Mona Ferry: Timetables & fare prices from Hobart to Berriedale
The Mona Ferry from Hobart to Berriedale, Tasmania, is arguably the coolest ferry in Australia. It connects Brooke Street Pier to the Museum of Old and New Art. Mona Ferry fares cost from $23.
The Mona Ferry is perhaps the most unusual ferry service in Australia. It connects Hobart, Tasmania, to Berriedale, about 11km upstream on the Derwent River.
More specifically, though, this Tasmanian ferry service links Hobart to Mona – the Museum of Old and New Art. This bold, iconoclastic art museum focuses on sex and death, and has been a huge international hit since it opened in 2011.
Where does the Mona Ferry leave from?
The Mona Ferry leaves from Brooke Street Pier in Hobart. That’s just south of Constitution Dock and just north of Parliament House Gardens.
It is not the usual humdrum, run of the mill, interchangeable ferry, however. It is kitted out in frankly mad décor, with garishness fully embraced. In standard class, passengers get to sit on model sheep and tigers. In the Posh Pit at the front of the ferry, free drinks and finger food are handed out in a shameless embrace of needless indulgence.
Mona Ferry journey time and fare prices
The Mona Ferry takes around 25 minutes to travel from Brooke Street Pier in Hobart to Mona in Berriedale. Once the coolest ferry in Australia gets to Mona, there are 99 steps up to rebellious art museum. For this reason, the Mona Ferry is not wheelchair accessible.
Mona Ferry prices are the same whether you’re going one way or return – it’s $23 in standard class or $58 in the Posh Pit.
Mona Ferry timetable
The Mona Ferry timetable varies by season, but in the peak summer months, it leaves roughly every hour from 9.15am to 5.30pm. The return ferries from Berriedale run from 9.45am to 6pm.
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