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Prior to 1983, the Bruny Island end of the ferry service terminated at Barnes Bay. The trip from Kettering to Barnes Bay took around 35 minutes. The change of route to terminate at Roberts Point meant that the one-way trip time was reduced to 12 minutes.
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operated the Bruny Island route in the 1980s and 90's. Its two decks greatly increased carrying capacity relative to the smaller earlier ferries.
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began operation on the Bruny Island run in the early 1990s. Completed in 1991, it is a 52-metre two-deck ferry equipped with a
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was successfully towed across the Tasman, and commenced operations on the Bruny Island run on 27 March 1961. The
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in 1961. After that date, she continued on the Bruny Island run, assisting during peak periods and when the
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After a stint operating on Auckland Harbour, the 42.06 metre long ship (now known as the
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on the Tasmanian mainland and Roberts Point on Bruny Island, the service is now run by
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created an urgent short-term need for ferries operating across the River Derwent. The
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is generally considered to have been the last full-blooded Tasmanian Aborigine.
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Photographs of the Mirambeena out of the water during maintenance
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was named for a Chief of the Bruny Island people, whose daughter
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Ferry route from Kettering to Bruny Island in Tasmania, Australia
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Roll on Roll off ferries have operated on the route since 1954:
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was built in 1921 as a cargo steamer to operate on the
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