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1190 HMQS Gayundah, Woody Point, Redcliffe, Queensland, Australia

During my short stay in Brisbane, my good friend Micka MICKA-53 picked me up at my hotel on the day I was leaving town to take me around to all of his favorite sites to shoot. He eventually took me to HMQS Gayundah at Woody Point near Redcliffe. Micka my friend, thanks for everything.

 

HMQS Gayundah, her name was the Aboriginal word for "lightning", was a flat-iron gunboat operated by the Queensland Maritime Defence Force and later the Royal Australian Navy (as HMAS Gayundah). She entered service in 1884 and was decommissioned and sold to a civilian company in 1921. She then served as sand and gravel barge for Brisbane until the 1950s, when she was scrapped. In 1958, Gayundah was run aground at Woody Point near Redcliffe, to serve as a breakwater structure.

 

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