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FERRY McFerryface will soon be a regular on Sydney Harbour thanks to a Name Your Ferry competition run by Transport NSW.

More than 15,000 suggestions were made for the new fleet of six ferries with hundreds of Sydneysiders putting forward the winning Ferry McFerryface.

“We asked Sydney to name their new ferries, and we have listened,” said NSW Minister for Transport & Infrastructure Andrew Constance.

“Ferry McFerryface will be the harbour’s newest icon, and I hope it brings a smile to the faces of visitors and locals alike,” he added.

The suggestion was alongside Victor Chang, Fred Hollows and Catherine Hamlin, followed by Boaty McBoatface.

“Given Boaty was already taken by another vessel, we’ve gone with the next most popular name nominated by Sydneysiders,” Constance said.