Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
Bluff Harbour is the northern terminus of the Stewart Island ferry, providing a daily service to and from Oban. The ferry journey across Foveaux Strait is about 39 km (21 nmi) long. [ 3 ] The first scheduled service across Foveaux Strait began in 1877 for weekly mail delivery, but soon also carried passengers and general cargo. [ 4 ]
Bluff Harbour is the terminus for the twice-daily catamaran ferry to Stewart Island / Rakiura, 60 kilometres (37 mi) south across Foveaux Strait. It is the main gateway for New Zealand ships heading down to the Antarctic. The harbour is home to the Foveaux Strait oyster fleet.
The Bluff Branch, officially the Bluff Line since 2011, [1] is a railway line in Southland, New Zealand that links Invercargill with the port of Bluff. One of the first railways in New Zealand, it opened on 5 February 1867 and is still operating. [ 2 ]
The promontory on which Bluff is situated is Durban's most prominent natural landmark. Accordingly, it probably served as an important visual reference for navigational approaches into Durban Harbour. [2] Between 1907 and 1975, the exposed south-east side of The Bluff housed a whaling station. Since the mid-Nineteenth Century, the region has ...
Bluff Harbour Unregistered ketch nil [232] [233] Brothers: 1903 Benzene explosion and subsequent fire while docked at Bluff Harbour 54 ton auxiliary schooner nil [234] [235] Okta: 1913 Stirling Point. Same rock as Scotia, Maid of Otago and Pelham. 1110 tons gross, 1058 tons net, iron barque. Originally named Jessie Osborne and then Mariposa ...
Historic gelato-colored houses line the harbor — which is now filled with super yachts and pleasure boats — each painted in a symbolic motif that offers clues as to the earliest inhabitants ...
The Bluff Maritime Museum is located in New Zealand's southernmost port of Bluff. The museum is situated on Foreshore Road and contains an extensive collection of Bluff's maritime heritage. The museum was founded in November 1992, and celebrated its 20th anniversary in early 2012 and early 2013. [1]
So, her family was like Sea Isle, Stone Harbor. And that's, like, the exact areas that I grew up going to. I've gone to Sea Isle City my whole life," she said.