The elements have exposed three former Sydney ferries that washed ashore 50 years ago on a New South Wales Mid North Coast beach.
Recent rough seas sparked by an undersea volcanic eruption near Tonga have uncovered rarely seen historic shipwrecks on the NSW Mid North Coast.A citizen science project is finalising a model to better predict when shipwrecks will be visible on beachesMaritime archaeologist Brad Duncan said about a metre of sand movement has led to further exposure of 50-year-old ferry wrecks, the Sydney Queen, Lurgurena and Koondooloo, at South West Rocks.
The recent rough seas prompted maritime enthusiast Corrinne Boon to head down to Trial Bay Front Beach to see if the wild weather had exposed any of the historic vessels.Ms Boon stumbled across what is thought to be two engine steering sections of the Sydney Queen, also known as the Kalang."It was just wonderful to see that they were still there," she said.Part of the Lurgurena in the shore break at Trial Bay Front Beach.
Part of their work in recent years has been to develop a model that aims to better anticipate when historic shipwrecks will be visible along the NSW coastline.
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