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Webbs Creek Ferry, departing the Wisemans Ferry side of the Hawkesbury River

Webbs Creek Ferry is a cable ferry across the Hawkesbury River in New South Wales, Australia. The ferry operates from the community of Wisemans Ferry, to a point up-stream of the Hawkesbury River's confluence with the Macdonald River, thus connecting with the St Albans Road that follows the west bank of the Macdonald River.^[1]

The ferry is operated by a private sector operator under contract to New South Wales Roads and Maritime Services and is free of tolls. The crossing is 414 metres (1,358 ft) in length and takes approximately 5 minutes. The ferry operates on demand 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, but is closed for maintenance on the first Tuesday of each month from 0930 to 1200^[2]^[3]

The Webbs Creek Ferry is one of two cable ferry crossings at Wisemans Ferry, the other being the eponymous Wisemans Ferry, which crosses the Hawkesbury River to a point downstream of the confluence with the Macdonald River. Two other such ferries cross the Hawkesbury River proper, these being the Sackville Ferry and the Lower Portland Ferry, whilst a fifth ferry, the Berowra Waters Ferry, crosses a side-arm of the river.^[4]

References [edit]

^ Andrews, Graeme (1994). Ferries of Sydney (third ed.). Oxford University Press with Sydney University Press. pp. 214–217. ISBN 0-424-00202-7.
^ "Vehicle ferries". New South Wales Roads and Traffic Authority. Retrieved 2008-11-18.
^ Bottomley, Bill. "When the Ferries Got Away: Appendix Two". Retrieved 2008-11-18.
^ "Sackville Ferry". New South Wales Roads and Traffic Authority. Retrieved 2008-11-18.

External links [edit]

RTA vehicle ferry operation information - includes timetable.

v t e Road infrastructure in Sydney

Motorways / Tollways	M1 Eastern Distributor M2 Hills Motorway M4 Western Motorway M5 South Western Motorway Westlink M7

Freeways / Expressways	Cahill Expressway Gore Hill Freeway Southern Cross Drive Southern Freeway M5 East Sydney–Newcastle Freeway Warringah Freeway Western Distributor General Holmes Drive

Metroads	Metroad 1 Metroad 2 Metroad 3 Metroad 4 Metroad 5 Metroad 6 Metroad 7 Metroad 9 Metroad 10

Major Interchanges	Light Horse Interchange Roden Cutler Interchange

Bridges and Tunnels	Alfords Point Bridge Anzac Bridge Captain Cook Bridge Cross City Tunnel Fig Tree Bridge Gladesville Bridge Iron Cove Bridge Lane Cove Tunnel Ryde Bridge Spit Bridge Sydney Harbour Bridge Sydney Harbour Tunnel Tarban Creek Bridge Tom Uglys Bridge

Vehicle Ferries	Berowra Waters Lower Portland Mortlake Sackville Webbs Creek Wisemans

Conceptual Plans	Sydney Orbital Network Sydney Bypasses (past, present and proposed)

Other	WestConnex (proposed) North Western Expressway (abandoned) F3 to Sydney Orbital (proposed) F6 extension (proposed)

Categories	Streets in Sydney Highways in Sydney

Operators	Roads and Maritime Services Connector Motorways Transurban

Transport in Sydney

Major public transport services in Greater Sydney

Commuter rail

Operational	Airport & East Hills Line Bankstown Line Carlingford Line Cumberland Line Eastern Suburbs & Illawarra Line Inner West Line North Shore Line Northern Line Olympic Park Line South Line Western Line

Under construction	North West Rail Link South West Rail Link

Proposed	Parramatta to Epping Rail Link Second Harbour Crossing

Intercity and regional rail

Commuter bus

Regional bus

Ferry

Other

v t e Hawkesbury River region, New South Wales, Australia

Islands of the Hawkesbury	Dangar Island Long Island Milson Island Spectacle Island Peat Island Lion Island

National parks	Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park Muogamarra Nature Reserve Marramarra National Park Bouddi National Park Brisbane Water National Park

Explorers of the region	Arthur Phillip Watkin Tench

Bridges and ferries	Hawkesbury River Railway Bridge Mooney Mooney Bridge Lower Portland Ferry Sackville Ferry Webbs Creek Ferry Wisemans Ferry

Adjoining rivers, bays and creeks	Nepean River Berowra Creek Grose River Broken Bay Brisbane Water Colo River Macdonald River Warragamba Dam Cowan Creek Coal and Candle Creek

Shires	City of Hawkesbury Hornsby Shire Pittwater Council City of Gosford The Hills Shire City of Penrith

Events	Hawkesbury Canoe Classic

Coordinates: 33°23′15″S 150°58′49″E / 33.387414°S 150.980215°E / -33.387414; 150.980215

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