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05/06/2008: "BIRCHGROVE PARK SHIPWRECK .... Marine growth on prop "
Finding the sunken collier, Birchgrove Park miles off a northern Sydney beach and in some 55 meters of depth using just an echo sounder was no mean feat for Wally Gibbins and his partner Ken Bateman.
This was when echo sounders were scare in the early 1960's and involved a lot of search time that paid off.
The iron propeller would have been a disappointment for Wal which is why it is still there.
