F1) operates on Sydney Harbour, connecting the Sydney suburb of Manly with Circular Quay in the CBD, a journey of seven nautical miles. History In 1853, Henry Gilbert Smith chartered the wooden paddle wheeler ''Brothers'' to bring people to the Manly area and thus boost the value of the subdivision of his land holdings near the Corso. The Manly area with its beaches and bays became a popular weekend destination and more ferries were chartered including by a local hotel owner. By 1855, the paddle steamer ''Emu'' (I) provided two daily weekday trips. ''Emu'' was followed by ''Black Swan'' and ''Pelican''. In 1859, the first double-ended ferry, ''Phantom'' commenced the service. She was a success, and the double-ended configuration remains the standard on the Manly route through to the present-day. Weekends and holidays were even busier than week days, and extra boats and tugs were put into service often as charters, including ''Goolwa'', ''B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
MV Collaroy
The ''Freshwater'' class is a class of ferry operating the Manly ferry services, Manly ferry service between Circular Quay and Manly, New South Wales, Manly on Port Jackson, Sydney Harbour. The ferries are owned by the Government of New South Wales and operated by the franchisee Transdev Sydney Ferries under the government's Sydney Ferries brand. History The need for new Ferry, ferries on the Manly, New South Wales, Manly–Circular Quay service was identified during the mid-1970s, during which time the service was characterised by deteriorating quality and low patronage. The ferries were also used to travel to Port Kembla, New South Wales, Port Kembla /Wollongong, Broken Bay/Central Coast (New South Wales), Central Coast and Newcastle, New South Wales, Newcastle during the 90s considering they had features that would allow them to travel past the heads and into the ocean. Decline of the Manly ferries Prior to 1971, the ferry services on the Manly–Circular Quay route were o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sydney Ferry NORTH HEAD And Hydrofoil Approaching Manly Wharf 18 January 1981
Sydney is the capital city of the state of New South Wales and the most populous city in Australia. Located on Australia's east coast, the metropolis surrounds Sydney Harbour and extends about 80 km (50 mi) from the Pacific Ocean in the east to the Blue Mountains in the west, and about 80 km (50 mi) from Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park and the Hawkesbury River in the north and north-west, to the Royal National Park and Macarthur in the south and south-west. Greater Sydney consists of 658 suburbs, spread across 33 local government areas. Residents of the city are colloquially known as "Sydneysiders". The estimated population in June 2024 was 5,557,233, which is about 66% of the state's population. Estimated resident population, 30 June 2017. The city's nicknames include the Emerald City and the Harbour City. There is evidence that Aboriginal Australians inhabited the Greater Sydney region at least 30,000 years ago, and their engravings and cultural sites ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
State Transit Authority
The State Transit Authority of New South Wales, also referred to as State Transit, was an agency of the Government of New South Wales operating bus services in Sydney. Superseding the Urban Transit Authority in 1989, it was also responsible for the provision of Sydney Ferries, ferry services in Sydney until 2004 and Newcastle Buses & Ferries, bus and ferry services in Newcastle until 2017. It ceased trading after 2 April 2022 with its remaining operations to be contracted out by Transport for NSW to replacement operators. , the New South Wales Government has not yet put forward a Bill (law), Bill for the dissolution of the State Transit Authority of NSW. History In view of its political sensitivity, the agencies responsible for public transport in New South Wales are frequently restructured. Buses and ferries were the responsibility of the Department of Government Transport until 1972, when it was merged with the Department of Railways New South Wales to form the Public Tr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Freshwater-class Ferries
The ''Freshwater'' class is a class of ferry operating the Manly ferry service between Circular Quay and Manly on Sydney Harbour. The ferries are owned by the Government of New South Wales and operated by the franchisee Transdev Sydney Ferries under the government's Sydney Ferries brand. History The need for new ferries on the Manly–Circular Quay service was identified during the mid-1970s, during which time the service was characterised by deteriorating quality and low patronage. The ferries were also used to travel to Port Kembla /Wollongong, Broken Bay/ Central Coast and Newcastle during the 90s considering they had features that would allow them to travel past the heads and into the ocean. Decline of the Manly ferries Prior to 1971, the ferry services on the Manly–Circular Quay route were operated by the Port Jackson & Manly Steamship Company. In that year, the company posted a modest profit of $112,000. Patronage was approaching all-time lows, but the growth prosp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Urban Transit Authority
The Urban Transit Authority, a former statutory authority of the Government of New South Wales, was responsible for the operation and maintenance of buses and ferries in Sydney and Newcastle, New South Wales, Newcastle from July 1980 until January 1989. History The Urban Transit Authority was established pursuant to the that separated the functions of the Public Transport Commission with the State Rail Authority taking responsibility for trains, and the Urban Transit Authority responsibility for buses and ferries. It was replaced in January 1989 by the State Transit Authority. Fleet Urban Transit inherited a fleet 1,680 buses comprising Leyland Royal Tiger Worldmaster, Leyland Worldmasters, circa 740 Leyland Leopard, Leopards, Leyland Atlantean, Atlanteans and 657 Mercedes-Benz O305s. By 1987 the O305 fleet would total 1,287, the world's largest. These along with Mercedes-Benz O405s had replaced most of the Leylands when Urban Transit ceased. The inherited ferry fleet cons ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Public Transport Commission
