

Elsie Evans shows off its classic lines yesterday, afloat again in Otago Harbour for the first time in 51 years. Photo by Gerard O'Brien. : 112-year-old ferry wets its keel again
Elsie Evans shows off its classic lines yesterday, afloat again in Otago Harbour for the first time in 51 years. Photo by Gerard O'Brien. : 112-year-old ferry wets its keel again


Onlookers watch the launch of the restored ferry yesterday. : 112-year-old ferry wets its keel again
Onlookers watch the launch of the restored ferry yesterday. : 112-year-old ferry wets its keel again


Sandra Carlson and John Sutherland examine the vessel's remains at Portobello in 1978. : 112-year-old ferry wets its keel again
Sandra Carlson and John Sutherland examine the vessel's remains at Portobello in 1978. : 112-year-old ferry wets its keel again


Elsie Evans passes Taiaroa Head in the mid-1940s. : 112-year-old ferry wets its keel again
Elsie Evans passes Taiaroa Head in the mid-1940s. : 112-year-old ferry wets its keel again
112-year-old ferry wets its keel again
It has been a long time between fares for New Zealand's oldest passenger ferry.
