Dreadnought wrote:Western Port has three wrecks one can examine without requiring submersion
Jusr round the corner there is a ship I havent had the chance to have a look over but if you time it right, you won't get wet. It's off the Hasting BHP industrial area, it seems to be a salvage barge or something, being 100ft in length and about 45ft in width. Its pretty must rusted to hell from what I hear but I think its possible to enter it as the mud has formed a floor in place. Again, this is old-hear-say but the man who supplied it is the only guy who knows the waters in the bay better than I so I'm willing to bank on it
Off the Hastings Marina, there are two wrecks, first is the Redbird (right across from the ), about 70ft long and sunk into the mud. Shes's rotten all the way though, not surprising considering she sat in that area for so long before running aground, so I doubt you'll be able to really go on it, especially seing it's only a few feet above the mud.
Third one requires a boat, unless you like swimming or wait for the lowest possible tide. The Minah is an old tug that ended up stranded on the Mud Banks between Churchill Island and Rhyll. Similar to the Redbird but in better shape, she's still dangerous to climb on though.
The twin hulled wreck off BHP is the Truganina and Tarneet and was a dredge and abandoned in 1966.
I use to go on it as a kid in the 70s and it had a wheelhouse on it up to the 1970s
There is also a wrecked fishing boat near Blind Bight in the mangroves to the north of the boat ramp. You need a kayak or similar to get out to it and its basically sitting on a disused rail the goes up on to private property.
Would love to see some pics of it.
