New dock for Spirit of Tasmania ferries

[@arokh72]

As someone who travels from NSW, I'm going to love not having to go through Melbourne to get to and from Spirit. I have my next trip over to Tassie in a couple of weeks, and I'm dreading driving through Melbourne, and trying to find parking whilst waiting for the boarding to open.

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[@wallacenehemiah7283]

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[@elantraboy]

Asa a motorcyclist based in Victoria and have made the ferry crossing 7 times already I can see the benefits outweigh the negatives for the new location in Geelong from a mainlanders point of view. At times the area around Station Pier and Port Melbourne itself are simply overwhelmed with traffic and the access road to the port have confused many of my friends attempting to negotiate the many turns required to reach Station pier also if they are unfamiliar with the area. I also went via car across to Tassie last trip and it took 1 hour to travel 500 metres from Bay St intersection to Station Pier so that time to Geelong from the current site is basically no difference to anybody wanting to travel in my view if you have a caravan or car.

[@reidgck]

At 1:05 the route shows the ship going to Melbourne via the shallow channel and then shows the future route to Geelong via the shallow channel. The shallow channel was used by the smaller Princess of Tasmania years ago, but has never been used by the Spirit of Tasmania ships. Travel to Melbourne is rather via the Southern travel across the lower part of port Phillip Bay which means going almost to Dromana before turning towards Melbourne. Sailing to Geelong will be no shorter therefore, because the ferries, as they cannot use the shallow channel, will still have to use the South channel to near Dromana as before, and then back track across the bay to Geelong as Geelong shipping does now. Thus the trip will be about the same distance and time to Geelong as to Melbourne.

[@telosfd]

When this boat was on line Italy-Greece its route speed was 27-28 miles per hour! Named Superfast!

[@colemadsen2176]

What is the travel time to Melbourne airport from the Geelong terminal?

[@Jim.Thunda]

Who cares! You won't get in or out of Melbourne any more, it's the covid capital of Australia. You'll be flying out of Geelong in the future, because hotel quarantine in Melbourne is a total failure.

[@colemadsen2176]

@@Jim.Thunda, So Avalon Airport?

[@Jim.Thunda]

@@colemadsen2176 Ha har, Anywhere is better than Tullamarine Cole, even a drive to Tocumwall to catch a flight to Adelaide.

[@markmalic7450]

2 days

[@Jim.Thunda]

@@markmalic7450 A week from Devenport to Bendigo is better than going anywhere near Melbourne or Sydney.

[@JamesJimmaHarding]

Not sure about this to be honest. Okay it's a good idea for people coming from nearby centres west of Melbourne like Colac, Ballarat and Warrnambool (and even people from SA and WA for that matter) who don't want to endure city traffic to catch the ferry to the Apple isle, but this makes the drive for people coming from NSW/QLD or places in northern and eastern Victoria like Shepparton, Bendigo, Wangarrata and Bairnsdale longer by an hour, and Geelong really feels out in the middle of nowhere

[@chrisbester51]

I welcome the move

[@LachlanKellett]

I honestly do not like the idea cause people of Greater Geelong may be happy but what about the rest of the state. It just seems a waste of budget and a waste of time.

[@ferriesoftasmania]

Trouble is that the port of Melbourne (Vic Ports) wanted to dramatically increase the fees for docking at station Pier, meaning about 10-20% increase in prices to customers. There was also the issue of outdated facilities at Station Pier Which was not going to be addressed, and large congestion issues, which is would be worse with new ships with more tucks. Over all TT-Line had no choice but to move because of the greed of the Victorian Government.

[@LachlanKellett]

@@ferriesoftasmania I understand that, I really do but Geelong is a little far to travel and it costs extra fuel

[@ferriesoftasmania]

LK Music Productions I’m sure, but it’s only an extra two hours return and approx $20 extra fuel, so in the big picture not too bad. It’s a shame they will loose the prominent spot in St Killda, but nothing we can do about it I suppose.

