Friday 13 May 2016
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Young locals hit a high in new musical at GPAC P15 MUM’S THE WORD: Janine Hudson-Collins, Melina Conte and Lee Hilton are all smiles at Geelong Mums’ Mothers Day fundraising luncheon. The event, at Mt Duneed Estate, raised $30,000 to help Geelong Mums support local families in need. 153861 (LOUISA JONES)
Port harbour work delays trial but...
Ferry beats jam By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN Portarlington is the logical choice for an extension of the bay’s first commuter ferry trial, according to Port Phillip Ferries chairman Paul Little. But any trial from the Bellarine Peninsula has to await the completion of Portarlington’s safe harbour project, scheduled for February. The Wyndham-to-Docklands ferry begins an eight-week trial on Monday, with return tickets at an introductory price of $20. The 75-minute trip will be aboard a 400 seat, 35-metre catamaran will include wi-fi capabili-
ties and an on-board cafe. It will run one weekday morning and evening service from Wyndham, departing 6.40am and leaving Docklands at 5.40pm, with parking available at Wyndham. Bellarine Ferry Project chairman John Rae said the service would already be attractive to Geelong commuters wrestling with the traffic jams approaching Westgate. “I’m sure Geelong commuters will use it. If it was me I’d try it and see how it works,” Mr Rae said. “You sail along until you hit Werribee and that’s when the trouble starts, so switching to the
ferry cuts out the problem.” Mr Little said more work needed to be done to allow ferries to berth at Portarlington. “We’d be very happy to run the ferries out of Portarlington if the demand was there,” he said. Mr Rae and fellow ferry group proponent Geoff Henderson joined a preview ride on the new service this week. “It was fabulous. When we are clear of the speed restrictions we went up to 25 knots and even though it was a bad day you could not feel a thing,” Mr Rae said. Continued page 12
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