Mends Street Jetty

Mends Street Jetty
Location	Mends Street, South Perth Esplanade South Perth Australia
Line(s)	Transperth ferry
Other information
Fare zone	1

Mends Street Jetty is one of two Transperth jetties, the other being Coode Street Jetty, located in South Perth in Western Australia. The jetty is on the southern shore of the Swan River in the section known as Perth Water. The ferry service is primarily used for accessing the Perth Zoo from the CBD.

History

It is unknown when the first jetty at Mends Street was built, however, with the opening of the Perth Zoo in October 1898 it was recognised that a regular cross-river ferry service was needed.^[1] Therefore, at about that time, the existing jetty was widened to 15 feet and an existing service which ran between William Street and Queen Street Jetty ^[2] was extended to Mends Street.

The service was run by Joseph Charles who operated the Queen (later Empress) and the Princess. A few months later, Charles and his partner S. W. Copley started operating the Duchess, a locally constructed vessel. The Duchess made its inaugural run to Mends Street Jetty on 11 December, 1898.

Later services included a business operated by Jack Olsen and Claes Sutton who ran a fleet including the Valfreda, Valkyrie I and II, Valhalla and the Valdhana between jetties at Point Belches near The Narrows, Mends Street and Coode Street.

Ferry services

The Perth, Mends Street Jetty in 1939

Currently there is only one public route servicing the Mends Street Jetty, to Barrack Street Jetty, Perth.

The jetty is also used for charter ferry services.

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