03/09/05

 

The SS Australian was a schooner rigged steamship built in Scotland in 1879 and wrecked on the Southern end of Wardang Island in 1912 during a sand storm.  The wreckage lies in about 7m of water and is largely broken up.  The site is renowned for the very large numbers of fish to be found on it.

 

Trail sign

Banded sweep (Scorpis georgianus)

Horseshoe Leatherjacket (Meuschenia hippocrepis)

Salmon trout (Arripis truttaceous)

This site was last updated 02/24/05