Lower Portland Ferry

The Lower Portland Ferry is a cable ferry across the Hawkesbury River in New South Wales, Australia. The ferry is situated in the community of Lower Portland.[1]

The ferry is operated by a private sector operator under contract to Hawkesbury City Council and The Hills Shire Council, who jointly fund the service. The crossing is 209 metres (686 ft) in length and is free of tolls. The ferry operates on demand from 0500 to 2400, 7 days a week, but is closed for maintenance on the first Wednesday of each month from 0900 to 1100[2][3][4]

The Lower Portland Ferry is one of four cable ferry crossings over the Hawkesbury River proper, and is unusual in being the only one not provided by Transport for NSW. The other are the Sackville Ferry upstream, and the Webbs Creek Ferry and Wisemans Ferry downstream. A fifth ferry, the Berowra Waters Ferry, crosses a side-arm of the river.[5][6]

References
  1. Andrews, Graeme (1994). Ferries of Sydney (third ed.). Oxford University Press with Sydney University Press. pp. 214–217. ISBN 0-424-00202-7.
  2. "Ordinary Business" (PDF). Baulkham Hills Shire Council. 19 June 2007. pp. Item-6. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 March 2011. Retrieved 11 December 2008.
  3. Bottomley, Bill. "When the Ferries Got Away: Appendix Two" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 July 2008. Retrieved 18 November 2008.
  4. "Hawkesbury Ferry Timetables". Hawkesbury Tourism. Archived from the original on 14 September 2009. Retrieved 11 December 2008.
  5. "Sackville Ferry". New South Wales Roads and Traffic Authority. Archived from the original on 25 August 2006. Retrieved 18 November 2008.
  6. Roads and Maritime Services, N. S. W. "Vehicle ferries". Roads and Maritime Services. Retrieved 6 December 2019.


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