Sinking of Brisbane

[bungie]

Anybody know the exact location of the new home of the Brisbane ?? it goes down in 12 days, would like to see that. Only a 1km exclusion zone

[Sti_Brumby]

woodridge ;D

[reefraider_II]

gday bungie I could be wrong but a year ago when it came in I think they said it was going to be off mooloolabah??
_marty

[DaneCross]

Anybody know the exact location of the new home of the Brisbane ?? it goes down in 12 days, would like to see that. Only a 1km exclusion zone
12 days? Where did you hear this? Its going down off Mooloolaba. Info on this site, http://www.epa.qld.gov.au/about_the_epa/coming_events/sink_the_brisbane
I'm planning on being there... hopefully.
DC

[mal-laurie]

about 2.5km east of old woman island.

if this wind keeps up it wont happen.

they need less than 10knots and minimal swell to make sure it goes down correctly.

cheers mal

[Spaniard_King]

She's goin down on the 31st guys,

I will be there ;D hopefully catchin up with a few ex shipmates and a few fisho's n here

Could be a bit of a Meet'n Greet

cheers

Garry

[Sandman]

I am planning to be there as of last night , not everyday you see a ship go down. Sounds like it will be a MG

[westie]

I do understand that this is the location of Old Woman Is

S26 36.810 E153 10.261 this is what they said 12 month ago she was going to be layed to rest. 5.5 k at 79 Deg from Old Woman Is I have a BIG YELLOW spot marked on the water there for Ausfish members ONLY and I am in the front row

[westie]

Sorry didn't mean that the way it read.

I have a big Yellow Mark on the water ...BUT not at that percise location that location is reserved for
HMAS Brisbane along with Beatie and Co to go down with her to the bottom as Burley.

[mackmauler]

give it a little while there will be some great midnight raids to be had there.

[Spaniard_King]

give it a little while there will be some great midnight raids to be had there.

Hey Rob,

Are you refering to "Memorabilia" All that has been stripped from her. Over 400 tons has been removed in the last 12 months. Then again I did notice the 4.5 inch gun still mounted on the back, that'l keep the hunters busy ;D

Garry

[mackmauler]

Garry, I dont care for much that doesnt have fins ;)

[Owen]

Hey mackmauler,
What's with the pic?
"We demand all US troops be removed from Iraq or the fish get's it?"
;D

[mal-laurie]

i hear they are going to do heli-diving there.
i wonder if you could heli fish.

rob
i ll be up for a raid or 2


cheers mal

[steelcat41]

G'day Spaniard King,
Apologies for being picky but she actually never had 4.5inch guns.DE's has those.She was fitted with 2 x 5 inch 54 calibre Mark 42 Mod 10 Automatic Rapid Fire Guns.

Yours Aye,
Darryn

[Spaniard_King]

G'day Spaniard King,
# #Apologies for being picky but she actually never had 4.5inch guns.DE's has those.She was fitted with 2 x 5 inch 54 calibre Mark 42 Mod 10 Automatic Rapid Fire Guns.

Yours Aye,
Darryn

Steelcat41,

political correctness was never my forte, you gonna make the sinking??? should be quite an event

Garry

[steelcat41]

Garry,
I would love to be there to bid the old girl farewell. Unfortunately work will get the better of me I am afraid. But I will be waiting in hope that some upstanding member of the AUSFISH community will post some pics of it.

Yours Aye,
Darryn

[reefraider_II]

i will be there

[Needmorerum]

No doubt, with all the money that has been spent, it will be broadcast on the news as well. I hope someone gets a good video of it for those of us that are to far away to be able to get out to see it.

