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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.
Canon EOS 5D, 24-70L
2014
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Geologists believe that the rocks in this area have experienced a mid-continental collision beginning some 1.1 billion years ago. Mountain building was followed by millions of years of erosion. Some 450 million years ago a marine sea flooded this area leaving deposits of limestone, yet non of these thick deposits have survived the subsequent erosion on Wreck Island.
Glaciation has also contributed to sculpting the park’s landscape. Continental glaciation finished the job of removing the last traces of soft limestone. The last sheet covered the Wreck Island area approximately 60,000 years ago, however, it was 14,000 years ago that an event far to the north of Hudson Bay would leave a lasing record on the island. A catastrophic release of glacial meltwater occurred, releasing a huge quantity of debris-laden water with “nowhere to go”. Ice still covered this part of Georgian Bay, including Wreck Island, as the water rushed southward. It travelled beneath the ice under tremendous pressure. The water was able to push up the base of the glacier and travel along the ground. The rushing torrents was filled with sharp grit, cobbles and boulders. This torrent attacked the rock surfaces of Wreck Island much like a giant sand blaster, resulting in the erosional processes evident today.
Source: Wreck Island Trail by Ontario Parks.
File name: 08_06_033140
Title: Wrecked house
Creator/Contributor: Jones, Leslie, 1886-1967 (photographer)
Date created: 1934 - 1956 (approximate)
Physical description: 1 negative : film, black & white; 3 1/8 x 4 1/4 in.
Genre: Film negatives
Subject: Storms; Houses; Disasters
Notes: Title from information provided by Leslie Jones or the Boston Public Library on the negative or negative sleeve.; Date supplied by cataloger.
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.
At Roatan the harbour is open to the ocean, not well protected. This ship was driven onto the beach during a big storm in the early 2000's
The SS Speke was a huge three-masted steel ship built in Wales in 1891, and at the time, was one of the largest in the world.
In 1907, the captain of the ship noticed a fire on Phillip Island and mistook it for the Split Point Lighthouse, which is located close to the bay. Consequently, the ship ran around close to Kitty Miller Bay on the reef. This faulty navigation led to the drowning of one occupant, but the rest survived and made it to the beach.
from: ttps://www.phillipislandpoint.com.au/attractions/shipwreck-ss-speke/
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I shot this local village while touring Roatan in the Honduras. It was an interesting comparison between the new cruise ship and the old wreck.
With poor weather off the South Coast on Saturday I moved dives 1 and 2 of the wreck specialty to Taranaki Wharf and found perfect wreck like conditions