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Webbs Creek Ferry is a cable ferry across the Hawkesbury River in New South Wales, Australia. The ferry operates from the community of Wisemans Ferry, to a point up-stream of the Hawkesbury River's confluence with the Macdonald River, thus connecting with St Albans Road that follows the west bank of the Macdonald River.^[1]

The ferry is operated by a private sector operator under contract to Transport for NSW and is free of tolls. The crossing is 414 metres (1,358 ft) in length and takes approximately 5 minutes. The ferry operates on demand 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, but is closed for maintenance on the first Tuesday of each month from 0930 to 1200.^[2]^[3]

The Webbs Creek Ferry is one of two cable ferry crossings at Wisemans Ferry, the other being the eponymous Wisemans Ferry, which crosses the Hawkesbury River to a point downstream of the confluence with the Macdonald River. Two other such ferries cross the Hawkesbury River proper, these being the Sackville Ferry and the Lower Portland Ferry, whilst a fifth ferry, the Berowra Waters Ferry, crosses a side-arm of the river.^[4]

References

^ Andrews, Graeme (1994). Ferries of Sydney (third ed.). Oxford University Press with Sydney University Press. pp. 214–217. ISBN 0-424-00202-7.
^ "Vehicle ferries". Roads & Maritime Services. Retrieved 14 January 2019.
^ Bottomley, Bill. "When the Ferries Got Away: Appendix Two" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 July 2008. Retrieved 18 November 2008.
^ "Sackville Ferry". Roads & Traffic Authority. Archived from the original on 25 August 2006. Retrieved 18 November 2008.