[@LachlanKellett]

I guess so, whatever happens though we will have to wait until the end of COVID until we can hit the Spirit but on the better side it won't happen until 2022 so idk whether that's good or bad lol

[@BryanM63]

@@ferriesoftasmania Coming from Frankston I would have happily paid the extra 20% than endure the Melbourne - Geelong Freeway. Last time we were on it "Dan's disaster" took over an hour to travel just a few Ks......... You've lost me, I fly next time.............

[@karlso7314]

Pet exercise area sounds awesome. They close the beach to dogs at pt Melbourne during summer. I suspect Wingnut with his mates in china has alot to do with the price rises at Pt Melb.

[@Jim.Thunda]

Great place to set up a sniper hide to get rid some barkers.

[@Jim.Thunda]

The story is that wingnut has been called back to Beijing to explain why he hasent been keeping the CCP virus going, and selling more of Victoria to Chinese nationals.

[@Jim.Thunda]

This is great news. I'm sick of Melbourne's traffic and toll roads. I'd drive the extra hour with a smile on my face. I'd even drive through Adelaide from Geelong to get to Mildura rather than drive through Melbourne. I see Australia as a big Angus bull, Melbourne's just under the tail. Yes l'm a Tasmanian. Hurry up and get that new terminal built.

[@philbis2774]

With No public transport in reach of the Brand New Ferry Terminal in Geelong.. You think your in a 3rd world countrie

[@roberttoreaux8265]

Well thats going to be a kick in the arse to someone,they going to loose big time by wanting to rise up prices at her old place of berthing...

[@ferriesoftasmania]

Robert Toreaux Especially now with cruise ships of any numbers out for some years.

[@Jim.Thunda]

Who's to blame for Melbourne's greed ? CCP Dan will try and sell it to his mates in Beijing now. This is a great move, l just hope there is enough overnight parking for the disabled in mobile homes and caravan's l have a motorised chair and tow a van, the facilities at Princess pier was hopeless for disabled, l like to arrive 12 hours early incase l get lost in the ever changing Melbourne's road network, and there is no van parking anywhere for Sprit travellers. I hope they have considered us in the new terminal.

[@joebloggs619]

