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31/12/2007: "SHIPWRECK SITE ...... Iron anchor in coral"

While heading for Murray Island we stopped at the wreck site of The Sun which is positioned on the edge of a reef in The Coral Sea.

A possible explanation as to why this anchor is raised from the reef floor might be that it was being carried on the deck, unattached to any chain.

Slowly the sunken timber vessel decomposed, surrounding wood washed away by surf leaving just this anchor as a marker to why the sailing ship sank. Nearby was a cannon.

It's a fascinating location worth spending more time on.