Update to the Port Adelaide Anchor Trail 19/3/24
The Port Adelaide Anchor Trail tends to be quite dynamic with occasional changes occurring. Some of these changes are due to ongoing developments in the Port Adelaide area. I have…
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The Port Adelaide Anchor Trail tends to be quite dynamic with occasional changes occurring. Some of these changes are due to ongoing developments in the Port Adelaide area. I have…
More information has come to hand since I wrote Large Anchors Found at Normanville and More About the Shipwrecks at Normanville. Firstly, I accidentally found a copy of a letter…
The publication of my article Large Anchors Found at Normanville may have been a little hasty. It did, however, lead to discussions with local Normanville residents David Muirhead, Des Gubbin…
A couple of large anchors were found at Normanville between the late 1960s and late 1970s. Either of these two anchors may have been from the wreck of the Guldax,…
The historic (Lighthouse Supply and Navigational Aids Maintenance Ship) MV Cape Don is a “part of the maritime history of Australia”. (Photo courtesy of MV Cape Don Society) The Cape…
According to Captain Arthur Wright – Ancestor History, Captain Arthur Wright was a seafaring captain who brought “supplies, prisoners and free settlers from England, Ireland and Scotland to Hobart” (then…
There have been a few minor changes to some of the anchors on the Port Adelaide Anchor Trail, and some new anchors have been discovered. These new anchors are not,…
A STUDY OF PORT ADELAIDE’S ANCHORS by Steve Reynolds Every ship needs an anchor, yet anchors do not normally get the recognition that they deserve. Despite that, an anchor is…
Weekly walks along a section of the Port Adelaide Anchor Trail,learning about Port Adelaide’s famous maritime heritage, especially some of the large historic ship anchors making up the Port Adelaide…
ANCHOR TRAIL UPDATE No.3 By Steve Reynolds I was able to promote our Port Adelaide Anchor Trail at the Merchant Navy Day ceremony held in Port Adelaide on 3rd September…