Berowra Waters Ferry Explained

Berowra Waters Ferry
Locale:Berowra Waters, Sydney, Australia
Waterway:Berowra Creek
Transit Type:Passenger and automobile cable ferry
Vessels:1
Ridership:133
Operator:Private sector contractor
Owner:Transport for NSW
Website:Transport for NSW

The Berowra Waters Ferry is a cable ferry across the Berowra Creek, a tributary of the Hawkesbury River, located in the Berowra Valley National Park, Sydney, Australia. The ferry operates from the community of Berowra Waters on the west bank of the creek, to a landing on the east bank, thus connecting with the road to Berowra Heights.[1]

Description

The ferry is operated by a private sector operator under contract to Transport for NSW, and is free of tolls. The crossing is in length and takes approximately three minutes. The ferry operates on demand 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, but is closed for maintenance on the second Tuesday of each month from 1200 to 1430.[2]

The Berowra Waters Ferry is one of five cable ferry crossings of the Hawkesbury River system. All the others are across the main channel of the river, comprising in order downstream the Sackville Ferry, Lower Portland Ferry, Webbs Creek Ferry and Wisemans Ferry.[3]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Book: Andrews, Graeme . Ferries of Sydney . 1994 . third . 0-424-00202-7 . Oxford University Press with Sydney University Press . 214–217.
  2. Web site: Berowra Waters ferry . Vehicle ferries . Transport for NSW
    Government of New South Wales
    . 8 August 2018 . 14 January 2019 .
  3. Web site: Sackville Ferry . https://web.archive.org/web/20080728150031/http://www.rta.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/index.cgi?action=heritage.show&id=4305034 . dead . 28 July 2008 . . 18 November 2008 .