Editing Searoad Ferries (section)

{{Short description|Ferry company of Australia}}
{{For|the Australian shipping company traversing the [[Sea Highway]]|SeaRoad Holdings}}
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{{Use Australian English|date=June 2015}}
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| area_served      = [[Port Phillip|Port Phillip Bay]]
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[[File:Aerial panorama of Sorrento with the SeaRoad ferry and Sorrento Pier. March 2023.jpg|thumb|Aerial panorama of Sorrento with the SeaRoad ferry and Sorrento Pier. March 2023.]]
[[File:Searoad Queenscliff-Sorrento Ferries on Port Phillip Bay, jjron, 05.07.2010.jpg|thumb|350px|The ''[[MV Sorrento (2001)|MV Sorrento]]'' heading towards [[Queenscliff, Victoria|Queenscliff]] with the ''[[MV Queenscliff (1992)|MV Queenscliff]]'' in the distance heading towards [[Sorrento, Victoria|Sorrento]], on [[Port Phillip|Port Phillip Bay]], Victoria]]

'''Searoad Ferries''' (formerly known as '''Peninsula Searoad Transport''') is an Australian company that operates a [[roll-on/roll-off]] vehicle and passenger [[ferry]] service between the heads of [[Port Phillip]], near [[Melbourne]], [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]], [[Australia]].

The route operates between terminals at [[Queenscliff, Victoria|Queenscliff]] on the [[Bellarine Peninsula]] and [[Sorrento, Victoria|Sorrento]] on the [[Mornington Peninsula]]. It is serviced by two ships, currently the [[MV Queenscliff (1992)|MV ''Queenscliff'']] and the [[MV Sorrento (2001)|MV ''Sorrento'']]. [[Dolphins]] are often seen following the ferries during their crossing.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dse.vic.gov.au/CA256F310024B628/0/474619A135BA8168CA256FFD00239072/$File/Hale+Report.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070922103843/http://www.dse.vic.gov.au/CA256F310024B628/0/474619A135BA8168CA256FFD00239072/$File/Hale+Report.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=2007-09-22|format=PDF| publisher=Department of Sustainability and Environment (Victoria)| title=Hale Report - Interactions between Vessels and Dolphins in Port Phillip Bay| accessdate=2007-07-26}}</ref>

The ferry service runs every hour during the day, and makes a crossing in approximately 40 minutes (plus an additional 40 minute check in time for vehicles and 20 minutes for passengers).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.searoad.com.au/FAQs|title=FAQs - Searoad Ferries|website=www.searoad.com.au|access-date=2020-01-12|archive-date=12 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200112061812/https://www.searoad.com.au/FAQs|url-status=live}}</ref> The alternative drive from Queenscliff to Sorrento via road is approximately three hours during non-peak traffic conditions.