Searoad Ferries

For the Australian shipping company traversing the Sea Highway, see SeaRoad Holdings.

Searoad Ferries
IndustryPassenger ferries
Founded1983
Headquarters
Queenscliff
,
Australia
Area served
Port Phillip Bay
ServicesPassenger transportation
Freight transportation
Websitewww.searoad.com.au
Aerial panorama of Sorrento with the SeaRoad ferry and Sorrento Pier. March 2023.
The MV Sorrento heading towards Queenscliff with the MV Queenscliff in the distance heading towards Sorrento, on Port Phillip Bay, Victoria

Searoad Ferries (formerly known as Peninsula Searoad Transport) is an Australian company that operates a roll-on/roll-off vehicle and passenger ferry service between the heads of Port Phillip, near Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

The route operates between terminals at Queenscliff on the Bellarine Peninsula and Sorrento on the Mornington Peninsula. It is serviced by two ships, currently the MV Queenscliff and the MV Sorrento. Dolphins are often seen following the ferries during their crossing.[1]

The ferry service runs every hour during the day, and makes a crossing in approximately 40 minutes (plus an additional 40 minute check in time for vehicles and 20 minutes for passengers).[2] The alternative drive from Queenscliff to Sorrento via road is approximately three hours during non-peak traffic conditions.

  1. ^ "Hale Report - Interactions between Vessels and Dolphins in Port Phillip Bay" (PDF). Department of Sustainability and Environment (Victoria). Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 September 2007. Retrieved 26 July 2007.
  2. ^ "FAQs - Searoad Ferries". www.searoad.com.au. Archived from the original on 12 January 2020. Retrieved 12 January 2020.