Corry

[searaider]

Hi Guys ,
If you have alook at the EPA web site they have updated the Info on the sinking .
They say its dependant on the weather , but its booked in to happen at 10 AM July 31st .
IF you have a look at this section of the Web site ,
http://www.epa.qld.gov.au/media/sink_the_brisbane/exclusion_zone_HMAS_brisbane.pdf it has a Map on where its going to be sunk , and it shows where private craft can view the sinking .
I tried to get a copy of it , but couldn't figure how to do it ???
She is being sunk with her stern at site X & her bow pointing due East .
Spot X is at Lat 26 37.000 S / 153 10.133 E
There is a 1 nM square NO GO Zone around the sinking area .
There will be 4 Yellow X buoys on the Western side of the square where recrational & pleasure vessles can view the sinking . Northern Side Commercial & Navy Craft / South side for VIP Vessels Only & the Eastern side a Vessel free area .
The GPS Marks for the Square & Yellow Buoys are :-
NE cnr - 26 36.500 S / 153 10.683 E
SE cnr - 26 37.500 S / 153 10.683 E
NW cnr - 26 36.500 S / 153 09.576 E
SW cnr - 26 37.500 S / 153 09.576 E
The 2 other buoys on the Western side are between the 2 NW & SW cnrs listed above , and are at
26 36.833 S / 153 09.576 E.
26 37.167 S / 153 09.576 E.

See you there
Peter Searaider 2

[subzero]

Heres all the details of the sinking of the HMAS Brisbane just issued in 3 Notices to Mariners.

[subzero]

And the second PDF file on her sinking

[subzero]

And the chart

[Spaniard_King]

Thanks for the info Boys ;)

Garry

[ratsack]

How come the Govt can sink a dirty big ship, but I cant lay a few old road pipes, bike frames etc to make an artifical reef.
Seems to me there should be a whole lot more artificial reefs allowed.
Opinions!!
[smiley=huh2.gif]

[westie]

Just got off the phone to Port Of Brisbane ::)Ph:38603700
They are saying she will leave there at 2200 Fri night and should take around 13-14 hours ??? to arrive up on the coast.
containers take around 4-5 hours so it is having a slow trip.

[magicpudding]

We'll be there! Look for a Bertram 35 with FINATIC pasted on the back and say gday :)

CJ

[jugs]

So who is going? We are going to be there!!

[snappa]

jugs
:o
make sure u get some shots with the ship in the back ground... :P

[MEGA'bite]

Yes i will be there , bet there will be lots of ausfish stickers seen up there.

[boatboy50]

Hey,

Ill Be there in the red Haines Signature 540F.

Say G'Day if you see us.

Ill look out for you Gary.

Regards

Darren

[DaveSue_Fishos_Two]

I won't be there :-[ but I guess it will be on TV tomorrow. Nothing like actually seeing it though.

Dave

[jugs]

Bummer!!!!

[bungie]

Looking good

[westie]

I will be there White and Maroon Savage 485 ( Magic or MBA209) red fluro flag on antanna.
Same see me say hi will be around the A2 26 36.833 153 09.576 and B markers 26 36.500 153 09.576 from 9am

[Scubaroo]

give it a little while there will be some great midnight raids to be had there.
Having once had to cut myself out of fishing line while diving a wreck (purpose sunk for diving), it would be much appreciated if fishing DIDN'T take place on the wreck of the Brisbane! I think a lot of us underestimate just how dangerous tangled fishing line is to divers. It's not easily cut with a knife underwater, and near bloody invisible - numerous divers have drowned over the years around the world thanks to fishing line.

I'm both a fisho and a diver - fishing on an artificial wreck put down specifically for the dive tourism industry is going to create unnecessary potentially life-threatening hazards, and foster a bad perception of us fishos in general. Like we need more of that. The wreck is shallow enough that relative-beginner divers will be able to dive it, they don't need the stress of dealing with a line entanglement while on a limited air supply.

I'll probably travel up from Melbourne in the next 12 months or so to dive on it - it will be huge for the local economy - $22 million in tourism revenue is one figure I heard.

It will make a hell of an aggregation site though [smiley=2thumbsup.gif], fishing around the exclusion zone should still be excellent - it's amazing to watch the pelagics come in out of blue water around wrecks.

cheers

[saphire]

"We demand all US troops be removed from Iraq or the fish get's it?"
;D


LOL

[westie]

Scubaroo... Good point. I would have never thought of that and Iam sure that a lot of other would be the same, maybe a NEW TOPIC on that would be good, because I am sure there will be a lot of moon light fishing going on, and if people understand the danger to others then it may make them realise.... WHY..... there is an exclusion zone
It must be like swimming into a spiders web that you can't see.

Great Post

Westie

[The_Walrus]

Ah yes but will the government be willing to spend the same amount/time on a fishing only wreck!!

Luc