Sydney travel chaos as thick fog blankets city causing planes to be delayed ALL ferries cancelled
A thick blanket of fog has thrown Sydney into chaos, causing flight delays and public transport mayhem.
All ferries were cancelled shortly before 6am on Thursday, as the early morning weather phenomenon brought the city to standstill.
Concentrated around the central business district and Sydney Airport, the fog led to delays on all incoming flights.
The fog rolled in from the west and covered the airport and the city centre by 5am, but is expected to burn off before midday.
Thick fog caused chaos on Thursday morning with ferries cancelled and traffic brought to a standstill
The chaos comes after a horror month for the city's public transport, with almost 80 per cent of trains running late or skipping stations in June (pictured is fog on Thursday morning)
Traffic on the Spit Bridge came to standstill shortly before 7am, and there was a multi-vehicle crash on the Cumberland Hwy westbound on-ramp to the M4 (pictured is fog obscuring a view of the city centre)
Concentrated around the central business district and Sydney Airport, the fog led to delays on all incoming flights (pictured is the fog on the Harbour Bridge)
'No ferries are running due to fog. Make alternative transport arrangements or delay your trip,' Sydney Ferries said in a statement.
Visibility on the harbour was extremely low, and people living nearby reported hearing ships sound their foghorns.
A cruise ship stranded in the middle of the harbour blew its horn repeatedly, waking some nearby residents.
'There's a ship waking up everyone in Sydney this morning with its horn,' one disgruntled local wrote on social media.
A thick blanket of fog has thrown Sydney into chaos, causing flight delays and public transport mayhem (pictured is fog on Thursday morning)
Skyscrapers in Sydney's central business district were shrouded in fog early Thursday morning
All ferries were cancelled shortly before 6am on Thursday, as the early morning weather phenomenon brought the city to standstill
'Awoke to an ocean liner's horn from Sydney harbour. Must be a huge boat and bad fog,' said another.
'Horn was blown for ten seconds for [the] next 15 minutes. That's one very noisy alarm clock.'
Travellers on planes headed for Sydney told of delayed flights, and one Qantas jet was forced to land at Brisbane instead due to the thick fog.
Road users were also affected, with dangerous driving conditions causing congestion on major commuter routes (pictured is fog on Thursday morning)
Visibility on the harbour was extremely low, and people living nearby reported hearing ships sound their foghorns (pictured is fog on Thursday morning)
All flights in and out of Sydney were affected, and passengers formed massive queues at airline service desks demanding information.
Road users were also affected, with dangerous driving conditions causing congestion on major commuter routes.
Traffic on the Spit Bridge came to standstill shortly before 7am, and there was a multi-vehicle crash on the Cumberland Hwy westbound on-ramp to the M4.
The chaos comes after a horror month for the city's public transport, with almost 80 per cent of trains running late or skipping stations in June.
The fog rolled in from the west and covered the airport and the city centre by 5am, but is expected to burn off before midday