Ferry across the ???

Hindmarsh Island ferry? There's a bridge there now.

Hello John, I didn't think about that one. I have been googling the Tweed but haven't found anything yet.
I am just assuming it is on the east coast but all the slides are mixed up, I'm not sure which way we went from the Snowy's to get back to Perth in early 62.
I may have to try and sort the slides out, ie by print dates or numbers on them (about 460 of them).
Thanks
Cheers
Rob Mac

Hi Rob/John,
Nah, not the Hindmarsh Island one, too many trees, too wide and different approach.

Photo on this link

Thought it might be the one near Tailem Bend or the Wellington Ferry.
Can't find any pics of them yet.

Cheers,
Dennis

I have used the Tewantin ferry about 3 times a year for the last 5 years and it is not as wide as the old photo and the landings at Tewantin are close together.
Thanks for your interest.
Cheers
Rob Mac

Looks like the old NSW plates.

Dennis

Please forgive me Rob.... I'm a teacher..... I can't help this....


doe's .... means belongs to the female deer.....

It does I promise.


Okay.... I know, I hate being picked up by my trainie teacher daughter.... but after 37 years, I simply can't help myself.

Cheers Royce

Rob & Dennis, both cars seem to have NSW plates.
The Black sedan has the old NSW B&W plates & the holden FE-FC ute has the then newer 50s NSW plates (the "C" on plate denotes it is around 59-60 issue). Therefore it is possibly a NSW picture. The lush foliage suggests possibly northern NSW.

I was thinking, was there a ferry to Harwood Is near Yamba back then????
Cheers Colin

Thanks Royce, I forgive you, I did spell check and said OK. Obviously more than one DOH!, I try to get it right bit sometimes it misses. We should converse over a camp-fire sometime.
Hi Colin, you have given me some more googling ideas. Congrats on your TONI project, reminds me of some one who shoe-horned a 3-53 Detroit into a FJ55 Toyota.
Cheers
Rob Mac

definately not Tailem Bend.
Krakka

Not Tailem Bend. The river is straight at Tailem and very steep off the bank onto the ferry landing also no visible back water like the photo shows in the upper right.

Matt

Gidday Axel, the black lettered sign looks like it says "No Smoking on Ferry Penalty (Pound Sign).
I am sort of suspecting east coast of Aust.
Cheers
Rob Mac

Hi PeterD, that looks promising, more googling for images.
I have not been further south from Brisbane than Evans Head, Woodburn,Coraki and place north back to Brisbane since 1962, the last thing I remember of that trip was getting locked in Taronga Park Zoo, went to leave and the turnstiles were locked, had to climb over the fence to get out pass the pram and the baby and 5 and 6 year old climbed over. I was 6 and remember a lot and Dad's slides jog the memory.
Cheers
Rob Mac

If the shot was taken on that trip then I would lay odds on Port Macquarie.

PeterD

Hi PeterD, something I remembered today was we were travelling south so that will change the perspective as when looking at a map (or Google Earth) you are oriented looking south to north.
I looked at G E co-ordinates you provided last night but will have to look again thinking of looking south.
If you have a look at my profile there is a photo of our ute that we went around in, about 13,000 miles in three months.
Cheers
Rob Mac

I thought the angle of the river bank looked to be at too much of an angle in the Ballina ferry site.

PeterD

Hi Jackablue, I think you and the previous reply may be right. On G E there appears to be another landing up-stream from the one the ferry on G E is heading towards, the one the ferry in the photo is going to which means the current north side ramp would be to the left of the photographer, as G E shows two ramps on north side with the up-stream one being unused?..
Hello PeterD, it does not look quite right but we could put it down to 40 odd years of change.
I might go for a drive tomorrow and blow the carbon out of the diesel have to check the maps to see how far from Brisbane.
Cheers
Rob Mac