点评:Searoad Ferries is an iconic roll-on/roll-off vehicle and passenger ferry service that crosses the southern tip of Melbourne’s Port Phillip Bay in Victoria, Australia. Operating since 1987, the eco-tourism and transport link bridges the gap between the Bellarine Peninsula at Queenscliff and the Mornington Peninsula at Sorrento. By providing a scenic 40-minute crossing, the service offers travelers a highly popular alternative to a stressful three-hour, 200-kilometre drive through Melbourne's city traffic and toll roads.
The service runs 365 days a year using two specially designed 60-meter, all-weather vessels—the MV Queenscliff and the MV Sorrento—which can each hold up to 700 passengers and approximately 80 vehicles.
I chose to use this ferry as an alternative to driving through Melbourne recently... as I was heading to Ararat to visit my brother's family for a few days... two weeks later, I returned on it. It is a lovely alternative for people from Gippsland to bypass Melbourne's busy city drive.
翻译:Searoad Ferries是一家极具特色的滚装式车辆及客运渡轮服务公司,其航线横跨澳大利亚维多利亚州墨尔本的菲利普湾南端。自1987年起投入运营以来,这项集生态旅游与交通运输于一体的服务,成功连接了位于昆斯克利夫的贝拉林半岛与索伦托所在的莫宁顿半岛。这条40分钟左右的风景优美的航线为旅客们提供了一种极佳的选择——相比耗时三小时的车程,这条航线可大大减轻旅途的疲惫感。在墨尔本的城市交通及收费公路上行驶200公里。
该渡轮服务全年无休,使用两艘专门设计的60米长、可全天候航行的船只——MV Queenscliff号与MV Sorrento号。每艘船可搭载多达700名乘客及约80辆汽车。
最近,我选择乘坐这艘渡轮来替代驾车穿越墨尔本的行程……当时我要去阿拉拉特看望兄弟一家,准备待上几天……两周后,我又乘坐它返回。对于吉普斯兰地区的居民来说,这是个避开墨尔本拥挤市区交通的绝佳选择。