Thursday, Apr 09, 2015 at 16:15
Truth be known, a whitefella was running a pretty dodgy ferry many many years ago, they weren't happy with him taking the money and also the risk of an accident, so the Injunoo council opened up the current operation. Ole Jacob used to operate the ferry for many years, but did enjoy a drink after hours, so they advertised for a couple to run the
camp ground and ferry,
well if the were worried about Jacob having a few ales, the birds husband would head to
Bamaga to get the groceries and turn up 3 days later after spending most of that time in the Bammy pub. They from memory only lasted 1 season, and were very self promoting. Jacob was born on the banks of Cockatoo Creek and stil lives in Umagico, his nephew now drives the ferry. The local council blew the old river ford with approval, simply because they were sick of pulling people out of the
Jardine and that area is not shy of crocs either, a telecom linesman was taken trying to swim to the ferry, which was only 10 to 15 metres from the bank. The story about the
bridge and dropping ferry prices has been around for longer than I can remember.
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