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SS Maheno wreck, K'gari (Fraser Island) east beach

Tidal foreshore Source-confirmed findsProhibited, look only

What you could find

Reported finds from this shoreline.

Wreck timberWreck timber

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: NPS photo (Public domain).

Why this spot

1905 liner, WWI hospital ship, beached 1935

Former NZ hospital ship driven ashore by a cyclone in July 1935 while under tow; stripped of fittings and left to corrode on the ocean beach, now an Anzac memorial site.View source →

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

collapsing rusted steelUnexploded ordnance listing, tides, beach traffic

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