Bulwer Wrecks, 1994
There are 3 ships at The Bulwer Wrecks that were scuttled on the beach at Bulwer, Moreton Island by Robert Alexander Gow deliberately for a sheltered area to load and unload his 12 m boat in the early 1930's. The main ship was the Kallatina, a steel steamer of 628 tons which was built at Glasgow in 1890 and bought from the State Government by John Burke Ltd. It was scuttled in 1931. The Hopewell was scuttled in 1930, which is the ship on the right when looking at the ocean. At the back running parallel to the beach is the 716 ton Mt Kembla also scuttled in 1930, it was 180 ft long and built in England in 1885 for Mt Kembla Coal and Oil Company.
They were all scuttled to form a breakwater at Bulwer, Moreton Bay, Queensland, although now the wrecks are rusting away and it is a lot shallower between the wrecks, making it an ideal swimming and snorkelling spot.
Bulwer Wrecks, 1994
There are 3 ships at The Bulwer Wrecks that were scuttled on the beach at Bulwer, Moreton Island by Robert Alexander Gow deliberately for a sheltered area to load and unload his 12 m boat in the early 1930's. The main ship was the Kallatina, a steel steamer of 628 tons which was built at Glasgow in 1890 and bought from the State Government by John Burke Ltd. It was scuttled in 1931. The Hopewell was scuttled in 1930, which is the ship on the right when looking at the ocean. At the back running parallel to the beach is the 716 ton Mt Kembla also scuttled in 1930, it was 180 ft long and built in England in 1885 for Mt Kembla Coal and Oil Company.
They were all scuttled to form a breakwater at Bulwer, Moreton Bay, Queensland, although now the wrecks are rusting away and it is a lot shallower between the wrecks, making it an ideal swimming and snorkelling spot.