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Ocean Grove, VIC

Ocean beach, buried timber wreck

Tidal foreshore Documented siteRestricted
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What you could find

Reported finds from this shoreline.

Wreck timberWreck timber
Nails and fittingsNails and fittings

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: NPS photo (Public domain), North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, (CC BY 2.0).

Why this spot

Unidentified timber vessel between Ocean Grove and Point Lonsdale, first exposed 2024/2025 and reburied before it could be recorded.

Heritage Victoria Dec 2024: local reported possible historic shipwreck material at Ocean Grove, sand covered it before archaeologists arrived; site under monitoringView source →

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

Rips, soft eroded dune faces

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