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Harold Walker Jetty

place 19 September 2017 · North Stradbroke Island, QLD from the archive
The pedestrian jetty at Dunwich, North Stradbroke Island

A pedestrian-only jetty reaching out from the end of the Dunwich causeway on North Stradbroke Island. It was built in 1986 and named after Harold Walker, whose Vega ferry service ran for twenty years until 1974.

That passenger-only ferry was ultimately unable to compete with the vehicular barges that could carry cars across to the mainland — and so a quiet piece of the island’s working history ended, leaving its name on a jetty that now mostly carries people out to watch the water.

the fact Built in 1986 and named for Harold Walker, whose Vega ferry served the island for 20 years until 1974.