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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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The wreck of a Norwegian sailing ship uncovered for the first time in 10 years by a winter storm. Lost under the town’s sand since 1897, the Ispolen was driven ashore following a storm. Carrying a cargo of ice, the boat had left Norway on January 19 bound for Gravesend.
this wreck has been here forever. My mom remember my grandpa telling her about it when she was a kid
Leave Kaikoura, follow the SH1 to north. After 20km there is a snack bar on the right side of the road. It is called "Nins Bin". You can park there. The boat is located at the left side of the road. You have to cross the railway and some scub to get close to the wreck.
Lying in about 15 feet of water and easily reached from the beach, the old tugboat wreck is a popular spot with snorkellers with lots of coral and fish as well as the distinctive shape of the vessel.
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, Tamron 250-500
2014
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As Iraq was invaded in 2003, this ship ran aground in flat calm, spilling its cargo of plastic waste and creating a minor oil slick. No one was hurt.