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Coal ship stuck on Nobby's beach, Newcastle

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Created by B0z > 9 months ago, 8 Jun 2007
Donk
NSW, 390 posts
15 Jun 2007 5:50PM
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Here we go again.
Severe weather warning for the Hunter with winds up to 45 knots.
Geez it must be our lucky week for the year.

NotWal
QLD, 7428 posts
16 Jun 2007 12:52AM
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That ship might just be there for good. For some reason that I don't understand removing a ship beached on sand seems to be terribly difficult.

Donk
NSW, 390 posts
16 Jun 2007 10:19AM
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There is a reef but they dont wont the public to know about it because if they pull it off it will rip the arse out.
Winds are just about 100kph at the moment.
Coastal watch has a camera set up at Nobbys on the ship.
Some big swell predicted today.

easty
TAS, 2213 posts
16 Jun 2007 10:55AM
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Thanks Donk, great live footage. Now's the chance for the Newcastle mob to get out there and get their 15 minutes of fame - there's a great rebounding wave on the windward side that smashes into oncoming waves and really stands up - a great ramp

DL
WA, 658 posts
20 Jun 2007 4:08PM
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They managed to remove the beached ship...

nebbian
WA, 6277 posts
20 Jun 2007 4:36PM
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Hey DL if I could give you ten thumbs up for that one I would...

I'm still laughing

Blaster
WA, 501 posts
20 Jun 2007 5:22PM
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Very Clever

Donk
NSW, 390 posts
20 Jun 2007 10:43PM
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E-Bay had it for sale going for the bargain price of $16,000,000 late yesterday.Crew not included

waveslave
WA, 4263 posts
20 Jun 2007 9:07PM
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Am I missing something ?

Why haven't the Newcastle Authoritys requested the ship owners to pump out and remove every drop of oil and bilge-fluid from the stricken vessel ? (days ago).
Why ?
But they do have floatation booms at the ready stockpiled on Nobbys Beach in case of an oil spillage when the ship breaks up.
The wild Australian coast has claimed many ships in the past,
unfortunately,
the Pasher Bulker will be added to the list.

greenleader
QLD, 5283 posts
20 Jun 2007 11:46PM
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'slave, having spent my younger life as the son of an ampol oil tanker captain and being privvy to shipping talk and spendin my childhood running through the bowels of tankers, i can tell you that a large ship has so many bilges, so many fluids and so many tons upon tons of polluting gunge on board that sending an I.R.B. out through the surf with a siphon hose is naive yet maybe noble in it's charming........well naivety.

disaster potential.....huge.

maybe played down at the moment. authorities are helpless.

salvage operators are no doubt moving in.

starboarder
QLD, 187 posts
21 Jun 2007 12:46PM
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that's strange the coal ship is not visible on google map!!

decrepit
WA, 12095 posts
21 Jun 2007 11:11AM
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well here google images are at least 2 years old, so it's not surprising

NotWal
QLD, 7428 posts
21 Jun 2007 6:45PM
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Hey DL did you do that animation?
Very clever anyway.

DL
WA, 658 posts
21 Jun 2007 4:56PM
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Nope. My skillz may be leet, but they are not that leet.

I'll stick with animating mast extensions for the time being :)



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