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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.
Travelling to Manly from Sydney's main ferry terminal, Circular Quay, takes 22 to 30 minutes by ferry. [3] The Corso, a pedestrian plaza and one of Manly's main streets for shopping and dining, runs from the Manly wharf and harbour beach, across the peninsula to Manly Beach, where it marks the boundary between North Steyne and South Steyne.
Manly is a beach-side suburb of northern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia.It is 17 kilometres (11 mi) north-east of the Sydney central business district and is currently one of the three administrative centres of the local government area of Northern Beaches Council.
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
The Circular Quay ferry wharf complex consists of five double-sided wharves at 90 degrees to the shoreline, numbered 2 to 6. [1] Wharves 3 to 5 are used exclusively by Sydney Ferries, wharf 2 Side B is used by Sydney Ferries, wharf 2 A is used by Manly Fast Ferry by while wharf 6 is used by other operators including Captain Cook Cruises.
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 ...
[4] [5] However Manly Fast Ferry continued to operate services between Circular Quay Wharf 6 and Manly East Pier via Taronga Zoo and Watsons Bay. [6] [citation needed] In July 2014, expressions of interest were sought for the next franchise with Bass & Flinders Cruises, SeaLink Travel Group, Sydney Fast Ferries and Transit Systems responding.
External image Sydney Ferries network map (PDF) by Transport for NSW, updated November 2017. Sydney Ferries is a metropolitan ferry service operating in Sydney Harbour, connecting a network of 36 wharves on the waterway and its various inlets and tributaries. Currently, Sydney Ferries operates nine distinct service routes across the harbour, all originating from or terminating at Circular Quay ...