In the early 1970’s a quirky song written and performed by Bernard Bolan, The Rose Bay Ferry, reached number one in the Australian top forty charts. It captures the romance and escapism associated with ferry travel on Sydney Harbour. I contacted Bernard some years ago to ask
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Each Australia Day, commuter ferries race down Sydney Harbour, decorated with bunting and loaded to the gunnels with cheering supporters. They remind me of well dressed matrons competing in the hundred metre dash at school sports days. In 1984 the exertion proved too much for the aging
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