The fight to save Sydney's 'old ladies' of the harbour

By Helen Pitt
Updated September 25 2017 - 3:53pm, first published 3:46pm
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - September 24, 2017: SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - SMH NEWS: 240917: Story by Helen Pitt: Portrait of activists wanting to save the Lady Northcott Ferry- From L to R Henry and Annie Herron, Mayor of Mosman Carolyn Corrigan, Artist Peter Kingston, Freya Boughton, and Alex Beech, at Taronga Zoo Wharf, Mosman. (Photo by James Alcock/Fairfax Media).
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - September 24, 2017: SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - SMH NEWS: 240917: Story by Helen Pitt: Portrait of activists wanting to save the Lady Northcott Ferry- From L to R Henry and Annie Herron, Mayor of Mosman Carolyn Corrigan, Artist Peter Kingston, Freya Boughton, and Alex Beech, at Taronga Zoo Wharf, Mosman. (Photo by James Alcock/Fairfax Media).
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - September 24, 2017: SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - SMH NEWS: 240917: Story by Helen Pitt: The Lady Northcott Ferry at Taronga Zoo Wharf, Mosman. This class of Ferry is trying to be preserved and protected as the State Government tries to decommission the vessel. (Photo by James Alcock/Fairfax Media).
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - September 24, 2017: SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - SMH NEWS: 240917: Story by Helen Pitt: The Lady Northcott Ferry at Taronga Zoo Wharf, Mosman. This class of Ferry is trying to be preserved and protected as the State Government tries to decommission the vessel. (Photo by James Alcock/Fairfax Media).

Most days that the Lady Herron ferry passes the Sydney Opera House en route to its signature destination - Taronga Park Zoo - the ferry driver toots the horn. Regulars on the ferry service joke the driver is saying hello to the Opera House CEO Louise Herron, whose great aunt was the Governor's wife for whom the ferry is named.

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