#cockle bay

[tcr55]

A bit too much razzle dazzle for an early Sunday morning, but I don’t pay the power bills for Sydney’s Cockle Bay.

[awidevastdominion]

The steam ship City of Adelaide in Cockle Bay, Australia.

[rhube]

Morecambe Bay cockling disaster

So, I like reading about scary water things, and people losing their lives through not respecting nature, sometimes. Intentionally giving myself the willies and the sads. I don't really know why, but experience suggests others also have that compulsion.

So when I read that post about dangerous beaches and one of them was Morecambe Bay and the poster said 23 people died in 2004 but they weren't going to say anything about it because it was too sad, I was like - ooooh, I'm definitely gonna read up on that later.

No one in the notes said anything about what happened, they were just chuckling about the fact it's called a 'cockling' disaster. So off I went to Wikipedia when I had a quiet moment to find out more.

And.

I'm actually kind of mad.

This was presented as some kind of natural disaster. That foolish people walked into because they didn't respect nature. Or maybe the council didn't do enough to protect people and warn of the dangers.

No.

That's not what this was.

This is no Bolton Strid where people die of misadventure.

This was fucking murder.

Or, to be legally accurate: manslaughter.

This was 30 undocumented immigrants who were trafficked in by organised crime to harvest cockles for £5 per 25kg bag. (Some escaped. 21 definitely died. 23 are thought to have been killed.) They didn't really speak English and were not warned of the dangers by the evil fuckers making them do manual labour in a dangerous place. They didn't have a fucking chance, and none of this was their fault.

It's not a sign that the beach itself is shockingly dangerous. I mean sure, it is, but not the way the others on the list are. It doesn't regularly kill dozens of people, and I would argue that neither the beach nor the town are really responsible here.

This 'disaster' was not a natural disaster. It was a crime perpetrated by Lin Liang Ren, amongst others [edited because I misread and originally attributed the manslaughter to David Antony Eden Sr and David Antony Eden Jr, who bought cockles, although they were still only paying £5 per 25kg, so not exactly innocent]. One for which they have been convicted.

And to leave that out because 'it's too tragic' without at least indicating that this one is not like the others does not, I feel, do right by the people who died.

[richs-pics]

Cockle pickers: the end of a long day

[callmeabeverhausen]

the "cockle bay wharft"

[ennismurphy]

Looking for the Best Security Lighting in Cockle Bay, then contact Barratt-Boyes Electrical.

[eddy25960]

Un barco hundido por más de 100 años ahora tiene árboles creciendo en su interior.🚢🌳

Lo que ahora parece una instalación de arte cuidadosamente elaborada son en realidad los restos de la SS City de Adelaide, que navegó por los mares durante más de 50 años antes de encallar.

Lanzado en 1863, desde Glasgow, Escocia, el SS City de Adelaide originalmente transportaba pasajeros entre destinos como Sidney, Melbourne y Honolulu.

Después de casi 30 años, el barco fue reacondicionado y transformado en un velero.

Fue entonces cuando empezaron los problemas.

Primero, el barco pasó de transportar pasajeros a almacenar carbón y otras mercancías.

En 1912, se incendió y ardió durante varios días antes de que las llamas se extinguieran.

Luego, tres años después, el barco fue comprado por George Butler, un residente de Magnetic Island que pensó que podía usarlo como rompeolas para un embarcadero en Picnic Bay.

Desafortunadamente, mientras lo remolcaba a su destino, el SS City of Adelaide encalló en Cockle Bay... Permanece allí hasta el día de hoy.

