Editing Searoad Ferries (section)

===MV ''Queenscliff''===
{{main|MV Queenscliff (1992)}}
[[File:Queenscliff ferry terminal.jpg|thumb|Ferry terminal at [[Queenscliff, Victoria|Queenscliff]], with [[MV Queenscliff (1992)|''MV Queenscliff'']] unloading cars]]
By the early 1990s, traffic using the ferry had increased, and an increase in capacity was required to cope. A new and much larger ferry, the [[MV Queenscliff (1992)|MV ''Queenscliff'']] was purchased, and work commenced on the ferry berths to enable them to  handle the new ferry. At Sorrento the existing berth was altered, while at Queenscliff a new berth was built to the south.

These works were not without controversy, and Peninsula Searoad Transport was required to attend the Administrative Appeals Tribunal to resolve the issues.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.legislation.vic.gov.au/domino/Web_Notes/pressrel.nsf/8c6a107c25fde2364a2562e600030477/70f2b876f94f5efe4a2561f1002bdaaf!OpenDocument&Click= | publisher=Office of the Minister for Planning | title=Queenscliff to Sorrento Ferry | date=4 February 1993 | accessdate=2007-07-26 | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927010621/http://www.legislation.vic.gov.au/domino/Web_Notes/pressrel.nsf/8c6a107c25fde2364a2562e600030477/70f2b876f94f5efe4a2561f1002bdaaf%21OpenDocument%26Click%3D | archivedate=27 September 2007 | url-status=dead | df=dmy-all }}</ref> The new ferry cost $5 million, and was put into service on 22 December 1993.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.dpc.vic.gov.au/domino/Web_Notes/pressrel.nsf/0cc988f35cba63df4a25620d002c68f3/ce757a23163f570f4a2561f100330b39!OpenDocument&Click=| work=Media Release| publisher=Office of the Premier| title=Premier Launches New Bay Ferry Service| date=22 December 1993| accessdate=2007-07-26| archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930223526/http://www.dpc.vic.gov.au/domino/Web_Notes/pressrel.nsf/0cc988f35cba63df4a25620d002c68f3/ce757a23163f570f4a2561f100330b39%21OpenDocument%26Click%3D| archivedate=30 September 2007| url-status=dead| df=dmy-all}}</ref>

On 12 October 2005, the [[Australian Defence Force]] staged an anti-terrorism exercise on the MV ''Queenscliff''. Two [[UH-60 Black Hawk|Black Hawk]] [[helicopters]] were used to fast rope members of the Tactical Assault Group onto the roof of the ferry, and members of the Boat Assault Force boarded the ferry from inflatable dinghies.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.defence.gov.au/media/download/2005/Oct/20051020.cfm| date=20 October 2005| title=Exercise Mars Anchor and Exercise Mercury| publisher=ADF| accessdate=2007-07-26| archive-date=1 August 2012| archive-url=https://archive.today/20120801041455/http://www.defence.gov.au/media/download/2005/Oct/20051020.cfm| url-status=live}}</ref>