In April 2007, Sydney Ferries began operating limited services to Cockatoo Island after the island reopened for tourists.[4] Services from Circular Quay served Cockatoo Island after leaving Greenwich Point and then proceeded to Woolwich where they terminated.[5] By December 2010, the calling pattern had been altered with ferries from Greenwich Point proceeding to Woolwich and then to Cockatoo Island to terminate.[6]
When Sydney Ferries introduced route codes in October 2013, the Cockatoo island services were grouped with the Parramatta River ferry services as the F3.[7][8] On 26 November 2017, the Cockatoo Island service was separated from the Parramatta River service and numbered F8.[9][10]
