Venita & Kim on Bherwerre Beach Wreck Bay

Where the "Walter Hood" was wrecked in April 1870, see the Offbeat Australia book p382.

 

and from an email of mine..

 

Went into a beaut secondhand bookshop in Canberra today, and saw a book on display, and thought you might be interested!

 

It's called

Fast Company: The Lively Times and Untimely End of the Clipper Ship Walter Hood 1852-1870.

 

Author: G A Mawer Pub: Plainwords Press 20 Millen St Hughes ACT 2605 Published 1994

Printed in Australia by Fast Books, a division of Wild and Wolley P/L Glebe.

 

The dedication is For the crew of the Pastiche Towers, high and dry a mile south of the Walter Hood whatever that means. :-)

 

The Walter Hood is presumably the Berwherre Beach wreck you discovered, although a quick perusal of your original emails hasn't turned up a name for the wreck. From my brief delve into the book its description of the position of the wreck and your find would appear to coincide.

 

If the wreck is the Walter Hood, it was a big, wellknown and impressive clipper.

 

 

Done