 In 1928 the steam ferry "Hetherington" enter service and it carried passengers and vehicles, between Bulimba and Teneriffe until its demise in 1952.Bulimba village was served by a vehicular steam ferry (1886), connecting with the Newstead horse-tram service (1888) which was electrified during the late 1890s.A walk down Oxford Street to the ferry remained the sole means of convenient public transport to Brisbane until the 1930s.