After over a year in the planning, and with the generous support of Ports North , the AMSA recovery crew, IAS fine art logistics team, Bells Cranes, REV Cranes, LK Drain heavy Haulage and the TMML / CMM volunteers , the shipwreck museum artefacts and Ben Cropp collection have arrived in Townsville.
Yongala , Cato, Endeavour just to begin with….
Shipwreck Museum Containers to travel to Townsville Maritime Museum
Light House Artefacts to return to AMSA
Ben Cropp Legacy and Provenance preserved
AGM
Floating Museum stories proposal
Pearling Industry … Life on the Line… Coral Sea Exhibition…
Hector opened the door to our visit thank you Hector and Colleagues.
CMM @ Netherland National Maritime Museum
Royal Barge jolly boat meets Pearl of the Coral Sea HB
Ships are safe in Harbours but that is not where they are made for being.
Harbours rot both vessels and crew
Crew application form at
NFA Endangered Species Watch and Maritime Museum research vessel
Not yet over this cyclone monsoon
Stay cool stay tuned this season
We sat in the very eye of TC Kirrily
Not yet scuppered feathers ruffled!
Since the November 2022 haul out and 2023 repaint to achieve ‘event exhibition’ status.
CMM will be dusted down and opened up to members for tea time sea time events.
Location Horseshoe Bay
Biennial maintenance work on Slipway in October 2022,
Superb prep job by the historic Townsville boatyard and International Paint Products applied by our two excellent international work experience volunteers Olaf and Michael, guided by the leading hands of Capt Iris and Capt Jon.
It made our return to the water the big splash of the season.
Since then Bulwalks Scuppers and non slip deck coatings are on track to finish in June.
To the sunset and beyond
Horseshoe Bay Home Base HB CMM Inc
Please view this Sea –Simulator in Panorama. Essentially max enlarge this image of a captive reef at AIM5 Today 14/04/2023
A selective climate and Sea-sim Facility challenge.
For the past 12 months RRAP has been putting reef restoration and adaptation proposals under pique review.
