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12-10-2010, 11:39 PM
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Boss 335
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Hello, does anyone know if the free Car Ferry at Wellington, SA operates 24 hours?
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13-10-2010, 12:22 AM
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460 - cubes torque
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: South Oz
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I assumed they all did?
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13-10-2010, 12:26 AM
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Luxojet
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Adelaide
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It did, I am guessing it still does.
Unlike the Wallaroo Ferry!!!! Edit: it does http://www.southaustralia.com/Ferry.aspx
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13-10-2010, 01:21 AM
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let it burn
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: QUEENSLANDER!!!!!
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SA still got a few of those? I remember going to my grandparents in Goolwa as a kid, the one at ?Tailem bend? (before the big bridge was built) and the one to Hindmarsh Island. Good times.
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13-10-2010, 01:53 AM
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Boss 335
Join Date: Jan 2006
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Thanks guys, turns out they are 24 hours. Quite strange that they would be hiring people around the clock to run a free ferry.
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13-10-2010, 11:19 AM
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SZII in Silhouette
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Darwin NT
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After hours you have to ring the little doorbell and wake him up - if he's on the wrong side he comes over and gets you.
Hmm....... a Government service that's free?? What are they thinking 
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13-10-2010, 03:05 PM
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Boss 335
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 Makes sense. But even if he's on the right side, he's got to wake up and get the machine going to get you to the other side, right?
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13-10-2010, 04:00 PM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Adelaide
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Dont talk too loudly if they get wind of this they will start charging. yes they all run 24hours and are free, Its bascially just a road. Roads are free and are open 24 hours a day also.
Surely it would have been cheaper an easier to build a bridge once you consider the cost of running the dam things 24/7. But saying that, I do like them! |
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13-10-2010, 04:57 PM
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SZII in Silhouette
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13-10-2010, 05:28 PM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Jun 2009
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a pleasent trip on the Mannum ferry..........
sitting astride my trusty chook chaser taking in the serenity of Mr Murray River.... THUNK!!!!! some numb nut Mr no handbrake no idea behind me decides to roll forwards and nearly push me and my trusty chooky through the gates and into Mr Murray River...... *swear words* and *clean undies* moment........... |
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13-10-2010, 05:40 PM
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Banned
Join Date: Oct 2010
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the ferry does operate 24 hours a day, ocassionally though it isnt opertational. ive never been unlucky enough to get caught there though.
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Car Ferry at Wellington, SA
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