The first ocean voyage of the ferry Koondooloo
A few weeks ago my sister-in-law gave me a pile of old magazines that had once belonged to her father, Frank Norris, of Kotara in Newcastle, NSW. These magazines, titled…
Newcastle car ferry Kooroongabah, photo by Ron Jones
Newcastle’s harbour punts and the Trial Bay disaster
Crossing Newcastle Harbour has for many years been both a challenge for travellers and commuters and an opportunity for the operators of ferries and punts. A great variety of ferries…
Verona (Ronnie) Ayerst, Pat Charker and Iris Hayes.
Of sharks and musical ladies
Verona “Ronnie” Ayerst grew up in Wickham, in a house with a yard full of sun-bleached shark jaws. Killing sharks was a family business, and her father Jim was good…