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Rob Simpson's Warrnambool Shipwreck Sites

  T here are two sites between the Australian towns of Warrnambool and Port Fairy that are worthy of archaeological investigation. This article links to my video about Site 1 and explains Site 2 in detail. I have put all dates of activities at Site 2 in bold so that they can be found easily. Site 1 is in the hummocks (sand dunes) half way between Gormans Lane and The Cutting (an inlet from the sea to an inland lake). My reasoning is explained in a documentary video on YouTube called Quest for the Mahogany Ship. Please click on the link or if that doesn't work, copy and paste it. The YouTube link for Quest for the Mahogany Ship is: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_FOkhnL4Go&t=633s Site 2 is in the hummocks one kilometre (.62 of a mile) east of The Cutting. There is a very short video on YouTube showing this. It has the uninspiring title of Shape !  Please click on the link or if that doesn't work, copy and paste it.  The link to this video is: https://www.you...
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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...
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