Fuente: GEOScentricos

[jartitameteneis]

Un barco hundido por más de 100 años ahora tiene árboles creciendo en su interior.🚢🌳 Lo que ahora parece una instalación de arte cuidadosamente elaborada son en realidad los restos de la SS City de Adelaide, que navegó por los mares durante más de 50 años antes de encallar. Lanzado en 1863, desde Glasgow, Escocia, el SS City de Adelaide originalmente transportaba pasajeros entre destinos como Sidney, Melbourne y Honolulu. Después de casi 30 años, el barco fue reacondicionado y transformado en un velero. Fue entonces cuando empezaron los problemas. Primero, el barco pasó de transportar pasajeros a almacenar carbón y otras mercancías. En 1912, se incendió y ardió durante varios días antes de que las llamas se extinguieran. Luego, tres años después, el barco fue comprado por George Butler, un residente de Magnetic Island que pensó que podía usarlo como rompeolas para un embarcadero en Picnic Bay. Desafortunadamente, mientras lo remolcaba a su destino, el SS City of Adelaide encalló en Cockle Bay… Permanece allí hasta el día de hoy. Fuente: GEOScentricos

[tiderider]

never  try  and  race  the  tide  on  the  sands  of  morecambe  bay,  for  the  tide  is  the  devil,  it  will  run  you  out  of  breath,  race  you  to  the  seashore,  chase  you  to  your  death.  the  tide  is  the  very  devil  and  the  devil  has  its  day,  on  the  lonely  cockle  banks  of  morecambe  bay.

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[tcr55]

The Eora people called Darling Harbour 'Tumbalong', meaning a place where seafood is found. So it is unsurprising that when whites arrived and saw the middins, they called it Cockle Bay. (Even though they were oyster shells rather than cockles)

Caught this morning on a crisp, clear dawn.

[chiomaus]

weird wikipedia

my collection of strange, unsettling and depressing wikipedia articles

2004 Morecambe Bay cockling disaster Acute radiation syndrome Aktion T4 Andrea Yates Autoerotic fatality Bhopal disaster Black Dahlia Blowing from a gun Breaking wheel Byford Dolphin Chernobyl disaster Christine Chubbuck Christopher Duntsch Crimes against humanity Cruel and unusual punishment Curse of the pharaohs Dancing plague of 1518 David Hahn Death anxiety (psychology) Death by boiling Death by coconut Death by sawing Death from laughter Death of Darren Rainey Death of Gloria Ramirez Disappearance of Rebecca Coriam Duplessis Orphans Ego integrity Electroconvulsive therapy Elena Mukhina Engineering disasters Euthanasia Coaster Execution by elephant Frank Hayes (jockey) Fritzl case Georgi Markov Gladbeck hostage crisis Goiânia accident Great Molasses Flood Guantanamo Bay hunger strikes Guantanamo detainees' medical care Haunted Castle (Six Flags Great Adventure) Hemicorporectomy Hunger artist Jill Dando Jimmy Carter rabbit incident Karen Wetterhahn Kidnapping of Bobby Greenlease Kidnapping of Colleen Stan Lake Alice Hospital Life imprisonment in England and Wales List of civilian radiation accidents List of entertainers who died during a performance List of inventors killed by their own inventions List of methods of capital punishment List of military nuclear accidents List of people who died on the toilet List of people who disappeared mysteriously at sea List of people who disappeared mysteriously: post-1970 List of political self-immolations List of selfie-related injuries and deaths List of solved missing person cases List of structural failures and collapses List of television series canceled after one episode List of television series canceled before airing an episode List of unusual deaths Lists of nuclear disasters and radioactive incidents Lists of people who disappeared Lobotomy

[tiderideraa]

never  try  and  race  the  tide  on  the  sands  of  morecambe  bay,  for  the  tide  is  the  devil,  it  will  run  you  out  of  breath,  race  you  to  the  seashore,  chase  you  to  your  death.  the  tide  is  the  very  devil  and  the  devil  has  its  day,  on  the  lonely  cockle  banks  of  morecambe  bay.

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[anotherplacemag]

Going To The Sand | Tessa Bunney

Flookburgh fishermen never say they are going fishing just that they are ‘Going to the Sand’. They travel where they need to by ancient tractors, negotiating tides and constantly changing sands and channels.

