lloyd headquarters sydney australia area served port jackson services ferry operator parent sealink travel group website www.matilda.com.au matilda cruises operated commuter ferry and cruise services on port jackson in sydney australia . history edit matilda cruises was founded in 1981 by tim and jillian lloyd with the purchase of matilda a 20 metre catamaran . she was joined by the 25 metre matilda ii in 1986 matilda iii in 1987 and matilda iv in 1989 . 1 in the early 1990s matilda cruises diversified into commuter ferries with the purchase of the lane cove river service from rosman ferries . in 1997 three high speed low wash catamaran ferries dubbed rockets were purchased for fast sightseeing cruises and commuter ferry services . 2 in 1997 matilda cruises was purchased by amalgamated holdings limited who in 1998 also purchased sail venture cruises making matilda the largest operator of charter vessels on sydney harbour . in november 2005 ahl sold matilda cruises to captain cook cruises . 2 the matilda cruises trading name continues to be used . references edit andrews graeme 1994 . ferries of sydney . sydney sydney university press . pp. 181 182 . isbn 0 424002 02 7 . a b introducing matilda cruises matilda cruises 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 tribunal government infrastructure nsw railcorp roads & maritime services transport for new south wales retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title matilda cruises & oldid 682020422 categories ferry transport in sydney1981 establishments in australiaferry companies of new south waleshidden categories use dmy dates from june 2015use australian english from june 2015all wikipedia articles written in australian english navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 21 september 2015 at 01 07 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view