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Western Australia
Albany, WA
Goode Beach Frenchman Bay, buried whale chasers
Tidal foreshore Documented siteRestricted
What you could find
Reported finds from this shoreline.
Wreck timber
Nails and fittings
Old bottlesPhotos via Wikimedia Commons: NPS photo (Public domain), North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, (CC BY 2.0), Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0).
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Why this spot
Two Cheynes Beach whaling station chasers lie side by side under the sand at Goode Beach; 1870s to 1880s wrecks Fanny Nicholson and Runnymeade in the same bay.
Albany Advertiser May 2016 'Albany's shipwreck coast': wrecks of two whale chasers at Goode Beach are occasionally uncovered after storms; article says items often wash up and urges watching after stormsView source →
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
Sharp steel in the sand, cold water
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