I.D.s 112 & 01241 photographed by John Ward on 1983-01-09 using a 35mm film camera producing a colour negative or print that has been scanned and digitized.
The Ferry "North Head" is Manly bound from Circular Quay which is at the northern end of the Sydney Central Business District. The ferry is crossing The Heads and is about to pass North Head where Sydney Harbour meets the ocean and Sydney, N.S.W., Australia.
The ferry is named after North Head the Headland which is to the left out of the picture but very near nevertheless!
At this location the ferries are exposed to the vagaries of the open sea and at times the voyages can be quite rough. Several times a year when extreme weather conditions occur, the ferry service has to be cancelled for safety reasons.
The North Head was the last of the traditional ferries to remain in service but was withdrawn in the 1980s.
Any one visiting Sydney should as a must take a trip on the Manly ferry and as the saying goes "seven miles from Sydney and a thousand miles from care."
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