THE MAHOGANY SHIP The Mahogany Ship - a great Australian mystery. There are three potential buried shipwreck sites. The first is very easy to get to, and the second requires a walk of one kilometre east of The Cutting. The third is almost two kilometres east of The Cutting. From reading everything possible about the Mahogany Ship, I believe that there were probably 3 shipwrecks visible in the Warrnambool hummocks in the 19th century, but since they all disappeared under sand, they have had a tendency to merge into one mystery! Site 1 is between Gorman’s Lane and The Cutting. The coordinates at the centre of the site are: 38°20’58”S, 142°21’38”E. To find the site on Google Earth, copy and paste the coordinates without a full stop at the end in the search bar. Please note: Use Google Earth – not Google Maps. Around this centre, the site is 66 metres (east/west) by 34 metres (north/south). To go there, park halfway between Gormans Lane and The Cutting opposite the...
Mahogany Ship