The Public Transport Commission (PTC) was an agency of the Government of New South Wales responsible for the provision of rail, bus and ferry services in New South Wales, Australia from October 1972 until June 1980. Upon dissolution, responsibility for rail services transferred to the State Rail Authority and responsibility for bus and ferry services to the Urban Transit Authority. The PTC, composed of five Commissioners appointed by the Governor of New South Wales, was accountable to the Minister for Transport. Structure The PTC was established pursuant to the and led to the abolition of the offices of Commissioner for Railways and Commissioner for Public Transport. The Act facilitated the merger of the Department of Railways and the Department of Government Transport, the latter being the agency that operated government bus services in Sydney and Newcastle. In December 1974, the dissolved the Sydney Harbour Transport Board and ferries were added to PTC's responsibil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brambles Industries
Brambles Limited is an Australian company that specialises in the pooling of unit-load equipment, pallets, crates and containers. It is listed on the Australian Securities Exchange. History Brambles traces its history to 1875, when Walter Bramble established a butchery business in Newcastle, the operations of which he gradually expanded into transport and logistics. Brambles was listed on the Australian Securities Exchange in 1954, as W E Bramble & Sons Limited and entered the pallet pooling business in 1958 through the purchase of the Commonwealth Handling Equipment Pool (CHEP), from the Australian Government. This same year the company changed its name to Brambles Industries Limited and moved its head office from Newcastle to Sydney.History Brambles In 1970, Brambles entered the waste disposal market with the purchase of the Australian subsidiar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SS South Steyne
SS ''South Steyne'' is a former Manly ferry services, Manly ferry on Port Jackson, Sydney Harbour. She was the world's largest steam-powered passenger ferry and operated on the service from 1938 to 1974. Restored in the 1980s, she served as a restaurant ship in Newcastle, New South Wales, Newcastle in the 1990s, and in 2000 was moved back to Sydney and open to the public at Darling Harbour. Since April 2016 she has been stored at Berrys Bay. She was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999. The ''South Steyne'' was designed by Walter Leslie Dendy and John Ashcroft and built from 1937 to 1938 by Henry Robb, Henry Robb Ltd. of Scotland. Description ''South Steyne'' is a double-ended, double-screw steamship powered by a , four-cylinder triple expansion steam engine. The ship's boilers were fitted to burn either coal or oil however, she has only used oil. She could achieve a speed in excess of , almost as fast as the twin Manly ferries, Dee Why-c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spit Bridge
The Spit Bridge, a steel and concrete girder bridge with a bascule bridge, bascule lift Span (architecture), span across the Middle Harbour, is located north-east of the Sydney central business district, central business district in Sydney, Australia. The bridge carries The Spit Road (A8, Sydney, A8) from a point called The Spit, New South Wales, The Spit, and connects the suburbs of Mosman, on the south bank and Seaforth, New South Wales, Seaforth, on the north bank. History Sydney's Lower North Shore (Sydney), Lower North Shore and Northern Beaches were serviced initially by a rowing boat from as early as 1829. A hand-operated Cable ferry, punt service began in 1850 and continued until 1889, when it was replaced by a steam punt. The inhabitants of the Manly, New South Wales, Manly area first requested a bridge in the 1870s and the first plans for one were made in the following decade. In 1912, Member of Parliament Richard Arthur (Australian politician), Richard Arthur lobbi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baragoola
MV ''Baragoola'' was a ferry formerly operated by the Port Jackson & Manly Steamship Company and its successors on the Manly service. The sixth and final of the -type Manly ferries, the vessel entered service in 1922. Built with a triple-expansion steam engine, she was converted to diesel-electric propulsion in 1961. Since its decommissioning as a ferry in 1983, the vessel had a number of owners who attempted to find a new role and restore it. In 2003, it was laid up at Balls Head Bay on the north side of Sydney Harbour as attempts to restore the vessel continued. However, in January 2022, she sank at her mooring alongside the Balls Head Coal Loader, with the decision then made that the vessel would be scrapped. ''Baragoola'' is an Australian Aboriginal word for "flood tide". Background The Port Jackson & Manly Steamship Company's fleet transitioned comparatively late to screw-propelled vessels and the fleet comprised mostly paddle steamers until the early years of the tw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
MV North Head
MV ''North Head'' (formerly SS ''Barrenjoey'') was a ferry operated by the Port Jackson & Manly Steamship Company and its successors on the Manly service from 1913 until 1985. The vessel was launched as ''Barrenjoey'', a steamer and one of the six ''Binngarra''-type Manly ferries which were built between 1905 and 1922. In 1951, she was converted to diesel-electric power, completely rebuilt and renamed ''North Head''. She was removed from service in 1985 following the introduction of the ferries. She spent time in Hobart as a floating restaurant and, in 2000, she was taken to Cairns where she remains grounded and in deteriorating condition. The name "Barrenjoey" was taken from the headland at the northern tip of Pittwater. "North Head" is the northern headland at the entrance to Sydney Harbour. Background The Port Jackson & Manly Steamship Company's fleet transitioned comparatively late to screw propelled vessels and the fleet comprised mostly paddle steamers until the e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Balgowlah
Balgowlah is a suburb of northern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Balgowlah (or Bulgowlah) said to be an Aboriginal name for "North Harbour". The area now known as Balgowlah was known to the Aboriginals as Jilling. Balgowlah is located 12 kilometres north-east of the Sydney central business district in the local government area of Northern Beaches Council, in the Northern Beaches region. Balgowlah shares the postcode 2093 with the adjacent suburbs of Manly Vale, Balgowlah Heights and North Balgowlah. History Balgowlah was named in 1832 after an Aboriginal word meaning ''north harbour'' in reference to its position from Port Jackson. In the early days of European Settlement it had been known as Little Manly. Sir Edmund Barton, Australia's first prime minister, resided in the building known as Whitehall in White Street. Since 2004, Whitehall has been the site of the Norwegian Seamen's Church. Heritage listings Balgowlah has a number of heritage-listed sit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
