Tourist attraction
Tangalooma Wrecks
Line of fifteen deliberately scuttled dredges and barges, now a coral-crusted snorkeling reef.
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About this audio guide
This guide to the Tangalooma Wrecks on Moreton Island, near Brisbane, follows a promise made to boat owners in the nineteen sixties: a proper harbour on the exposed eastern shore of Moreton Bay. It traces what the Queensland government sent instead, starting with the retired dredge Maryborough in nineteen sixty-three, and the barges and dredges that followed her over the next two decades. Best heard standing on the beach path, looking out at the line of hulls just offshore.
This audio guide was created using AI.