The ''Peninsula Princess'' is a single ended
roll-on/roll-off
Roll-on/roll-off (RORO or ro-ro) ships are cargo ships designed to carry wheeled cargo, such as cars, motorcycles, trucks, semi-trailer trucks, buses, trailers, and railroad cars, that are driven on and off the ship on their own wheels or using ...
vehicle
ferry
A ferry is a ship, watercraft or amphibious vehicle used to carry passengers, and sometimes vehicles and cargo, across a body of water. A passenger ferry with many stops, such as in Venice, Italy, is sometimes called a water bus or water taxi ...
owned by
Peninsula Searoad Transport
Searoad Ferries (formerly known as Peninsula Searoad Transport) is an Australian company that operates a roll-on/roll-off vehicle and passenger ferry service between the heads of Port Phillip, near Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
The route ...
of
Victoria
Victoria most commonly refers to:
* Victoria (Australia), a state of the Commonwealth of Australia
* Victoria, British Columbia, provincial capital of British Columbia, Canada
* Victoria (mythology), Roman goddess of Victory
* Victoria, Seychelle ...
,
Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ...
. It operated between the heads of
Port Phillip Bay
Port Phillip (Kulin: ''Narm-Narm'') or Port Phillip Bay is a horsehead-shaped enclosed bay on the central coast of southern Victoria, Australia. The bay opens into the Bass Strait via a short, narrow channel known as The Rip, and is completel ...
between the towns of
Queenscliff and
Sorrento
Sorrento (, ; nap, Surriento ; la, Surrentum) is a town overlooking the Bay of Naples in Southern Italy. A popular tourist destination, Sorrento is located on the Sorrentine Peninsula at the south-eastern terminus of the Circumvesuviana rail ...
from 1987
to 1993. It was replaced by the
MV ''Queenscliff''.
In 2004 the ferry was sighted docked in the
Tamar River
The Tamar River, officially kanamaluka / River Tamar, is a estuary located in northern Tasmania, Australia. Despite being called a river, the waterway is a brackish and tidal estuary over its entire length.
Location and features
Formed by the ...
in
Launceston,
Tasmania
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. In July 2008 the ''Peninsula Princess'' was brought back into service on the Queenscliff – Sorrento route, when one of the larger ferries was in dry dock.
In 2009 the ferry temporarily operated the
Bruny Island Ferry
The Bruny Island Ferry links Bruny Island to the Tasmanian mainland. Once operated by North Western Shipping and Towage Co. Pty Ltd and owned by the Tasmanian Government, the ferry '' Mirambeena'' travels between Kettering on the Tasmanian ma ...
route, replacing the Mirambeena while it underwent maintenance.
The ferry has operated the Queenscliff - Sorrento route when the MV Queenscliff underwent a refit and maintenance in mid-2011 and again in July and August 2013.
The ferry was re intoduced into service in December 2022 while the
MV ''Queenscliff'' suffered mechanical problems which was sent to Geelong for engineering for an unknown duration.
In Popular Culture
The ''Peninsula Pricess ''was featured in the popular children's TV program ''
Round The Twist
''Round the Twist'' is an Australian children's comedy television series based on stories by author Paul Jennings that follows the supernatural adventures of the Twist family. The series was created and produced by Patricia Edgar, and develope ...
'', in the season 2 episode 'Pink Bow Tie', first broadcast in 1992.
References
External links
Peninsula Searoad Ferry
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Ferries of Victoria (Australia)
Transport in Geelong
Transport in Victoria (Australia)
1987 ships
Port Phillip