Mortlake Ferry

The Mortlake Ferry, also known as the Putney Punt, is a cable ferry that runs across the Parramatta River in Sydney, connecting Hilly Street in Mortlake and Pellisier Road in Putney.

History and heritage

The Putney approach to the Mortlake Ferry

Sign announcing the Mortlake approach to the Ferry

The vehicular ferry between Mortlake and Putney commenced operating on 16 May 1928.^[1] ^[2] The service was established to serve the factory areas of Mortlake.^[3] The ferry opening pre-dated the nearby Ryde Bridge which opened in 1935, and it was one of several vehicular ferries operating across the Parramatta River at the time.

The Mortlake Ferry is one of ten remaining vehicular cable ferries in New South Wales, and the only one still in use on Sydney Harbour or its tributaries. While carrying much less traffic than it has in the past, the ferry still operates daily and is protected by a heritage order by the National Trust of Australia.^[4]

Operation

The ferry is operated by a private sector operator under contract to the Roads & Maritime Services (RMS), carrying a maximum of 15 cars plus passengers at a time, and is free of tolls. The crossing is some 300 metres (980 ft) in length and takes approximately five minutes. The ferry operates on demand on weekdays from 06:45 to 09:25 and 14:45 to 18:15 on weekends and public holidays it operates on demand 10:30 to 17:30 from Mortlake.^[4]^[5]

The ferry has magenta flashing lights on the ferry and at both end points when it is in operation. Sydney Ferries services must grant right of way to the Mortlake Ferry unless they have established radio contact and agreed on priority.^[6]

Mortlake Slipway

A slipway located to the south of the Mortlake approach ramp is used for the maintenance of all the RMS owned ferries operating in the Sydney region. Besides the Mortlake Ferry, this includes the Berowra Waters Ferry, Sackville Ferry, Lower Portland Ferry, Webbs Creek Ferry and Wisemans Ferry, all of which operate on the Hawkesbury River and its tributaries.^[4]^[5]

References

↑ "New Punt Opened". The Sydney Morning Herald. 17 May 1928. Retrieved 7 September 2010.
↑ NSW Roads and Traffic Authority. "Cable Ferry Crossing, Mortlake". Retrieved 7 September 2010.
↑ Andrews, Graeme (1994). Ferries of Sydney (third ed.). Oxford University Press with Sydney University Press. pp. 214–217. ISBN 0-424-00202-7.
1 2 3 "Sackville Ferry". New South Wales Roads and Traffic Authority. Retrieved 2008-11-18.
1 2 Vehicle ferries Roads & Maritime Services
↑ Code of Conduct: Mortlake Ferries and Harbour City Ferries Roads & Maritime Services

External links

Sydney Sketchbook - A trip on the Putney Punt in 1954

Road infrastructure in Sydney

Motorways, freeways, highways and expressways	Bradfield Highway Cahill Expressway Cumberland Highway Eastern Distributor General Holmes Drive Gore Hill Freeway Great Western Highway M2 Hills Motorway Hume Highway Pacific Highway Pacific Motorway Princes Highway Princes Motorway Prospect Highway Southern Cross Drive M5 South Western Motorway Warringah Freeway Western Distributor M4 Western Motorway Westlink M7

Numbered routes	M1/A1 M2/A2 A3 M4/A4 M5 A6 M7 A8 A9 A22 A28 M31 A36 A38 A44

Major interchanges	Light Horse Interchange Meccano Set Roden Cutler Interchange

Bridges	Alfords Point Anzac Bennelong (bus and foot traffic only) Captain Cook De Burghs Endeavour Fig Tree Fullers Gladesville Glebe Island (closed to traffic) Iron Cove Lennox Macquarie Culvert Peats Ferry Pyrmont Roseville Ryde Silverwater The Spit Sydney Harbour Tarban Creek Tom Uglys Victoria Windsor Woronora River

Tunnels	Cross City Lane Cove M5 East Sydney Harbour

Vehicle ferries	Berowra Waters Lower Portland Mortlake Sackville Webbs Creek Wisemans

Proposals	NorthConnex (under construction) North Western Expressway (abandoned) F6 extension (proposed) Sydney Orbital Network Sydney Bypasses (past, present and proposed) WestConnex (under construction) Western Sydney Airport Motorway (proposed)

Templates	Streets of Sydney

Categories	Streets in Sydney Highways in Sydney

Operators	Roads & Maritime Services Connector Motorways Transurban

Transport in Sydney

Geography of Parramatta River

Sources	Toongabbie Creek Darling Mills Creek

Tributaries: left	Vineyard Creek Subiaco Creek Archer Creek Smalls Creek Charity Creek Lane Cove River

Tributaries: right	Duck River Haslams Creek Powells Creek Iron Cove Creek Hawthorne Canal

Islands	Rodd Island Snapper Island Spectacle Island Cockatoo Island

Parramatta River ferry services	Parramatta Rydalmere Sydney Olympic Park Rhodes Meadowbank Kissing Point Cabarita Abbotsford Chiswick Huntleys Point

River crossings	Rings Bridge Bernie Banton Bridge Lennox Bridge Barry Wilde Bridge Elizabeth Street Footbridge Macarthur Bridge Clyde–Carlingford railway bridge Thackeray Bridge (footbridge) Silverwater Bridge James Ruse Drive bridge John Whitton Bridge Parramatta River Underbridge Ryde Bridge Mortlake Ferry Gladesville Bridge

River inlets and bays	Homebush Bay Kissing Point Bay Morrisons Bay Kendall Bay Glades Bay France Bay Exile Bay Canada Bay Kings Bay Hen and Chicken Bay Looking Glass Bay Abbotsford Bay Wallumatta Bay Five Dock Bay Lukes Bay Drummoyne Bay Iron Cove

Suburbs: north	North Parramatta Rydalmere Ermington Melrose Park Meadowbank Putney Tennyson Point Gladesville Henley Huntleys Point Huntleys Cove Hunters Hill Woolwich Greenwich

Suburbs: south	Parramatta Camellia Silverwater Newington Wentworth Point Sydney Olympic Park Liberty Grove Rhodes Concord Mortlake Breakfast Point Cabarita Canada Bay Five Dock Wareemba Abbotsford Chiswick Drummoyne Russell Lea Rodd Point Haberfield Lilyfield Rozelle Birchgrove

Coordinates: 33°50′11″S 151°06′26″E / 33.83646°S 151.107314°E / -33.83646; 151.107314

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