be confused with captain cook cruises western australia . captain cook cruises founded 1970 founder trevor haworth headquarters neutral bay sydney australia area served great barrier reef hawkesbury river pittwater murray river port jackson services ferry operator parent sealink travel group website www.captaincook.com.au captain cook cruises is an australian cruise operator . contents 1 history 2 sydney 2.1 network 2.2 fleet 3 references history edit captain cook ii sydney 2000 in january 2011 captain cook cruises commenced operating on 26 january 1970 on port jackson sydney with the captain cook a modified 1943 fairmile a motor launch . the business was founded by trevor haworth . 1 in january 1975 the custom built captain cook ii was launched at carrington slipways . this was followed by the new zealand built city of sydney in 1981 . 2 in 1987 captain cook cruises began operating cruises on the hawkesbury river and pittwater with the lady hawkesbury . 3 in november 1987 the sydney business of nd hegarty & son was purchased primarily to give captain cook cruises access to wharf 6 at circular quay . 2 4 in 1991 an operation began on the great barrier reef . 2 captain cook cruises also operate the ps murray princess on the murray river . in november 2005 matilda cruises was acquired from amalgamated holdings . 5 in 2011 captain cook cruises was purchased by the sealink travel group . 6 7 8 sydney edit network edit captain cook cruises operate ferry services connecting sydney harbour darling harbour and the lane cove river . city loop sydney aquarium darling harbour luna park circular quay west lane cove river 9 circular quay west jeffrey street north sydney kirribilli birchgrove greenwich point bay street greenwich northwood longueville alexandra street hunters hill st ignatius college riverview shark island circular quay west shark island zoo express 10 circular quay west taronga zoo the timetable shows all services except the lane cove river service operate as the one loop service around sydney harbour and also services watsons bay which is not listed above . 11 12 captain cook cruises commenced a commuter service between watsons bay and circular quay on 23 march 2015 . 13 fleet edit as at july 2014 the fleet of captain cook cruises consisted of 14 aussie venture alice captain cook ii captain cook iii john cadman ii john cadman iii matilda iii megan jillian sydney crystal sydney 2000 fourth generation vessels designed by incat crowther and built in tasmania by richardson devine marine elizabeth cook mary reibey annabelle rankin violet mckenzie 15 jillian and elizabeth cook now operate on behalf of sydney ferries . 16 references edit trevor haworth 1931 2014 otituary sydney morning herald 10 april 2014 a b c andrews graeme 1994 . ferries of sydney . sydney sydney university press . pp. 177 179 . isbn 0 424002 02 7 . andrews graeme 1994 . ferries of sydney . sydney sydney university press . pp. 201 202 . isbn 0 424002 02 7 . hegarty s ferry service afloat magazine february 2003 introducing matilda cruises matilda cruises sealink buys capt cook cruises abc news 25 august 2011 sealink acquires captain cook cruises travel weekly 25 august 2011 prospectus sealink travel group 2013 lane cove ferry timetable captain cook cruises 11 june 2013 taronga zoo ferry timetable captain cook cruises 24 december 2010 hop on hop timetable captain cook cruises 14 may 2015 hop on hop off captain cook cruises retrieved 30 may 2015 watsons bay finally gets a commuter ferry as captain cook cruises launches private service wentworth courier 27 march 2015 the fleet matilda cruises fourth generation vessel joins captain cook cruises fleet . sealink travel group . 1 december 2014 . sydney ferries fleet facts transport for nsw 7 july 2015 v t e public transport in sydney train sydney trains t1 north shore northern & western t2 airport inner west & south t3 bankstown t4 eastern suburbs & illawarra t5 cumberland t6 carlingford t7 olympic park sydney metro northwest rapid transit operator sydney metro northwest under construction sydney metro city & southwest proposed infrastructure list of sydney railway lines list of sydney trains railway stations sydney rail rolling stock bus services local routes metrobus nightride rapid routes suburban routes 144 190 400 operators busabout busways forest hillsbus interline punchbowl bus company state transit transdev transit systems infrastructure liverpool parramatta t way north west t way ferry sydney ferries f1 manly f2 taronga zoo f3 parramatta river f4 darling harbour f5 neutral bay f6 mosman f7 eastern suburbs harbour city ferries other captain cook cruises church point ferry cronulla and national park ferry cruises hawkesbury river ferries manly fast ferry palm beach ferry light rail l1 dulwich hill cbd & south east under construction parramatta proposed point to point taxis in new south wales uber cabcharge ticketing opal card earlier ticketing systems independent pricing & regulatory 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