Saw this sitting of Falcon Bay at lunch time, it hasn't moved since.
It has 2 big tugs in attendance, any thoughts to what it might be doing?
There is reef out there, but you wouldn't expect a vessel like that to get stuck these days with all the charts and navigation aids they've got now.
As you can tell by the quality of the pic it's several kilometres out, this is a heavily cropped 400mm lens shot.
Looks like it's started working.
can't make out what's on the end of the line, any thoughts?
And here's the 2nd tug, (if that's what it is?) it looks bigger than the one in the other pic and it's holding station about 4X further away.
OK I've had one theory put to me, "They're making an artificial reef", any takers for this one?
Dredging or dumping. You'll have to keep an eye and camera on what comes and goes, and compare draught heights pre/post docking to know.
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There is reef out there, but you wouldn't expect a vessel like that to get stuck these days with all the charts and navigation aids they've got now.
If it is stuck on the reef, I guess it could just lift itself off. 
There has been mention in the budget of an artificial reef. However, I was led to believe that it was going to be closer to Halls Head?
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There is reef out there, but you wouldn't expect a vessel like that to get stuck these days with all the charts and navigation aids they've got now.
If it is stuck on the reef, I guess it could just lift itself off.
Or it could just pull up the reef out of the way
Interested to see management on these
Closed till good volume of fish inhabiting
Then open and closed times at said reef to keep it established ?
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There has been mention in the budget of an artificial reef. However, I was led to believe that it was going to be closer to Halls Head?
Well the diagram shows it almost due west of Halls Head, but the closest point is around Falcon Bay
No wonder the government is going broke. What is the ROI on the reef projected to be? What does it do for the 99% of citizens who don't have a boat to go offshore fishing in?
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No wonder the government is going broke. What is the ROI on the reef projected to be? What does it do for the 99% of citizens who don't have a boat to go offshore fishing in?
Rec fish licence payers have funded it, 9 klms offshore , you'd want a good forcast if you own a tinny, saying that where I fish big boats carnt go
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Tugs or rig tenders?
Tugs Mate. It is way too small to be a PSV. Plus the back desk is rounded. That dredge is too small to be towed around by an AHTS.
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Rec fish licence payers have funded it,
bloody hell!
what are the rec.fish license fees?
there are either an awful lot of fisho's paying up, or the license is exxy [or both?]
air is a bit clearer today, actually timed it when a concrete segment was being lowered.
South Australia has been using artificial reefs for many years with great success, often made from tyres....
There's certainly no shortage of old tyres, I wonder why they chose to make concrete ones.
^^Probably because the "Honorable" Joe Francis or Kim Hames have fishing mates who own MJB Industries.
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There's certainly no shortage of old tyres, I wonder why they chose to make concrete ones.
cos the tyres breakdown and polute the water,was a great idea when proposed by somebody who needed to get rid of a few thousand tonnes of tyres though. is this going to affect your incredible' private' beach decrpit. would hate for it to be spioled in the public interest. it was an amazing spot to just sit and comtemplate the planet the one time I dropped in
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>>>>>> is this going to affect your incredible' private' beach decrpit. would hate for it to be spioled in the public interest. it was an amazing spot to just sit and comtemplate the planet the one time I dropped in
It's 10kms out, to the WNW and the good swell here comes from the SW. It's not going to affect anything on this beach, apart perhaps from the extra tinny getting launched from the boat ramp.
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If Gearies reef stops breaking this coming winter ...
I'll probably experience a flash-back to this ominous image. ^^^
Trips me out.
All gone this morning, I think they worked into the night, there was plenty of lights on out there at 9pm.
Just saw it advertised for a segment on Today Tonight tomorrow(?). I think some underwater footage as well.
