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[VIC] Free Queenscliff ⇄ Sorrento Ferry Tickets @ Searoad Ferries

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[VIC] Free Queenscliff ⇄ Sorrento Ferry Tickets @ Searoad Ferries
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silverbluephoenix on 17/11/2020 - 00:03 freeferrytickets.com.au (8238 clicks)
Last edited 17/11/2020 - 13:14 by 3 other users

Free Ferry Ticket Giveaway

In recognition of the hard yards during lockdown we are offering all Victorians the opportunity to reward themselves with a free return foot passenger ticket. It’s a big ‘well done’ and a chance to enjoy the little things in life we have all missed so much. Reconnect with family and friends, watch your kids experience something new or just be out with nature as you sail across our beautiful bay between Sorrento and Queenscliff.

It’s been tough but you deserve this small reward. So, to claim your FREE* passenger ferry ticket registration opens on the 18th of November and closes 5pm 22 November, 2020.

*Limited tickets available every day for travel from Monday 23 November, 2020 to 31 July, 2021.

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  • jv on 17/11/2020 - 00:16
    -7

    Is it return or one way?

    Seems like you have to pay to take your vehicle, so not really free…

  • ialam99 on 17/11/2020 - 07:34
    -7

    So New South Welshmen get $100 in vouchers to spend as they please in their favourite wateringhole but Victorians only get a free boat ride?

  • WhatsTheBigDeal on 17/11/2020 - 07:54
    +4

    If anyone is looking, the normal price for return fare (on foot) seems $24 per adult which includes $2 online booking discount.

  • Rimzi on 17/11/2020 - 08:05
    +3

    Legit question.. Is there anything to do @ Queenscliff on foot from when you get off the ferry?

    • nick90 on 17/11/2020 - 08:30

      Apart from walking on the beach and exploring a few restaurant. No much really.

    • AKJJ on 17/11/2020 - 09:03
      +3

      Queenscliff is quite historical and has a few museums and the like. Or else you could taxi or bus to nearby wineries and attractions. Depends what you’re into.

      • thefud on 17/11/2020 - 09:16

        Good point - you can head off to Portarlington as well for some good local wineries.

    • thefud on 17/11/2020 - 09:14
      +11

      You can catch the historic steam train to Drysdale on most weekends, there is a childrens playground at the Drysdale station while you wait to return. There is a bike trail alongside this that goes all the way to Geelong that I've ridden many times. You can fish off the pier at Queenscliff for snapper but take some jackets as it often blows a gale. The fish and chip shop is quite good (Trident Fish Bar), the Rolling Pin has one many meat pie awards and there is also an ice cream shop on the main street that isn't too bad. There is a little 'boutique' shopping on that main street too.

    • Stidgemon on 17/11/2020 - 12:00

      Marina is nice, so is the park and the fort nearby.
      Decent beaches and town within 5 minutes.
      Great bar with distillery too.
      Can definitely arrange local busses to pick you up, have used Fergos Bongo Tours in the past, good service.

  • bunnikins on 17/11/2020 - 08:30
    +1

    What time does the free giveaway start? Midnight or 9am?

    • MrPariah on 17/11/2020 - 10:18
      +1

      This is what I'm trying to find out also if it's return or one way

  • The General on 17/11/2020 - 09:18
    +1

    FYI

    Fares for vehicles under 6 metres including driver
    One Way $69
    Return $128

    Bicycle Free

    Fares for vehicles over 6 metres including driver
    Motorhome/Truck/Large Vehicles $13 per metre

    Caravans (Minimum Charge – 6 metres) $10 per metre

    Trailers/Boats (Minimum Charge – 4 metres) $10 per metre

  • ChipsChicky on 17/11/2020 - 09:55
    • How long is the stay at Queenscliff ?
    • The ticket can be from both sides or only Sorrento to Queenscliff ?
    • Can we book car as extra and how much that would cost ?
  • Nathw on 17/11/2020 - 10:14

    Anything to do in Queenscliff without a car?

    • baron33 on 17/11/2020 - 11:12

      a short walk?

      • [Deactivated] on 17/11/2020 - 14:33
        +1

        a really short pier, huh?

    • Chicken Kyiv on 17/11/2020 - 11:38

      not really recommended as its a bit of a walk to the main street, but is do-able, and you can go there for lunch and look at some rustic looking shops

    • Stidgemon on 17/11/2020 - 11:58
      +1

      Walk to town is 5 minutes. There's a nice park, marina is cool too.
      It's a decent enough town to spend a few hours in.
      There's a local company called Fergos Bongo tours that would definitely pick up from QC too and does winery pickups etc.
      Ferry ride itself is quite enjoyable too, good food and drinks on board.
      Even had a beer garden last year.

    • TimCinel on 17/11/2020 - 12:16
      +1

      Bring a bike =)

  • imissbeans on 17/11/2020 - 12:16

    Is there anything to do in Sorrento without a car?