For over 30 years, I have photographed rural life, working closely with individuals and communities to investigate how the landscape is shaped by humans. From hill farmers near my home in North Yorkshire to Icelandic puffin hunters, from Romanian nomadic shepherds to artisan flower growers my projects reveal the fascinating intricacies of the dependencies between people, work and the land.

As a photographer, sometimes people and places just get to you. Morecambe Bay has been like that for me. Over four years ago a chance meeting with two of Flookburgh’s handful of remaining fishermen has led to this series of photographs.

During this time I have spent many days 6 miles out on the Sand with the fishermen in all seasons and all weathers. I learnt about craams and riddles, tide tables and bye-laws, shrimping, musselling and cockling, fishing with all kinds of nets. These skills have been passed down through generations of fishermen, all with the backdrop of the beautiful but often harsh landscape of the Bay.

During this relatively short space of time regulations have changed resulting in many of my photographs documenting the end of several eras.

These photographs were produced between August 2018 and November 2021.

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book - we’re delighted to be collaborating with Tessa to release this fantastic series as a limited edition photobook. It’s just launched for pre-orders, and is available in a standard edition for just £20 or a special edition (30 copies) each of which come with a limited edition A4 print signed & numbered by Tessa (see image at the bottom). You can see the covers and a few sample spreads from the book below...

All images & text © Tessa Bunney

[tifoti]

The City of Adelaide was a passenger steamship launched in 1863 from Glasgow, Scotland. The vessel was later converted to a barque for use as a cargo transport. In 1912 the vessel was gutted by fire, and in 1916 the burnt hulk was run aground in Cockle Bay, Magnetic Island, Australia. During the Second World War, four people were killed in a training accident when a RAAF aircraft struck the vessel's masts.

The SS City of Adelaide has been sitting and rotting in Australian waters for over 100 years now and is being reclaimed by nature.

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[collectedinspirations]

The sunken hull of the City of Adelaide steam ship, burnt in 1912, has become an artificial island hosting a variety of plant and bird life approximately 300 metres off the shore of Cockle Bay, Australia

[incarnateirony]

what’s with the antis narrative that if misha spends time with jensen/jensen and danneel he would share it on social media every time? do they think he uses his friends for clout/engagement or something?

there have clearly been plenty of instances where they’ve spent time together and no-one documented it on social media or even said anything until the story slipped out at a later time or they shared a photo, like with jensen and the photo he kept private for 10 years before sharing it, or misha and the blankey photo that obviously wasn’t new

Misha and Jensen literally kept quiet the fact that they cohabitated for three years until after they moved out and Jensen sold the property, then Misha tweeted out blankeygate. (Also, a good chunk of fandom kept that info in discrete grapevines almost the whole time.)

They literally do not understand their relationship at all, and that motivates the better part of their arguments. Whereas fuckers out there like 2po are deadass arguing with real maps about what central valley is because that's about what they have left to headcanon out of thin air because all he computes of Misha is Ventura County.

Lbr dude didn't even have the cockles condo shit and denied it until he got embarassed. Mfer does NOT have his central valley location. Genuinely funny that all they have left is the exact bickering about North Vs South That Even The Locals Have Differing Opinions On as the semantics they're spiraling in, not making any actual headway about Misha living nearby because they don't know where to start arguing.

You can LITERALLY google "north south california map" and you'll find there's 200 takes on that, and that's it. That's what they have left to argue about. Which map to use. Which any neighbor in california might even argue them on. Jesus christ the desperation. Please someone get them some deodorant, it reeks.

The idea of calling Sonoma North Cali is, for example, hilarious on a political scale. If you're trying to segregate it from the Bay Area or Central Valley (or, specifically, Sacramento Valley), then you call it Wine Country. And he's really trying to spin this because he literally has nothing else to grab treads on. His means of finding literally ANYTHING AT ALL to criticise is, quite literally, this low.

If that's what he wants to swing at, that's fine, but whatever label or map you wanna use, dude, Misha's nearby. Sorry for your titanic doorknob sucking loss.

Maybe it's all some cunning plan to make me be more specific on where Misha is so 2po stops shitting his pants in the margins?