Mosman Bay ferry wharf is located on
Mosman Bay
Mosman Bay is a bay of Sydney Harbour adjacent to the suburb of Mosman, 4 km north-east of the Sydney CBD in New South Wales, Australia. Three ferry wharves, Mosman Bay, South Mosman and Old Cremorne, are within the bay, all being served ...
on the northern side of
Sydney Harbour
Port Jackson, consisting of the waters of Sydney Harbour, Middle Harbour, North Harbour and the Lane Cove and Parramatta Rivers, is the ria or natural harbour of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The harbour is an inlet of the Tasman Sea (p ...
serving the
Sydney
Sydney ( ) is the capital city of the state of New South Wales, and the most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Located on Australia's east coast, the metropolis surrounds Sydney Harbour and extends about towards the Blue Mountain ...
suburb of
Mosman. It is served by
Sydney Ferries
Sydney Ferries is the public transport ferry network serving the city of Sydney, New South Wales. Services operate on Sydney Harbour and the connecting Parramatta River. The network is controlled by the New South Wales Government's transport a ...
Mosman services operated by
First Fleet class ferries.
History
The first regular ferry service was arranged by property developer
Richard Harnett
Richard is a male given name. It originates, via Old French, from Old Frankish and is a compound of the words descending from Proto-Germanic ''*rīk-'' 'ruler, leader, king' and ''*hardu-'' 'strong, brave, hardy', and it therefore means 'stron ...
in the early 1870s. A tram service to the wharf commenced in March 1897. At the same and in anticipation of increased demand from a developing and increasingly prosperous Mosman area,
Sydney Ferries Limited improved frequency of ferries from
Circular Quay. In addition to Mosman Wharf, ferries on that route serviced Musgrave Street Wharf (now
South Mosman) and Cremorne Wharf (renamed ''
Old Cremorne'') with the opening of the
Cremorne Point wharf and its tram connection in 1911.
In 1900,
Sydney Ferries Limited acquired a freehold over then wharf and completed a significant Edwardian-style expansion providing a new wharf, waiting rooms and shops.
In 1961, the pontoon sank, and the in 1960s, the Edwardian wharf was replaced with a modern style structure. On 26 March 2014, the wharf was closed for to replace the pontoon and gangway whilst the existing waterside structure was refurbished.
Services
Interchanges
Keolis Downer Northern Beaches operates one route to and from Mosman Bay wharf:
*230: to
Milsons Point
Milsons Point is a suburb on the lower North Shore of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. The suburb is located 3 kilometres north of the Sydney central business district in the local government area of North Sydney Council.
Mil ...
References
External links
Mosman Bay WharfTransport for NSW
(Archive
12 June 2019
Mosman Bay Local Area MapTransport for NSW
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Ferry wharves in Sydney