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Northern Territory
Darwin, NT
Nightcliff foreshore, WWII Dutch bomber and Tracy wrecks
Tidal foreshore Documented siteRestricted
What you could find
Reported finds from this shoreline.
Sea potteryAlso reported: aircraft aluminium, engine parts, WWII and 1974 debris (protected).
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: NPS (Public domain).
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Why this spot
WWII Dutch bomber crash site off Sunset Park and vessels sunk in Cyclone Tracy 1974 lying on Darwin's reef flats.
The New Daily Dec 2017: lowest tide of the year (0.2 m) revealed a piece of the Dutch bomber fuselage and motor at Nightcliff, the Tracy wreck Ataluma, and other storm-lost wrecks on Darwin's mud flatsView source →
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
CrocodilesBox jellyfish, blue-ringed octopus, stonefish, fast incoming tide
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