Tasmania
Freycinet, TAS
Friendly Beaches, 1857 brig Viola
Tidal foreshore Source-confirmed findsProhibited, look only
What you could find
Reported finds from this shoreline.
Wreck timber
Nails and fittingsPhotos via Wikimedia Commons: NPS photo (Public domain), North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, (CC BY 2.0).
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Why this spot
Canadian-built brig Viola ran aground 1857; hull buried under the beach and seen roughly once every 40 years.
The Examiner 2016: June storms washed away sand revealing the wreck believed to be Viola, unseen for about 40 years; Atlas Obscura notes sand was already piling back around itView source →
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
Rips, remote stretch, no patrol
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