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Travelling by Ferry and Kissing
Point
Water Taxi Parramatta Rydalmere Meadowbank Kissing Point The Esplanade
Park
Bowden St
John St
Charles St
Sydney Olympic Neutral Bay Kurraba Mosman Bay (opposite The Corso)
Park Hayes St Point Avenue Rd (Please note: Manly
Travelling by ferry is a great way to commute between the Burroway Rd Cabarita Abbotsford North Sydney Kurraba Rd Old Cremorne gates close 2 minutes
Cabarita Pt
Great North Rd
Green St
harbour suburbs. State-owned, privately managed Sydney Wharf departure info Chiswick High St South Mosman early to prepare ferry
for on time departure)
Bortfield Dr
Musgrave St
Kirribilli
Ferries provides the majority of services, but it competes with After 7.30pm, all services from Huntleys Point Holbrook Ave Cremorne Point
Huntleys Point Rd
Circular Quay wharves 2 and 5 Drummoyne Milson Rd
Fast Ferry, managed by a second private operator on the Manly depart from Wharf 4. Departure Wolseley St
wharves are a guide only, check Woolwich Taronga Zoo
run. Water taxis are a convenient but expensive alternative, departure boards for updates. Cockatoo Valentia St Athol Wharf Rd
Island McMahons Milsons Point /
Point
and there are numerous sight seeing cruises offering a wide Key: Greenwich Birchgrove Henry Lawson Ave Alfred St South
Luna Park
Louisa Rd
range of tours, from showcasing landmarks within the harbour Multiple services stop at this wharf Mitchell St Watsons Bay
Military Rd
to travelling to the open ocean on whale-watching expeditions. Wheelchair access Balmain Rose Bay
Thames St
(ramp grade varies depending on tide) Lyne Park
Balmain East Double Bay
Services: Darling St Bay St
Darling Point
Darling Harbour / Balmain East McKell Park (Stops Mon-Fri only)
Parramatta River Pyrmont Bay King St Wharf 3 Garden Island
(Casino/Maritime Museum) Navy Heritage Centre
Neutral Bay
Wharf Wharf Wharf Wharf
Mosman 5 4 3 2
Rose Bay / Watsons Bay
Manly
Taronga Zoo
Map not to scale.
RiverCats that travel upriver to
Parramatta, the HarbourCats, the
First Fleet Class for short inner
Captain Cook ferry approaching the Sydney Opera House suburb routes, the Lady Class
and the large and elegant
Using Sydney’s Ferries If you don’t have a pre­paid Opal Freshwaters that pass by the
There is a constant procession Card (see p230), you can buy a North and South Heads on
of Sydney Ferries traversing the single­trip ferry ticket from the their way to Manly. A new­style
harbour between 6am and mid­ Opal machines at the wharf. To ferry for the Parramatta River
night daily. The boats cover most board the ferry, tap your Opal is under development.
of Sydney Harbour and stops ticket or card on the
along the Parramatta River. Opal pad on the barrier
Frequent services run to and machine. You need to
from Manly, Darling Harbour, tap off at the end of
Balmain, Parramatta, Taronga your journey, too.
Zoo, Neutral Bay, Pyrmont Bay, Manly’s ferry ter minal
Balmain/Woolwich, Mosman, is serviced by regular
Rose Bay and Watsons Bay, with ferries and the faster,
stops en route. Sydney Buses privately run Manly Fast
(see p236) provide conve nient Ferry. The trip takes A Sydney Ferries SuperCat
connections at most wharves. 17 minutes, compared
The Transport NSW website to 30 minutes by
provides complete infor ma tion, tradi tional ferry. This
including timetables, stops and service operates every
fares. You can also call the Sydney 10 minutes during
Ferries Infoline for details. peak times in the
Contact ferry operator Harbour morning and afternoon,
City Ferries about lost property. and twice an hour
outside peak times.
Tickets can be bought The Freshwater Collaroy en route to Manly
Making a Journey by Ferry
from the Manly Fast
Most ferry journeys start and Ferry booth at the
end at the Circular Quay Ferry wharf or on board
Terminal, but you can board and the vessel.
disembark at any stop along the
route. Electronic destination
boards at the entrance to each Types of Vessel
wharf indicate the wharf from Sydney Ferries operates
which your ferry will leave, and six types of vessel: the
also give departure times and SuperCats serving
all stops made en route. Watsons Bay, the A Sydney Ferries RiverCat
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