Super-great video with the time-lapse photography and drone shots and cool music! I rode the Spirit of Tasmania ferries in 2009 when I did a 10 day road tour of Tasmania. Curious how the boats go up that relatively narrow channel at Devonport and turn around in there. The fare with vehicle was surprisingly reasonable I thought, but just chair seating for overnight accomodation unless you want to spend a bunch more for a cabin. Perhaps it is subsidized by Tasmanian government to encourage tourism.
Thanks again for your comments, observations and thoughts. I dont re-watch many of my videos all that much, but I do a bit with this one and the recnet day pea harvesters. Ive also been intrigued by the ships in the rather narrow river. If the next gen Spirits ever make into operation in Tas (how embarrassing, two ships close to finally being ready to go and no berthing facilities anywhere near ready in Devonport), they will push things to the limit given their larger size and deeper draft.
I read sometime back that they changed the berthing at Melbourne for the ferry away from the city? How stupid, tourists like to arrive close to town, not out in the boonies somewhere. I remember when I was a boy a friend of mine at school had his uncle on the Holyman's ship (Wiiliam Holyman or Mary Holyman?) that capsized in the Yarra River back then. Back in the days when we were proud to build our own ships all the Bass Strait ferries and ro/ro's were usually built at the State Dockyard in Newcastle NSW or by BHP at Whyalla SA. Now, if Tasmania had standard gauge railway a lot of freight wagons could come and go from the mainland via the ferry service...😉
Geelong...almost the size of Hobart. Victorian towns, cafes, pubs are benefiting because people cutting down from North West and South Australia are spending on their way to board the ship in Geelong.
Hi Dave, yeah personally I preferred into Webb dock in the heart of Melbourne, but the move to Geelong seems to suit a lot of travellers from what I hear. Years ago I stumbled upon an old report- and i cant recall by whom or exactly when it was done, possibly mid 70's? that evaluated the possibility of transferring rail wagons on ships with rails installed. It was never going to be a goer tho due to the costs associated with bogie exchanging.
The original ferry berthing at Melbourne, which I experienced in 2009, is convenient to the inner Melbourne area but if you are taking your vehicle on the ferry it requires navigation through rather congested traffic areas, through miles of suburbs. It was not convenient to any limited access highways. I can understand why the mainland ferry terminal was relocated.
Super-great video with the time-lapse photography and drone shots and cool music! I rode the Spirit of Tasmania ferries in 2009 when I did a 10 day road tour of Tasmania. Curious how the boats go up that relatively narrow channel at Devonport and turn around in there. The fare with vehicle was surprisingly reasonable I thought, but just chair seating for overnight accomodation unless you want to spend a bunch more for a cabin. Perhaps it is subsidized by Tasmanian government to encourage tourism.
Thanks again for your comments, observations and thoughts. I dont re-watch many of my videos all that much, but I do a bit with this one and the recnet day pea harvesters. Ive also been intrigued by the ships in the rather narrow river. If the next gen Spirits ever make into operation in Tas (how embarrassing, two ships close to finally being ready to go and no berthing facilities anywhere near ready in Devonport), they will push things to the limit given their larger size and deeper draft.
I read sometime back that they changed the berthing at Melbourne for the ferry away from the city? How stupid, tourists like to arrive close to town, not out in the boonies somewhere. I remember when I was a boy a friend of mine at school had his uncle on the Holyman's ship (Wiiliam Holyman or Mary Holyman?) that capsized in the Yarra River back then. Back in the days when we were proud to build our own ships all the Bass Strait ferries and ro/ro's were usually built at the State Dockyard in Newcastle NSW or by BHP at Whyalla SA. Now, if Tasmania had standard gauge railway a lot of freight wagons could come and go from the mainland via the ferry service...😉
Geelong...almost the size of Hobart.
Victorian towns, cafes, pubs are benefiting because people cutting down from North West and South Australia are spending on their way to board the ship in Geelong.
Hi Dave, yeah personally I preferred into Webb dock in the heart of Melbourne, but the move to Geelong seems to suit a lot of travellers from what I hear.
Years ago I stumbled upon an old report- and i cant recall by whom or exactly when it was done, possibly mid 70's? that evaluated the possibility of transferring rail wagons on ships with rails installed. It was never going to be a goer tho due to the costs associated with bogie exchanging.
The original ferry berthing at Melbourne, which I experienced in 2009, is convenient to the inner Melbourne area but if you are taking your vehicle on the ferry it requires navigation through rather congested traffic areas, through miles of suburbs. It was not convenient to any limited access highways. I can understand why the mainland ferry terminal was relocated.