The paddle steamer, PS ‘Ozone’ traversed Port Phillip Bay between the years 1886 to 1925 – transporting cargo, passengers and holiday makers from Melbourne → to Mornington & Sorrento on the Mornington Peninsula → then Queencliff on the Bellarine Peninsula → and returning to Melbourne. She was sleek and beautiful, featuring a green hull, a white upper structure, topped by two orange funnels.  Her three decks contained a Read more…

The PS ‘Ozone’ was a beautiful and elegant paddle steamer, built in Glasgow, Scotland in 1886.  Commissioned by the Bay Excursion Steamer Company Ltd., she was to be the first of this company’s paddle steamers to traverse Port Phillip Bay.  She was to be joined by the PS ‘Hygeia’ in 1890, and the large and fast PS ‘Weeroona’ in 1910. She was sleek and Read more…