Sydney Ferries - the Super Cats

There are only four vessels in the "Super Cat" ferry class: the Louise Sauvage the Saint Mary McKillop the Susie O'Neill, and Super Cat 4. The top image shows the "Louise Sauvage" coming in to berth at Circular Quay. The lower image shows "Super Cat 4" motoring past Admiralty House (the Sydney Residence of the Governor General) on its way to Watsons Bay. These four ferries primarily run the Eastern Suburbs route, F7, which includes Elizabeth Bay, Double Bay, Rose Bay, and Watsons Bay adjacent to South Heah. These four vessels entered service between 2000 and 2001. Susie O'Neill was an Olympic swimmer. Louise Sauvage was a paralympic wheelchair-racer. Saint Mary McKillip was a Roman Catholic nun canonised in 2010. Then, I guess they ran out of names ... or something!

See the other ferry posts in this series: Sydney Ferries - First Fleet Class Sydney Ferries - More First Fleet Class Sydney Ferries - The River Cats Sydney Ferries - the Super Cats

Salt of the Bay

“I’m fascinated and drawn to these shapes and colors at sunset,” says Jassen T., who captured this aerial image of a salt marsh in northern California’s San Francisco Bay. “It’s a very unique and photogenic area.”

Coleman Bridge, Yorktown, Virginia

The Coleman Bridge spans the York River from Yorktown to Gloucester Point. To accommodate large naval ships and cargo barges, the middle spans rotate on the two large, round columns in the middle. Despite its functionality, it is attractive bathed in the late day sun.

Weekend Reflections: la petite Venise

Branches and the sky are reflected in one of the old windows of 'Little Venice' restaurant in the palace grounds for Weekend Reflections. VDP had shown you the restaurant, and told you about the history and origin of the name here but had yet to eat there. Not bad, the cod was actually pretty good!

Des branches et le ciel sont reflétés dans l'une des vieilles vitres du restaurant la petite Venise dans le parc du château pour les Reflets du Weekend. VDP vous avait montré le restaurant, et conté son histoire et l'origine de son nom ici mais n'y avait encore jamais mangé. C'est désormais chose faite : pas mal le cabillaud.

Syeney Ferries - The River Cats

This post shows three River Cats into and out/off Circular Quay. Most ferries seem to back out of the wharf, do a u-turn (uie)out in the middle of Sydney Cove, and then charge of on their route, in this case the F3 to Parramatta. I think that numbering is Gladys-speak, Gladys being the transport minister in our state government. There are seven low-wash catarmarans in this class of ferry. They came into service between 1992 and 1995.

The three ferries shown here are: the Shane Gould, the Evonne Goolagong, and the Marlene Mathews. The others in the class are: the Betty Cuthbert the Dawn Fraser the Marjorie Jackson, and the Nicole Livingstone. Each is named after a famous Australian sportswoman. The styling is nowhere near as attractive as the First-Fleet class of ferry.