‘Normanville’ Anchor May Be From the Brig Mary Grant
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…
More About the Shipwrecks at Normanville
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…
Large Anchors Found at Normanville
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,…
More on the Santiago Wreck
What connections are there between the wreck of the Santiago in the North Arm of the Port River and the Willyama wreck at Marion Bay? Since writing Update of the…
Update on the Rusting Wreck of the Santiago
I have revisited the wreck of the Santiago several times since writing The Rusting Wreck of the Santiago last November, mostly by kayak. My most recent visit, however, included a…
The Cape Don
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…
Captain Arthur Wright – Master of the David Witton
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…
How I Learned About ‘Black Jack’
A B-17 Flying Fortress called “Black Jack” has been laying 48m of water off of Papua New Guinea since WWII. I had not heard of “Black Jack” at all until…
The Rusting Wreck of the Santiago
I have been visiting the wreck of the Santiago in the North Arm of the Port River on many of my kayaking trips from Garden Island. There is always much…
A man’s shattered dream that still ended happily
This is a story about how Claude Evans’ dream of restoring an old Huon pine yacht became more of a nightmare, only to end happily. This story started 12 months…