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Manly Wharf is a heritage-listed passenger terminal wharf and recreational area located at West Esplanade and serving Manly, a Sydney suburb in the Northern Beaches Council local government area of New South Wales, Australia. Since the 1850s, it has served as the Manly embarkation and disembarkation point for the Manly to Sydney ferry service.
A Manly Beach sunset. Travelling to Manly from Sydney's main ferry terminal, Circular Quay, takes 22 to 30 minutes by public ferry, depending on the ferry, as the formerly private "fast ferry" is now part of the Opal network. [3]
Also thought to be the first vessel in the long standing Manly ferry livery of dark green hull and white funnel with black topping. Long and narrow (beam 4.0 m) paddle steamer with shallow draft made for unpleasant rides across Sydney Heads in bad weather. Broken up in Pyrmont c. 1886 [10] [16] 63 tons: 36.3 m: 160: Manly ferry, paddle steamer ...
Manly (II) (1896) was the first double-ended screw ferry on the run, and Kuring-gai (1901) was steel, double-ended screw steamer that in its appearance, size and capacity, was the first of the familiar Manly ferries of the twentieth century. Ferry North Head and a hydrofoil, Manly ferry wharf, 1981
Manly Cove including the ferry terminal. Manly was named by Captain Arthur Phillip for the Indigenous people living there, stating that "their confidence and manly behaviour made me give the name of Manly Cove to this place". [2] These men were of the Kay-ye-my clan (of the Dharug-speaking Gayemaygal people). [3]
Manly (II) was designed by renowned naval architect, Walter Reeks and was the first double-ended screw ferry on the Manly run. In 1901, Reeks also designed the Kuring-gai , a steel, double-ended screw steamer that in its appearance, size and capacity, was the first of the familiar Manly ferries of the twentieth century.
Since January 1965, the Port Jackson & Manly Steamship Company and its successors had operated high speed hydrofoil and later JetCat services between Circular Quay and Manly. [1] In December 2008, the New South Wales State Government, decided the Sydney Ferries JetCat service would cease and called for tenders to operate the service on a ...
An advertisement for the Port Jackson and Manly Steamship Company circa 1940. The Port Jackson and Manly Steamship Company (PJ&MSC) was a publicly listed company that operated the Manly ferries in Sydney, Australia. After being taken over by Brambles Industries, the ferry service was eventually taken over by the State Government and is now part ...