Bridges, dams and a whole lot more big things: and the stories behind them.
Engineering
How do you refuel a ship?
December 16th, 2014
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Have you ever wondered how ships get refuelled while in port? Unlike cars, ships don’t get taken to a petrol station, but the tanker comes to them.
Loading the Spirit of Tasmania
April 29th, 2014
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The Spirit of Tasmania is a roll-on/roll-off ferry that carries road vehicles as well as passengers between the island state of Tasmania and the rest of Australia. Two vessels operate the service across Bass Strait – MV Spirit of Tasmania I and MV Spirit of Tasmania II. So how are cars loaded onto it?
Remembering the other Queenscliff-Sorrento ferry
May 28th, 2013
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I’ve previous written about the history of the Queenscliff-Sorrento car ferry, but today I’m looking at a different ferry service that plied the same route – the passenger ferry that stopped off at Portsea on the way across Port Phillip Bay.