The Speke Wreck, Phillip Island

We were browsing around a tourist information centre in Phillip Island last week when Sonia picked up a random map which happened to have an icon for a shipwreck marked on the southern coastline.

 

We had no idea there were any wrecks on the island so we excitedly rushed off to see if it would be suitable for the next mornings sunrise.

 

It was a half-hour walk around a couple of rocky, stoney beaches but as soon as we turned the final corner and saw this jagged old bit of metal sticking up out of the shallow water we knew we'd be back.

 

The tourism guy told us that it's only accessible at low tide, but we were there on high tide and it was perfect. Lower than this and the water would have barely reached the wreck since it's a really shallow bay.

 

This is one of my favourite shots from the trip.

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