The “Curlew” is the main support vessel and performs the scheduled runs while the Amelia K covers the student service or when it is undergoing maintenance,
She is of timber construction and built in 1922.
She is surveyed to carry 57 passengers and has proved highly reliable and efficient to operate. She is loved by the locals, and has a back deck where commuters can sit and chat on their way home in the summer evenings.
The Curlew was originally known as the “Gloria” and has operated as a banana boat on the Hawkesbury River. Her history is not well known but it is believed that a larger propeller was added in the 1960’s with a longer stern so that she could compete in the “Ferry Wars”. The story goes that the residents of the area set up another Ferry Service in completion and that whichever Ferry got to the wharf first would get the fares. The story also tells of railway tracks being used as battering rams.
The “Curlew” is the main support vessel and performs the scheduled runs while the Amelia K covers the student service or when it is undergoing maintenance,
She is of timber construction and built in 1922.
She is surveyed to carry 57 passengers and has proved highly reliable and efficient to operate. She is loved by the locals, and has a back deck where commuters can sit and chat on their way home in the summer evenings.
The Curlew was originally known as the “Gloria” and has operated as a banana boat on the Hawkesbury River. Her history is not well known but it is believed that a larger propeller was added in the 1960’s with a longer stern so that she could compete in the “Ferry Wars”. The story goes that the residents of the area set up another Ferry Service in completion and that whichever Ferry got to the wharf first would get the fares. The story also tells of railway tracks being used as battering rams.
