Now for a ferry service, The Geelong Advertiser, 30 July 2015

New pier adds mussel to Port’s safe harbour, Bellarine Times, 30 July 2015

Lisa Neville speaks at the Portarlington Business Development Association, June, 2015

Jetty Ahead,  Years of campaigning pay off with Port pier works to begin, Bellarine Times, 29 January 2015 

Construction to begin on $3 million Portarlington pier, boosting local mussel industry, Geelong Advertiser, 26 January 2015

Work to start on Portarlington Safe Harbour project, Geelong Advertiser, 9 January 2015

Labor offers viability study for Portarlington ferry terminal, Geelong Advertiser, 7 October 2014

Ferry to link west with CBD

Planning Minister Mathew Guy says a planned ferry linking Melbourne’s western suburbs to the CBD will ease congestion on the West Gate Bridge.

Speaking with 3AW Breakfast, Mr Guy said the government was in the final stages of negotiation and expected it to be up and running within 12 months.

“They will run it out of Wyndham Harbour into the city (and) it will land at Docklands,” he said.

“And the beneficial point from that is … from January 1 next year the trams will be free.

So effectively you’ll pay for the ferry ticket and that’s it.”

Mr Guy said the trip will take 40 mins and carry about 200 people.

“I’m sure for your listeners who are on the West Gate at the moment, the concept of driving to a terminal, getting on, 40 minutes of a Wi-Fi (enabled) ship getting into Docklands is certainly attractive compared to sitting on the West Gate,” he said.

He added they were looking at stops at Point Cook and Altona.

“I’m tremendously excited because this is something that people have talked about for years and I can finally see it happening,” he said.

Posted by: Fenella Wagener | 30 June, 2014 - 9:03 AM

Ferries in Year, says Port body The Independent 19 June 2014

Councillor Bruce Harwood, Acting Mayor CoGG, The Independent, 19 June 2014

Port Power Bellarine Times 10 April 2014

$15m pledge for Portarlington Harbour Geelong Advertiser 7 April 2014

G21 ready to push priority projects at election Bellarine Times 20 March 2014

Napthine Govt wants private ferry not beach for Docklands  news.com.au 14 February 2014

Pier Potential: Mayor puts project on map  Bellarine Times 19 December 2013