I can understand why they wanted to make this move to Geelong but it is a blow to Melbourne because the Spirit of Tasmania berthing at Station Pier in Port Melbourne is like an important part of Melbourne's identity and character. I know Geelong needs development as it is pretty poor and full of crime and social problems caused by high unemployment etc there. But it is a pretty ugly industrial flat boring place few outside of Melbourne have even heard of, let alone would wish to travel to see. I only had a few dealings with that neck of the woods because I had a job dealing with aircraft manufacturing and related logistics that required contact with a base not far from there. I can't imagine why anybody would wish to go there, other than to catch the Spirit Of Tasmania. Whereas, other country Victorians wishing to travel on the Spirit, to see Tasmania would see the time they spent in Melbourne before leaving and on their return journey back as part of the fun of going on this adventure. They'd stop and check out famous Melbourne landmarks, attractions, favourite shops they cannot often visit in Melbourne, especially living in remote Eastern or northern Victoria. But now, the thought of having to bypass or quickly move through Melbourne's bright lights, big city attractions to get to boring, tacky, run down old industrial Geelong to catch the Spirit will put most regional country Victorian travellers off going on the Spirit of Tasmania and enjoy the thrill and adventure of sea travel on wild Bass Strait. You'd have to be pretty keen to go there by sea now that it means you have to go the extra distance to/from Geelong to take this sea journey onto Tassie. I know I definitely won't be doing it now, though I might have, had the terminus remained at Station Pier, Port Melbourne. It might be convenient for families who want to take their cars, kids, caravans, cats, dogs, sheep, cows, goats, ducks, birds, pet reptiles, and half their home and kitchen sink on a trip to Tasmania. But it doesn't single people like me, who may be hoarders at our home fixed address, but like to travel very light and simple. Definitely with no pets, kids,boats, cars, bike's, caravans, and such crap on board. Just basic needs for survival and work, if it's a work trip and minima luggage. If I was to take a trip on the Spirit departing from its old Port Melbourne location, I would have left my home in country Victoria a day sooner stayed in Melbourne a while to enjoy my favourite old Melbourne city haunts before boarding the Spirit onto Tassie and probably stayed an extra day in Melbourne on the return trip, too, before heading back to the bush by the Vline train and coach links. Just to make the whole trip more worthwhile because, if you come from the bush in Victoria and from some of the most iconic rural and coastal scenery on earth, whilst Tasmania is indeed a beautiful place, scenery wise, we have it all in Victoria, anyway. And far nicer than Tasmania. But, part of the fun is to be on the Spirit of Tasmania on wild Bass Strait is the adventure aspect and all the early colonial history of Tasmania and being able to stop off at "old Melbourne town" and check out all the wealth, history, culture, big buildings etc there, along the way and, of course, drink good coffee there, see old long lost friends etc. Looks like I won't be taking any trips to Tasmania any time soon now, as a result of this terminus relocation to Geelong. If I did wish to go to Tasmania now I would either fly or hitch a ride on locally berthing fishing trawlers that operate in Bass Strait between Victoria and Tasmania. That would definitely be a pretty tough, uncomfortable wild trip and I don't think I could be bothered. I'd sooner take an adventure trip to elsewhere in remote Australia, like the desert outback or somewhere like that. Places where ordinary tourists are unlikely to want to visit because it is too hard, uncomfortable and remote and not trendy to say you went there. I just love boasting about my trips to such "nowhere" places when Aussies start up their usual boring "My Last Trip" social boasting conversations and trot out all their boring photos of themselves and their kids, dogs etc on holiday, which all look the same as each other and like they were taken in their own backyard at home. I just yawn and tell them about y last trip to Woop Woop" and when they say they have never heard of that place I simply tell them they are really missing something if they haven't been there. Just don't blink too fast or you might miss it. These run down old one horse country towns nobody has ever heard of are often very interesting places to visit if you care to find out about their history, all the run down old buildings, meet the not exactly stylish, trendy fashionable tech switched on locals there and chat with them, get to know their local community, what sorts of things they do there to make a living, their stories etc. I come from a famous tourist area but, if I want a break from all the tourists who invade my home turf by the sea, I go where other locals go. Outback. To tiny remote obscure places nobody has ever heard of or would ever wish to visit. One can enjoy a real, genuine fun and peaceful holiday there. No yuppy tourists scurrying around everywhere. Just real local people there living their normal lives and they are so glad to have somebody from elsewhere visiting their area, wanting to know them, spend money in their town etc. They will generally give you the best they can manage, which may not be much, if they are poor. But their warmth and friendship compensates for any lack of convenience and comforts in such localities. That is who I would give my tourist dollar to as an Australian holiday maker in Australia. Not to the well known, popular, overused tourist resorts, like my own local area has now become and is getting worse by the day because it is being "developed" so it looks and feels like a very second rate version of outer Melbourne suburbia, to accommodate all the urban "sea change" and Covid lockdown escapees from Melbourne who want to now settle here permanently and make it their "new Melbourne". Only the price of everything eg basic food is sky high, there are no Melbourne conveniences eg cheap easy transport, access to easy health care, Police if needed etc. These new "urban refugees" are typically young Melbourne poor families, unemployed and unemployable here because they have no useful skills for rural employment, even if there were jobs for them. There are some jobs eg in farming, fishing, me Ning etc. But these jobs require hard Yakka and physical fitness, stamina, strength and a degree of skill and savvy about living on the land which these sea and tree change seekers from the city lack and have no interest in acquiring from the locals who do know. Plus they are extremely lazy, useless and arrogant, too and have an exaggerated idea of their own personal value and importance to any potential local employer eg expect palatial working conditions, long paid breaks, holidays, too much renumeration for too little work and the smallest, most trivial thing on the job is suddenly turned into a major occupational health and safety issue. Didn't anybody in the city tell them that being alive at all is a risk in itself? Especially in the bush. Anybody would think these types moving out here now never faced any risks working and living in Melbourne..... Possibly because they never worked in Melbourne and only came to live in the bush to continue their unemployed lifestyle in rural comfort and space, living off welfare and local community good will. But locals have now women up to them.

[@mickryan2450]

We dont need ur life story ffs gro a set