    • Nathw on 17/11/2020 - 12:54
      +2

      8 mins walk to the famous fish and chips - Fish Fetish (also get their potato cakes)

      • windCheater on 17/11/2020 - 13:42
        +2

        Yes, have been there. Their fish chips was impressive, tasty, fresh. So many people were queueing there.

  • Tonetoro on 17/11/2020 - 22:28

    How much would all day/a few hours parking in Sorrento?

  • forrester on 17/11/2020 - 22:42

    Terms and Conditions

    • Free ticket offer is for one return same day foot passenger ticket aboard Searoad Ferries.
    • Free ticket registration is open from 18 November 2020 to 5pm 22 November, 2020.
    • Limited tickets available every day for travel from Monday 23 November 2020 to 31 July 2021.
    • One free ticket per person, ticket must be in holders name and photo ID is to be presented at time of boarding.
    • Free Tickets are to be used on the selected date. Return travel must be completed on the same day.
    • Ticket changes are not permitted.
    • Tickets are not transferable and cannot be redeemed for cash.
    • A boarding pass will be emailed and must be presented at the boarding gate.
    • The free passenger ticket can be redeemed for a vehicle passenger ticket in conjunction with the purchase of a car & driver ticket.
    • By accepting a free ticket you agree to receive marketing material from Searoad Ferries.
    • ChipsChicky on 18/11/2020 - 02:22

      Second last point means i can take my car on free ticket or i have to buy $69 ticket for car seperately ?
      What about kids ? Can we just take them or have to buy free ticket aswell ?

      • WhatsTheBigDeal on 18/11/2020 - 07:43

        it means if you are the driver you have to buy "car + driver" ticket. Passengers can go free using this free tickets.

  • ditacarlita on 18/11/2020 - 00:21

    Got a ticket each for my partner and I. Thanks!

    • GauravCh on 18/11/2020 - 00:56

      Not sure but I am getting full price only. How did you availed the free ticket. Is there any promo code. Please let me know. Thanks.

      • ChipsChicky on 18/11/2020 - 02:46

        Click the link in deal.

    • ChipsChicky on 18/11/2020 - 02:47

      have you got email ? for kids need to book seperately ? ane idea about car ?

  • ChipsChicky on 18/11/2020 - 02:49

    Hi Op … Second last point in t&c means i can take my car on free ticket or i have to buy $69 ticket for car seperately ?
    What about kids ? Can we just take them or have to buy free ticket aswell ?

  • Fitzwah on 18/11/2020 - 05:48

    Are they gone?
    I can't see any details to register.

  • Seahorse on 18/11/2020 - 06:16
    +2

    Weekends are all blocked out as is the Christmas period and all of January and public holidays

    • hazzad on 18/11/2020 - 07:49

      Well that will be useful to most people, lol. Kinda pointless if they only allow weekday travel outside of holiday period as most people wont even e there.

  • jcft on 18/11/2020 - 06:50

    It's only for X1 ticket foot passenger

    Pricing is….
    https://www.searoad.com.au/Prices-Timetable/Fares/Foot-Passe…

  • jcft on 18/11/2020 - 06:51

    ..

  • Stevo-ozbargain on 18/11/2020 - 07:31
    +1

    The link just seems to take me to a static page and doesn't give me an option to claim free tickets. Is that because they are all gone or am I doing something wrong?

    • WhatsTheBigDeal on 18/11/2020 - 07:37

      it is the same page as yesteday, don't think it's started yet

  • 3atc3 on 18/11/2020 - 07:42

    First weekend available is in mid-April now… ⏳

    • WhatsTheBigDeal on 18/11/2020 - 07:46

      where'd you looking? link please?

      • 3atc3 on 18/11/2020 - 09:07

        I just followed the link supplied by OP

  • ChipsChicky on 18/11/2020 - 08:23

    $69 For Free Ticket with car (family with 2 kids-one way-no timeslot choosing option) vs $91 if booked with option to choose timeslot …it seems like a bait rather than free tickets.

  • jcft on 18/11/2020 - 08:23

    If your having difficulty…
    Please try opening a private / incognito window
    Go to…. https://www.searoad.com.au/
    Scroll down to million dollar giveaway, free ticket

    … x1 ticket only
    … Must use once only… Name, address, mobile
    … System will tell you, already got free ticket,
    if you use anything the same
    … Green is vacancy
    … Weekends & Christmas 2020, all January 2021, public holidays are all blocked out
    … Weekends available is mid - April or later months like May, June etc..
    … Reminder when looking at dates to go -
    Quieter periods - weekdays
    Heavy periods - school holidays

    Happy travels… :)

  • Bargainbloke37 on 18/11/2020 - 08:30

    The page took ages to load for me and then after hitting "Submit", it told me I hadn't selected a travel date. The only option available was travel month and even after selecting a month, the same error kept popping up. I've tried this in Firefox and Edge (which is even worse with a repeated 524 error).

    I don't know if I can be bothered trying to rectify this. If all the weekend slots are gone, going out to April, and nothing is available during the Christmas break period, it isn't such an enticing offer now.

