Gillian Everett's photos with the keyword: Ferry

Noosa River, Queensland, on board the Noosa Ferry.. The most senior position for a flag on a vessel is reserved for the Ensign - this is as close to the stern of the vessel as possible. The Ensign shows the country of registry of the vessel and indicates its nationality. The Australian Red Ensign is a predominantly red version of the Australian National Flag, using the same shade of red as the Cross of Saint George which is part of the Union Jack present in the canton. It has three elements, the Union Jack in the upper left corner (or canton), the white Commonwealth Star underneath it and the Southern Cross on the fly (or right hand side) of the flag in white. The British Red Ensign is used by Merchant ships and private vessels, and in several Commonwealth countries (including Australia) the Red Ensign has the addition of emblems/flags of that country. Added 3rd November, interesting history from Wikipedia... The Red Ensign or "Red Duster" is the civil ensign of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. It is one of the British ensigns, and it is used either plain or defaced with a badge or other emblem, mostly in the right half. It is the flag flown by British merchant or passenger ships since 1707. Prior to 1707, an English red ensign and a Scottish red ensign were flown by the English Royal Navy and the Royal Scots Navy, respectively. The precise date of the first appearance of these earlier red ensigns is not known, but surviving payment receipts indicate that the English navy was paying to have such flags sewn in the 1620s.

Noosa Ferry at the Marina in Tewantin, Queensland, Australia. Up on a visit catching up with family and friends.

Port Stephens, New South Wales, Australia. We called in here en route to a weekend with friends on the Central Coast. In 1904 the first passenger ferry between Nelson Bay and Tea Gardens was started by the Boyce and Thurlo families. It proved such a success that the runs were expanded to Salt Ash and Soldiers Point. They operated three launches; “Reliance”, “Kingfisher” and “Replica”. These petrol driven vessels carried supplies and passengers on a daily basis. In 1927 the business was taken over by the Engal family, who installed the first diesel engines to operate on Port Stephens. With the outbreak of World War II the vessels were commandeered and the Engal family was forced to close. In 1987 the ferry service was re-established with an aluminium vessel named “Waterbus” operating four days a week between Nelson Bay and Tea Gardens. Today, the ferry service operates two historic timber ferries on a daily basis, carrying thousands passengers each year from Nelson Bay to Tea Gardens. It’s a ferry ride that both visitors and locals can enjoy, taking in the beautiful vista of the bay up to Tea Gardens on the Myall River, and all the surrounding bird and marine life that the area has to offer. portstephensferryservice.com.au/about-2/

We took the ferry on the Noosa River, from Tewantin to Noosa Heads, had brunch at Bistro C, and wandered along the boardwalk and Hastings Street. The beach was busy! Saturday challenge - New Year's resolution. The ancient Babylonians are said to have been the first people to make New Year’s resolutions, some 4,000 years ago. They were also the first to hold recorded celebrations in honor of the new year—though for them the year began not in January but in mid-March, when the crops were planted. During a massive 12-day religious festival known as Akitu, the Babylonians crowned a new king or reaffirmed their loyalty to the reigning king. They also made promises to the gods to pay their debts and return any objects they had borrowed. These promises could be considered the forerunners of our New Year’s resolutions. If the Babylonians kept to their word, their (pagan) gods would bestow favor on them for the coming year. If not, they would fall out of the gods’ favor—a place no one wanted to be. A similar practice occurred in ancient Rome, after the reform-minded emperor Julius Caesar tinkered with the calendar and established January 1 as the beginning of the new year circa 46 B.C. Named for Janus, the two-faced god whose spirit inhabited doorways and arches, January had special significance for the Romans. Believing that Janus symbolically looked backwards into the previous year and ahead into the future, the Romans offered sacrifices to the deity and made promises of good conduct for the coming year. www.history.com/news/the-history-of-new-years-resolutions

Our amiable skipper on board the Noosa Ferry "Miss Tewantin" on the Noosa River in Queensland.. Return trip from Noosa Marina to the Sofitel in Noosa Heads, where we enjoyed lunch at Aromas, a walk along the boardwalk, and a visit to the Noosa Surf Club, overlooking Laguna Bay. Sharing the local scene with a friend visiting from England :-)

New Year's Eve at Noosa Harbour. Sunset Cruises on the Noosa Ferries.

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I think high rises and water make good HDR subjects, so using an archive photo as we don't have any high rises near us. Taken on a ferry in Sydney Harbour. Sydney trip 2014 TSC HDR Another in the note on this image

Anzac Day 2014, en route to Manly in Sydney Harbour. Sydney Ferries' fleet consists of 28 vessels in six classes, supported by three charter vessels. Freshwater Class, Queenscliff 1983 FRESHWATER CLASS These vessels operate the Circular Quay to Manly service and are the largest vessels in the Sydney Ferries fleet. transport.nsw.gov.au/content/sydney-ferries-fleet-facts Archive Airings AA48 Passenger Transportation The Alphabet Site Q

Sydney 2014

Sydney Harbour April 2014 Archive Airings AA48 Passenger Transportation

Sydney Harbour April 2014 Large view of the harbour in note on main image.

Sydney 2014. We arrived on Anzac Day, stayed at Cremorne, visited Manly and Watsons Bay. Friend's birthday party. Fun weekend :-) It rained when we arrived and when we left but in between there were some spectacular moments.

At Circular Quay in Sydney. Launched in 1975, Lady Northcott is named after the wife of Lieutenant General Sir John Northcott, a previous Governor of New South Wales from 1946 to 1957. Sydney Ferries' fleet consists of 28 vessels in six classes, supported by three charter vessels. transport.nsw.gov.au/content/sydney-ferries-fleet-facts

When friends were visiting last week, we all took a trip on the Noosa Ferry from Tewantin to Noosa Heads, along the Noosa River in Queensland. Our host and skipper was Brad who has worked on the river for over 20 years. He was happy to have a photo taken. Later I said to him that I liked the choice of music playing which was a Jimmy Buffet CD. He said he thought that it should be part of any new skipper's application that he should like Jimmy Buffett :-) During the trip Brad was busy giving a commentary on the history of the river and the Noosa area. I took two photos, both with flash, and later some by the Sheraton Jetty, pics in comments. The light was tricky so I decided to convert the main photo to B&W. This is the 24th portrait in my 100 Strangers project.