Thursday 18 August 2016

Brisbane's City Cats

Every time I am near the Brisbane River I notice another City Cat painted in a different livery, so I thought for something different I would photograph the fleet and show the marine buffs out there the different colour themes of the City Cats that race up and down our beautiful river every day.

FAST FACTS
Number of Transdev - Queensland staff in the ferry division: 200
City Cats in Brisbane City Council fleet: 21
Total journey length end to end along the river:  22 km
One-way trip along entire river network: 85 minutes
Fuel used: Environmentally-sound ultra low sulphur diesel
Top Speed: City Cats cruise up and down the river at 25 knots

In the City Cat fleet they have 21 Cats in three different configurations


                                     FIRST GENERATION CITY CATS


Number in service : 8 vessels
Capacity: 149 passengers
Engine: Cummins QSM 11
Maximum Speed: 25 knots
Builder: Brisbane Ship Constructions


BRISBANE CITY CAT          NORMAL  NAMED MAINJIN
BRISBANE BRONCOS - RUGBY LEAGUE       NAMED MIRBARPA


BRISBANE BANDITS - BASEBALL       NAMED TUGULAWA











































                                    SECOND GENERATION CITY CATS

Number in service: 6 vessels
Capacity: 162 passengers
Engine: Cummins QSM 11 
Maximum Speed: 25 knots
Builder: Norman R. Wright & Sons Pty Ltd, Bulimba

BRISBANE LIONS - AFL             NAMED BEENUNG URRUNG

BRISBANE INTERNATIONAL - TENNIS   NAMED YA WA GALA

BRISBANE ROAR - SOCCER                  NAMED TUNAMUN

BRISBANE HEAT - CRICKET                     NAMED WILWINPA


















                                    THIRD GENERATION CITY CATS

Number in service:7 vessels
Capacity:162 passengers
Engine:Cummins QSM 11
Maximum Speed:25 knots
Builder:Norman R. Wright & Sons  Pty Ltd, Bulimba

BRISBANE REMEMBERS ITS ANZACS         NAMED WALAN

BRISBANE FIREBIRDS - NETBALL  NAMED GILWUNPA

BRISBANE'S G20 (2014)                  NAMED NAR-DHA

BRISBANE REDS - RUGBY UNION              NAMED MUDHERRI

TITLE UNKNOWN                           NAMED GOOTCHA

SPIRIT OF BRISBANE                           NAMED SPIRIT












































































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