    • jcft on 18/11/2020 - 08:38

      Please try Chrome, Internet explorer…

      • Bargainbloke37 on 18/11/2020 - 08:55

        Thanks for your response. Unfortunately, the same problems are occurring but at least I can see date options showing now….albeit after considerable delay. Eventually, after selecting a different month to look at available options, nothing happens and a repeated 524 error appears. I have to close the page and it's all just rather tedious.

        Clearly it's not meant to be and I'm not going ferrying. Oh well.

  • ChipsChicky on 18/11/2020 - 08:37

    It was working fine last night before i Booked all the tickets.

  • ryf on 18/11/2020 - 09:21
    +1

    Bit crap that you need to provide a mobile number for children that don't have mobiles. Also unable to do a family ticket which also a PITA.

  • kicha on 18/11/2020 - 09:26

    Has anyone received an email? Booked last night and no sign of it yet.

    • hubs1982 on 18/11/2020 - 09:43

      You are not alone, I booked about 30 minutes ago and have seen nothing in my inboxes…

  • smd100 on 18/11/2020 - 09:43
    +1

    https://www.freeferrytickets.com.au/ still a static page with no links on it.

    https://www.searoad.com.au/ never loads - then times out.

    You think companies would learn that these offers are going to attract interest, so they would want to use it as a chance to show off their great website/products. A website that fails to load just makes them look shit.

  • baj on 18/11/2020 - 10:20

    Anyone received the confirmation email? Funny, I had to book a separate one for my children and find new mobile/landline number!

    • windCheater on 18/11/2020 - 11:04
      +1

      Just checked, NOT YET!
      Booked midnight, with dummy numbers for children.,but had to use different real Email to receive tickets, annoying

  • ja912son on 18/11/2020 - 10:25

    Applied two tickets for myself and wife last night past midnight and still haven't received any emails about tickets.

    In the hindsight, should have taken screenshots myself. Such a rookie mistake!

  • Chicken Kyiv on 18/11/2020 - 11:46

    amazing someone else has the same number as me 0411111111, lol

  • delicheli on 18/11/2020 - 11:57

    Anyone received their tickets yet? I registered at 1am but still nothing yet. Like ja912son I too made a rookie mistake. Hope it's the real deal.

  • MrEphemera on 18/11/2020 - 13:16

    Woohoo! Just received confirmation email for the tickets we booked at ~6am this morning.

    Make sure you check spam / promotions / social folders as each of the relevant emails did not go to my Primary Inbox

    MrE

  • kicha on 18/11/2020 - 13:17

    Update: signed up past midnight, got the confirmation email about 15 minutes ago (actual boarding passes will be sent closer to the date)

    • baj on 18/11/2020 - 13:31

      Got the same message just now for two of the 4 I requested so far.

  • Yankyviking on 18/11/2020 - 15:51

    Do I need to book free ticket for kids as well? Aged 4 and 6? I have done for myself and my wife already. They need a unique phone number for each ticket.

    • jcft on 18/11/2020 - 16:08

      call searoads ferries and ask … (03) 5257 4500 or e-mail [email protected]

      • Yankyviking on 18/11/2020 - 16:51

        Thanks. I did ring them and got my questions answered. Have to get a ticket for kids 3 years onwards and that can be bought using a different email add.

  • jcft on 18/11/2020 - 16:09

    Ferry Timetable as at 9 November 2020 -
    https://www.searoad.com.au/Portals/0/Documents/Timetable%20N…

  • jcft on 18/11/2020 - 20:19

    Car parking Queenscliff terminal -
    Is free, however it is limited in busy periods. There is street parking outside the terminal.

    Car parking at Sorrento terminal -
    Is free between May – October.
    Parking fees apply between November – April - $1 an hour 8am – 8pm .
    Parking tickets can be purchased from -
    1. Download the online app. from www.parkmobile.com.au
    or calling 1300 564 564 – Parking Zone 4121.
    2. Searoad Ferries Ticket offices at the Enquiries counter
    3. At the Passenger Lounge.
    This printed ticket must be placed on your dashboard.
    Cost: - $5 for 5 hours or $10 Day Ticket.

  • IpGem on 19/11/2020 - 15:07

    Only May, June and July tickets available..

    • snark on 20/11/2020 - 18:19

      May gone, June and July only now available.

      • IpGem on 21/11/2020 - 23:00

        This is getting better 😂

  • Feeblely on 22/11/2020 - 02:14

    How busy is it during school holidays? Do a lot of people go?

  • Melb69 on 22/11/2020 - 19:25

    What's the trips like going over? Is it generally calm or a rough trip. Also how long does it take to get across.

  • ryf on 01/12/2020 - 17:20
    +4

    For those still following the thread: Caught the ferry with the free tickets and the exchange was painless. just needed to read out the order number and provide ID for adults. Generally a calm trip, can be windy at times, but there is seating inside. Looks to be recently renovated and quite nice inside. Queenscliff has a more chill and country town vibe over Sorrento. Queenscliff front beach looks nicer than Sorrento's front beach (wider and longer). Nice experience for the kids.

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