She was launched on 25 May 1956, and the two older ferries were put to reserve duty in the meantime.

She is one of the oldest ferries bought in the late 1970s.

In July 2003 the 31-year old ferry was taken out of service, laid up and put for sale.

The company had many old slow ferries, but decided to revamp in 2000.

Loading took longer than the older ferries due to balancing issues.

The current site is the oldest ferry crossing in Australia.

The latter was once connected with the old ferry that crossed the Severn at this point.

However, some of the old ferries are still used as "floating restaurants" during the summer.

This bridge was built at the site of an old ferry to serve the university buildings erected between 1876 and 1898.

Off to the left of the old ferry, a modern yacht could be seen.