Tuesday 4 March 2014

Watsons Bay, anchor

This anchor is located at The Gap, an ocean cliff on the South Head peninsula in eastern suburb of Watsons Bay. The Dunbar was a sailing ship carrying 63 passengers and 59 crew that was shipwrecked the rocky cliff at the foot of The Gap with only one survivor. The Dunbar's anchor was recovered fifty years later and placed on the cliffs here with a memorial tablet.

12 comments:

  1. The duty of memory is important, I like your picture!
    Have a nice week.

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  2. A nice memorial and photo! Thanks for sharing, have a great week!

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  3. I love these beautiful composition! Excellent photo!

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    1. Thanks, Leovi. I tried to get all the interesting features in the one shot:

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  4. Gee. Only one survivor! I hope his/her family are now plentiful.

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  5. Great memorial to the one survivor's descendants!

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  6. Great memorial, and glad one person lived to tell about the shipwreck.

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  7. Rustic anchor that is beautiful!

    Thank you for joining Water World Wednesday
    Kim,USA

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  8. Almost as many crewman as passengers. That's interesting. The anchor makes a beautiful memorial to them all.

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  9. Found 50 years later? Wow!!
    That's a nice way to display the anchor. Better there than in a museum. :)

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