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I was driving home from my daughter's soccer game last Sunday and came across this on the side of the street near the soccer field. I've seen wrecked cars before, but not one in which the entire back half, the wheels and the hood have been removed. I could not even identify what make of car it is. It almost looks like an art installment. Hope whomever was driving it is okay.
We found this wreck outside my workplace, 200m or so from the shore. It was an easy dive to reach it (max depth was 6m) but in poor visibility;
We managed to find the wreck by compass so it made for a good exercise in UW navigation.
Wreck of the cruise ship Maheno.
Fraser Island Australia - World Heritage Listed.
The S.S. Maheno was an Edwardian liner on the Tasman Sea crossing between New Zealand and Australia, and was used as a hospital ship by the New Zealand division of the Royal Navy during World War I.
A landmark on 75 Mile Beach in Fraser Island is the shipwreck of the Maheno. Maheno was originally built in 1905[citation needed] in Scotland as a luxury passenger ship for trans-Tasman crossings. During the First World War the ship served as a hospital ship in the Mediterranean, Gallipoli, and the English Channel, before returning to a luxury liner. In 1935, the ship was declared outdated and on June 25, 1935 the ship was being towed from Melbourne to Japan for scrap metal when it was caught in a strong cyclone. A few days later, on July 9, 1935[citation needed] she drifted ashore and was beached on the eastern shores of Fraser Island. During the Second World War the Maheno served as target bombing practice[citation needed] for the RAAF. The ship has since become severely rusted. Climbing on the shipwreck is not permitted.
About 700 million years ago Antarctica had mountain ranges that rival the modern-day Himalayas. These mountain ranges were eroded with the resulting sands being accumulated on the continental shelf where Fraser Island now lies.
A classical landscape shot.
Framed or canvas museum quality print of this photograph available here: fineartamerica.com/featured/wrecked-cabin-david-gvozdenov...
In 1902 the dry dock was being towed from London, England to Durban, SA when it broke free during a storm and washed up along the Garden Route coast. It's pretty much only accessible during low tides, walking about 45 minutes from Glentana.
File name: 08_06_017922
Title: Wrecked auto towed
Creator/Contributor: Jones, Leslie, 1886-1967 (photographer)
Date created: 1935
Physical description: 1 negative : film, black & white ; 4 x 5 in.
Genre: Film negatives
Subject: Traffic accidents
Notes: Title and date from information provided by Leslie Jones or the Boston Public Library on the negative or negative sleeve.
Collection: Leslie Jones Collection
Location: Boston Public Library, Print Department
Rights: Copyright Leslie Jones.
Preferred credit: Courtesy of the Boston Public Library, Leslie Jones Collection.
This is of course a staple for all Edinburgh-based photographers. So much that it perhaps a little stale. I have therefore chosen for a less popular composition, looking straight into the belly of the beast. I knew the tide was gonna be low, but the chance of decent light, and no parental commitments made me give it a try anyway.
Please share your thought, if any. Thanks so much for your time and have a nice weekend.
The Garden Island Ships' Graveyard, in the North Arm of the Port Adelaide River, offers paddlers a chance to experience part of South Australia's early maritime history.
The 26 wrecks at Garden Island are part of one of the world's largest and most diverse ships' graveyards. Boasting the remains of sailing ships, steamers, motor vessels, ferries, barges, dredgers and pontoons, the site provides a unique glimpse into our past.
The mudflats the wrecks lay on are bounded by mangroves – one of the few remaining systems in metropolitan Adelaide. This eco-system provides a habitat for dolphins, other marine creatures and bird species, enhancing a recreational paddler's experience.
The trail is marked by three on-water signs near the main group of wrecks, as well as two on-land signs at the Garden Island boat ramp.
Sunbeam
The three masted barque Sunbeam was built at Kircaldy, Scotland in 1857 by John Brown and Company. The iron hulled vessel of 443 gross tons measured 141.5 feet (43.1 m) in length, 27.1 feet (8.3 m) breadth and 16.8 feet (5.1 m) depth.
