Maribyrnong River Cruises Maribyrnong River Cruises

Maribyrnong River Cruises runs cruises on the Blackbird (ferry) on the Maribyrnong and Yarra River's.

Maribyrnong River - Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday

Port of Melbourne - Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday.

Blackbird Cruises

Maribyrnong River Cruises have a range of Charter Cruises from 1hr, 2hr & 3hr duration.

Departing from Footscray berth, you can do a charter cruise of :
Footscray to Pipemakers and return. (1 hour duration) [Change-Over]
Footscray to Scienceworks (Spotswood) and return. (1 hour duration) [Change-Over]
Footscray to Port of Melbourne. (1 hour duration)
Footscray to Canning St. Reserve and return. (2 hour duration) [Change-Over]
Footscray to Williamstown and return. (2 hour duration) [Change-Over]
Footscray to Canning St. Reserve & Port of Melbourne and return. (3 hour duration)
Footscray to Herring Island (Yarra River) and return. (3 hour duration)
Footscray to Polly Woodside & Melbourne Exhibition Centre and return. (2 hour duration) [Change-Over]

Departing from Pipemakers Jetty, you can do a charter cruise of :
Pipemakers to Canning St. Reserve and return. (1 hour duration) [Change-Over]
Pipemakers to Sciencework (Spotswood) and return. (2 hour duration) [Change-Over]

[groups greater than 30 passenger can change over at a jetty located here via hired bus]









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