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Very sad. One of my go-to activities whenever I visited Sydney was to take the Manly ferry or the one that took multiple stops around the bay. The newer soulless ferries just aren’t the same. A similar thing happened in London with the Thames albeit a while ago now.Not my usual style of image, but I had to get out today to record the final trip of one of Sydney's famous Manly ferries. Plying their way the seven nautical miles from Circular Quay (in the centre of Sydney) to Manly wharf (on the city's Northern Beaches), the ferry is one of the historic sights people come to see and enjoy. The current vessels date back to the 80s, but they are about to be retired and replaced by smaller, soulless, modern heaps of junk! It's been very controversial, with enormous campaigns to save them; so far, two out of the four vessels are to be kept to operate weekend and special services, but they won't just be the whole, normal fleet as they were. And two of them are being retired.
At least for now, two of these nice big ferries remain in operation, albeit in a more limited and somehow artificial way. But they are there, plying their trade between Sydney and Manly, so they must be enjoyed before an excuse is found to retire those too, by the people who 'know the price of everything and the value of nothing.'Very sad. One of my go-to activities whenever I visited Sydney was to take the Manly ferry or the one that took multiple stops around the bay. The newer soulless ferries just aren’t the same. A similar thing happened in London with the Thames albeit a while ago now.
Your attachment link doesn't work. The JPG link does. If you can get the images to display directly, it would be much easier for everyone to see your work.The IQ250/WRS with HR32 f/16 at 7s.
This construction project in downtown DC managed to preserve all of the early 1800 buildings to include moving several from their structures and move to new locations on the site to make way for this modern building by SBA architects.View attachment 188706View attachment 188707