[1] Built by NQEA, Cairns for RH Houfe & Co, it was launched on 29 January 1972.
[2][3] After RH Houfe & Co ran into financial difficulties, in 1973 the ship was purchased by the Tasmanian Transport Commission.
On 23 March 1974, it capsized and sank in the Yarra River, Melbourne while approaching its berth with its vehicle door partly open, with the loss of two crew members and many of her cargo of 2,000 sheep.
[4][5][6] The ferry was heading upstream at 6 knots (6.9 mph; 11 km/h) when a crew member opened the stern door without the knowledge of the captain on the bridge.
[8] It was then sold to a Fijian shipping company, renamed Sinu-I-Wasa, running aground during Cyclone Winston in 2016.