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A long corridor at an abandoned military hospital.
My first book. Forgotten Heritage will be available in book shops internationally in the second half of October. Published by JonGlez Publications.
Big storm on the Central Coast a few years ago. Two boats washed ashore that morning. One was smashed to smithereens under the pier. This one was about 200 ft west of the pier.
I visited this wreck in Wrabness Essex 3 years ago and took a series of images i was very happy with at the time, they were very dark and moody with heavy overcast clouds. I vowed to return one day and try and capture a sunrise image that would do this scene justice. Well i'm so happy to have captured this amazing sunrise with the wreck looking glorious in the golden light. Sometimes all the cosmic tumblers fall into place for one precious moment of photographic joy. This is x5 shot HDR image @f11 with a 0.6 medium grad filter. This image will definitely be on next years calendar for sure.
Last month I did a bushwalk with Tatters to the Piper Comanche plane wreck in D'Aguilar National Park in Brisbane, Queensland.
The plane crashed in bad weather in 1977 and unfortunately the pilot was killed. Along the way we saw an old logging winch as previously the park was a state forest.
Here is a link to the crash report: www.atsb.gov.au/media/5226233/197700003.pdf
Explore #23 - now dropped.
I was out for a walk yesterday evening in this rarely visited forest when I stumbled across this wrecked car. In the vicinity there was a vehicle ramp and a very small shed. It would appear that someone had been using this as some sort of outdoor garage which is most strange. The light was diminishing fast so I was lucky enough to get this shot, happy days
The Tibbetts, formerly known as Russian frigate #356, rests on the bottom off the island of Cayman Brac, in the Caribbean. Nice wreck dive.
Have just spent a thoroughly enjoyable week in Suffolk on the east coast of England. Not a photography trip as such, but managed to grab one or two shots while there. These wrecked boats at Orford were fabulous subject matter.
This is a much photographed wreck in Scotland. The main reason is because you can usually see Ben Nevis in the background. Unfortunately you can only see the bottom of it, but i still like the shot. Next time, maybe.
The Bunbeg shipwreck is located in the small village of Bungeg on the west coast of Co Donegal In the early 70s it had run ashore due to rough seas. It is known locally as 'Bad Eddie'.
In my previous photo today I mentioned that this wreck is actually the "Pon Rabbel II", a dredge that was used to clear the Tamar River of silt from the 1920s to the 1960s. The fire in 1979 seemed to have put an end to any serious revival of the Port of Launceston, and this wreck has remained here ever since. www.dredgepoint.org/dredging-database/equipment/ponrabbel-ii
I was delighted to find a Facebook group dedicated to some of this history and I'll give you a few outlines from their findings: www.facebook.com/pg/ponrabble/posts/
"The Ponrabbel operated as a steam 'bucket dredge' in the Tamar River from the 1920s until the 1960s. The Port of Launceston authority was determined that as many ships as possible should berth at wharves close to the city centre." This changed once the decision was made to move the cargo berthing to Bell Bay where the Tamar is much wider and deeper so it can accommodate modern cargo ships.
"The Ponrabbel was used to dredge the channel near Launceston to facilitate shipping access. As larger ships were brought into the Tamar some strategic rocks in the Tamar were blasted and removed by the Ponrabbel to improve navigation. She was also used in the building of the Bell Bay berthing facilities. Albeit that commercial shipping barely persists in the upper reaches of the Tamar, the silting of the estuary 'interferes' with the waterway's aesthetics and its recreational 'utility' – and is thus seen as tourism detractor and simultaneously as evidence of environmental degradation."
In any case this wreck is now part of the "visual furniture" of this part of Launceston. And those rusty tones do look good against the green reeds and the hills of Trevallyn on the other side of the river.
Car wrecks rusting in a field near Duck Lagoon, Cygnet River, Kangaroo Island. Pumpkin filter applied.
No not me, the boat!!
One of my favourite places. It makes for quite a 'busy' photo, but this is what it's like, all crooked and jumbled, everything weathered and old, then the shiny new boats in the background. There are even some umbellifers in the foreground here, this place has it all!!
The song.....just because it's Friday night :) have a great weekend all!
Wrecked during the first days of March 1897 when a howling south westerly gale swept up the Bristol Channel.
Many ships soon found themselves in distress, among them the Norwegian barque SS Nornen which had tried to ride out the storm in the lee of the Lundy Roads but had found her anchors dragging. She was being driven towards Berrow mud flats.
When the mists cleared on the morning of March 3, the crippled ship was spotted just off Gore Sands, her sails blown to rags by the gale. Down the ramp to her aid went the Burnham lifeboat, the John Godfrey Morris.
The lifeboat with its crew of ten oarsmen battled through high seas and winds to the SS Nornen.
The ship's crew of ten, together with their dog, were taken off by the lifeboat and landed safely at Burnham. The rescue is recorded on the honours board of rescues made by the three lifeboats at Burnham during the period from 1867 to 1930 and which today stands in the entrance to the Burnham RNLI Station.
Last frosty nights exploring car wrecks with Janne Parviainen: www.flickr.com/photos/jannepaint/34147801982/in/photostream/, www.flickr.com/photos/jannepaint/33867123100/in/dateposted/. Paippinen/Paipis, Sipoo/Sibbo.
A wreck of an old fishing boat that succumbed to a serious fire and explosion in its wheel house and now lies in a sorry state in Loch Diabaig in the Torridon area of the Scottish Highlands.
Walking along the shore enjoying the turquoise water we came across this wreck. Naturally, I had to shoot it until the clouds were right and the angle was right.
Funny thing behind me was the Cozumel cultural museum. Across the lobby was a Greek restaurant called Mykonos. No way was I not having a Mexican lunch. Greek food can wait. The locals seemed to really like it as it was full.
Last year has been a roller coaster ride for many of us, but am hopeful that this year shall be filled with positivity. Take a moment and reflect on how you've come out of this year and am pretty sure you would be surprised.
This pair of ex Amtrak F40s rest abandoned just outside Gastonia, NC on the Charlotte and Western Railroad but why though? Well the Piedmont and Northern Railroad would use the leased F40s before Progress Rail became the new operator of the P&N around but July 18, 2016, the SLRG F40s would get in a grade crossing accident with a garbage truck in Gastonia, NC. The F40s took some pretty decent damage mainly to the 457 and have been resting stored and abandoned since. Now these locomotives are not normal F40s. SLRG (F40M-2F) 456 was built for Amtrak as Amtrak F40PHR 378. The unit throughout the late 90s and 2000s would undergo many changes and would be moved around quite a lot before ending up where it is now. Similarly SLRG (F40M-2F SLUG) 457 had a similar life but as mentioned it would be a SLUG. Starting its life though for Amtrak as well, it was built as Amtrak F40PHR 367. The unit would undergo changes in the late 90s to early 2000s but unlike 456 it would be stripped and rebuilt as a SLUG needing a mother unit which would be 456 respectively. The 457 took the most damage from the collision. For the future of these? I have no clue but over my years of visiting the unit they have had little to no changes so the future is unknown.
8/25 Update: The 2 units have been scrapped on property.