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Beached ship in Newie today:







Was pretty amazing to see this big ship 30m or so from the waterline. Hopefully there is a clear day before they move it.

Took me nearly two hours to get home (normally 20 mins) - huge amounts of rain and flooding.

Great moody skies. A bit of action with the chopper. She looks very high and dry though....... you might be able to get some nice shots in 30 years or so of this one

I wouldn't be surprise if they can't move her, she looks fairly well beached!

Silly place to park it. THe last one really shows the scale best.

Excellent piece of PJ work

very nice work......... wish I was closer......

The SMH ran a good photo of this - (not sure if added post shot) but it was of the ship with a disabled parking sign in the foreground.

Excellent shots Nick!

Nick,

The first in that series is excellent. Were you able to get closer?

The last one give a great perspective......nice moody images......well done!!

A great series of images Nick. I like the moodiness of these with the dark tones.

SteveGriffin wrote:Great moody skies. A bit of action with the chopper. She looks very high and dry though....... you might be able to get some nice shots in 30 years or so of this one

Nice shots for the conditions.....

A bit OT, but interesting.....

If they do not recover it in one piece, it won't be left as a wreck. A firm I used to work for (I'm in Accounting) did marine salvage work. One thing we had to do, was prepare 5 year accounts to back up a claim that this company had the financial backing to do a job which involved full removal of a vessel wreck off a beach with no environmental damage.

It involved de-contamination of the vessel of all oils & fluids, cutting it into pieces and removal by crane & low loader, rehabilitation of the sand dunes (as a road had to be built to the high tide mark), the works.

A state government was paying, and claiming the whole lot back off the vessels insurers. And we are not talking a small vessel either.

So I would expect the same thing..... if it cannot be towed off, it will be removed.

Thanks for all the comments.

Part II: http://www.dslrusers.com/viewtopic.php?t=26777