Moggill Ferry

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Moggill Ferry, 1928.
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Moggill Ferry, 1954.
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Moggill Ferry, 2008.

The Moggill Ferry is a cable ferry crossing the Brisbane River between the suburbs of Moggill in Brisbane and Riverview in Ipswich, Queensland Australia. The iconic ferry is owned by Stradbroke Ferries [1] and can carry up to 20 vehicles per crossing.

Cable ferry ship type

A cable ferry is a ferry that is guided across a river or large body of water by cables connected to both shores. Early cable ferries often used either rope or steel chains, with the latter resulting in the alternate name of chain ferry. Both of these were largely replaced by wire cable by the late 19th century.

Brisbane River river in Australia

The Brisbane River is the longest river in South East Queensland, Australia, and flows through the city of Brisbane, before emptying into Moreton Bay. John Oxley, the first European to explore the river, named it after the Governor of New South Wales, Sir Thomas Brisbane in 1823. The penal colony of Moreton Bay later adopted the same name, eventually becoming the present city of Brisbane.

Moggill, Queensland Suburb of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Moggill is a suburb in the west of the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It is about 19 kilometres (12 mi) from the Brisbane CBD. It comprises a mixture of small-lot and acreage residential homes along with a small number of remaining farms. Moggill is located in the Parish of Moggill within the County of Stanley, Queensland.

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During floods the ferry is often out of service and alternative routes need to be taken by motorists. [2] The ferry is guided across the river by a steel cable which can sometimes lead to boating accidents for the unwary. [3]

History

A ferry service began operations at the site in 1878 when Cobb & Co coaches provided service between Ipswich and Brisbane. [2]

Cobb & Co

Cobb & Co was the name used by many successful sometimes quite independent Australian coaching businesses. The first was established in 1853 by American Freeman Cobb and his partners. The name Cobb & Co grew to great prominence in the late 19th century, when it was carried by many stagecoaches carrying passengers and mail to various Australian goldfields, and later to many regional and remote areas of the Australian outback. The same name was used in New Zealand and Freeman Cobb used it in South Africa.

Ipswich, Queensland Suburb of Ipswich, Queensland, Australia

Ipswich is an urban region in south-east Queensland, Australia, which is located in the south-west of the Brisbane metropolitan area. Situated on the Bremer River, it is approximately 40 kilometres (25 mi) west of the Brisbane CBD. A local government area, the City of Ipswich has a population of 200,000. The city is renowned for its architectural, natural and cultural heritage. Ipswich preserves and operates from many of its historical buildings, with more than 6000 heritage-listed sites and over 500 parks. Ipswich began in 1827 as a mining settlement.

During the 2010–2011 Queensland floods the ferry broke free from its cable guidelines. The suggestion to sink the wayward ferry was raised during the flood crises until the captain and former skipper managed to secure the vessel to the banks of the Brisbane River with ropes. [1]

See also

Ferry transport in Queensland

Ferry transport in Queensland provides both historical and current information relating to scheduled public passenger ferry services in Queensland. The first ferry started on 1 January 1843 at Russell Street with a service across the Brisbane River.

The Kenmore Bypass is a proposal for a major road linking Moggill Road, Pinjarra Hills, with the Centenary Motorway, Kenmore, in Brisbane, Australia. The Proposed Bypass will be 3.3 kilometres (2.1 mi) in length. Since the 1960s a corridor of land has been set aside for a bypass. This is where the Kenmore bypass will be located if the plans go ahead. The Bypass is stage 1 of the planned Moggill Pocket Arterial Road corridor.

Moggill Road road in Brisbane

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References

  1. 1 2 Joel Gould (26 January 2011). "Moggill Ferry heroes". The Queensland Times. Retrieved 6 June 2011.
  2. 1 2 Christine Rossouw (25 October 2010). "Calls for ring road ring in". The Satellite. APN News & Media. Retrieved 6 June 2011.
  3. ↑ "Man seriously injured after dinghy hits ferry cables". ABC News. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 28 September 2008. Retrieved 6 June 2011.


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