Why do we need ferry terminal?

After reading the augments for and against the Fast Ferry terminal proposal, I get the feeling that the general public is not told all the facts and information is been held back for some reason or another.

As far as the fast ferry goes the numbers simply just don't add up.

The number of trips has been stated as four return trips per day carrying 400 passengers per trip for a total of 3200 people per day.

At a guess a fare one way would have to be $30 to $50 to cover the fuel, crew, and so on, to make it feasible, which to me cannot compete with rail fares from Woy Woy. The majority of Central Coast commuters that work in Sydney are ordinary people who may not be able to afford to live in Sydney.

There is also a large retirement group that live on the Central Coast and the cost for them to use the rail system is only $2.50 return so I doubt if they would use the Fast Ferry.

It is obvious that 3200 people living in Ettalong would not use the ferry on a daily basis so that means the people will come from somewhere else.

If they drive to the ferry terminal then where will they all park their cars?

My bet is that the ferry was not intended as a commuter ferry and that it will be used for overseas tourists for a days visit, included in their itinerary, paid for overseas, to have lunch at Ettalong and then return to Sydney.

If the Fast Ferry is not going ahead, why do we need a large ugly terminal built on our pristine shores?

William Bollard, Daleys Point