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08/08/2007: "ADMIRALTY ANCHOR ....... covered with live corals"

This standard sized sailing ship anchor is believed to have been on the deck of the wrecked ship The Sun (or Sun) when she became a total loss on a remote reef in The Coral Sea.

The former timber deck has since washed away by heavy and constant surf.

Our new destination was Murray Island (also know as Mer) very close to the Australian border with New Guinea. An island where locals are permitted to hunt turtles for food.

We had a several hours swimming on the Sun wreck at Ashmore Reef while en route.