After a number of ownership changes and many years trading internationally, the Sunbeam was converted into a coal hulk in Melbourne in 1886. Shortly afterwards it was brought to Port Adelaide to serve as a general purpose hulk within the port.
The Sunbeam was abandoned in the Graveyard circa 10 October 1910 – the first iron vessel to be placed there. Today the vessel is generally intact along its entire length, and with its bow facing the water is easily recognisable. A boiler of unknown origin is lying under the starboard bow.
Canon EOS 5D, 24-70L
AEB
2014
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About a 30 minute stroll north from Tangalooma Resort, you will come across the Tangalooma Wrecks. 15 vessels, purposely scuttled to create an artificial reef for the vast marine life in the area to thrive as well as providing the boating community with calm waters to moor their boats.
They also provide photographers with plenty of photo opportunities
I've been after one of these 'Wreck This Journal' books for 2 years now and when I was out shopping in Liverpool yesterday I spotted an Urban Outfitters shop (which I didn't even know was there. How I've never noticed it... I'll never know) and didn't even think about it and just ran in to the shop to go and find one as everytime I've tried to order one on the shops website, they've been sold out.
I like fun projects like this so it should keep me entertained for a while.
New items found...
Post it note that blew across the playground to say that Noah had been talking in class! Classic!
Broken mirror piece
Small heart key!
finally i got back to my WTJ, i got it for one year now and way tooo much pages to fill in :P
well i guess i did just fine with this one!! =) it's neat, at least you can read the lyric... right? :D
The Garden Island Ships' Graveyard, in the North Arm of the Port Adelaide River, offers paddlers a chance to experience part of South Australia's early maritime history.
The 26 wrecks at Garden Island are part of one of the world's largest and most diverse ships' graveyards. Boasting the remains of sailing ships, steamers, motor vessels, ferries,
barges, dredgers and pontoons, the site provides a unique glimpse into our past.
The mudflats the wrecks lay on are bounded by mangroves – one of the few remaining systems in metropolitan Adelaide. This eco-system provides a habitat for dolphins, other
marine creatures and bird species, enhancing a recreational paddler's experience.
The trail is marked by three on-water signs near the main group of wrecks, as well as two on-land signs at the Garden Island boat ramp.
The wooden ketch Thomas and Annie was built by John Wilson at Port Cygnet, Tasmania in 1874. The vessel measured 48.5 feet (14.8 m) in length, 16.1 feet (4.9 m) breadth, 4.4
feet (1.3 m) depth and was 21 gross tons. The Thomas and Annie arrived in Port Adelaide from Hobart in 1876. For almost 70 years it worked as a coastal trader in Gulf St Vincent,
plying between Port Adelaide and the gulf ports.
On the morning of 24 May 1889 a serious incident occurred in the Port River, when the Thomas and Annie was sunk by the SS Murrumbidgee. The captain of the steamer was unable
to avoid striking the ketch after the sailing vessel mistakenly anchored in the channel. The captain and mate were uninjured, but the Thomas and Annie was carried a short distance
before it sank. The ketch was raised a few days later, repaired and ready for sea again in two weeks.
During 1945 the Thomas and Annie was floated inshore of the derelict hulks at Garden Island. It was the last wooden vessel abandoned in the Graveyard and the smallest vessel
placed there. Today the most visible feature from the water is the timber and iron windlass at the edge of the mangroves. The site also includes some planking as well as remnants of
the midships centre casing and the wooden sternpost and iron rudder.
Canon EOS 5D, 23-70 AEB
2014
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Here's the story...
In 1980, a freighter was pursued by the Greek Navy. The crew were suspected of smuggling contraband and the navy chased the ship through the Ionian sea.
Allegedly there was 'wine, tobacco and women' on board and the chase came to an abrupt end when the ship ran aground in stormy weather on the coast to the north of the island at Porto Vromi.
Regular boat & road trips operate to the Ship wreck.