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FINDING ROB SIMPSON’S WARRNAMBOOL BURIED SHIPWRECK SITES

There are two potential buried shipwreck sites. The first is very easy to get to, and the second requires a walk of one kilometre. From reading everything possible about the Mahogany Ship, I believe that there were perhaps 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! 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 only building in the area (set back 115 metres north of the road). Walk 100 metres towards the beach through the pass in the hummocks. Once through, veer very slightly east – jus