Posts Tagged ‘Queenscliff-Sorrento ferry’

Photos from ten years ago: September 2011

Another instalment in my photos from ten years ago series – this time it is September 2011. The changing railway scene This month I headed out east to the site of the new Lynbrook station. Located on the Cranbourne line between Dandenong and Merinda Park, it opened to passengers in April 2012. I also visited […]

Photos from ten years ago: January 2011

Another instalment in my photos from ten years ago series – this time it is January 2011. By the beach We start the month down at Queenscliff. Where I found the Queenscliff-Sorrento car ferry. A bridge to the secretive military base on Swan Island. And rode the Bellarine Peninsula Railway. Passing through Marcus station. In […]

Loading the Queenscliff-Sorrento car ferry

A while back I wrote about the history of the Queenscliff – Sorrento car ferry and the two very similar vessels that are used on the service – MV Queenscliff and MV Sorrento. So how do they get such a massive ferry into the berth and loaded up with around 80 car during a 20 minute turnaround?

Empty car deck of the MV Sorrento