#ssmaheno

[ozbeaches]

Eli Creek is the largest freshwater creek on the east coast of the island with a flow of 80 million litres per day. Eli Creek has its own unique and varied wild life." More at https://www.ozbeaches.com.au/blogs/beaches/fraser-island-undisputedly-the-worlds-most-amazing-sand-island More at https://www.ozbeaches.com.au/blogs/beaches/fraser-island-undisputedly-the-worlds-most-amazing-sand-island 📸@ozbeaches #ozbeaches #ozbeachesphotography #beach #beachlife #photography #photo #travel #landscape #wanderlust #visualsoflife #igmasters #livefolk #ocean #australia #photooftheday #landscape_lovers #awesome_earthpix #qld #wreck #ssmaheno #frasercoast #fraserisland #elicreek #elicreekfraserisland (at Eli Creek Fraser Island) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bs2j0_zndjk/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1s6wefxb3wz9k

[pack-light-and-keep-going]

If you haven't read it yet, my latest post on the SS Maheno is up! Ready about this Shopwrecks history, and 100% add it to your bucket list! Link is in my bio . . . . #shipwreck #shipwreckbeach #fraserisland #fraserislandtour #kgari #beach #island #ssmaheno #traveladdict #travelblogger #travelphotography #aerial #australia #travelaustralia #australiagram #aerialphotography (at SS Maheno) https://www.instagram.com/p/CSTw6esM7JK/?utm_medium=tumblr

[pieterpretorius]

SS Maheno Another photo of the SS Maheno shipwreck on Fraser Island

[chcoconn]

December 7 and 8th, 2015

Days 2 and 3 on Fraser Island in Australia.

[ozbeaches]

The traditional landowners of Fraser Island "Archaeological research and evidence shows that Aboriginal Australians occupied Fraser Island at least 5,000 years ago. There was a permanent population of 400–600 that grew to 2,000–3,000 in the winter months due to abundant seafood resources. The arrival of European settlers in the area was an overwhelming disaster for the Butchulla people. European settlement in the 1840s overwhelmed the Aboriginal lifestyle with weapons, disease and lack of food. By the year 1890, Butchulla numbers had been reduced to only 300 people. Most of the remaining Butchulla were taken off the island in 1904 and relocated to missions in Yarrabah and Durundur, Queensland. It is estimated that up to 500 indigenous archaeological sites are located on the island." More at https://www.ozbeaches.com.au/blogs/beaches/fraser-island-undisputedly-the-worlds-most-amazing-sand-island More at https://www.ozbeaches.com.au/blogs/beaches/fraser-island-undisputedly-the-worlds-most-amazing-sand-island 📸@ozbeaches #ozbeaches #ozbeachesphotography #beach #beachlife #photography #photo #travel #landscape #wanderlust #australia #landscape_lovers #awesome_earthpix #qld #shipwreck #wreck #ssmaheno #frasercoast #fraserisland #fraserislandtour #fraserislandadventure #bluelake #lakemckenzie #lakemckenziefraserisland #virginvelocity (at Lake McKenzie) https://www.instagram.com/p/BtNa4JaHvwn/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1jutepsmr5tfq

[pieterpretorius]

SS Maheno SS Maheno was an ocean liner belonging to the Union Company of New Zealand that operated in the Tasman Sea, crossing between New Zealand and Australia, from 1905 until 1935. She was also used as a ship by the New Zealand Naval Forces during World War I; as His Majesty's New Zealand Hospital Ship No. 1. She was washed ashore on Fraser Island by a cyclone in 1935 where the disintegrating wreck remains as a popular tourist attraction.

[ozbeaches]

The island has rainforests, eucalyptus woodland, mangrove forests, wallum and peat swamps, sand dunes and coastal heaths. It is made up of sand that has been accumulating for approximately 750,000 years on volcanic bedrock that provides a natural catchment for the... More at https://www.ozbeaches.com.au/blogs/beaches/fraser-island-undisputedly-the-worlds-most-amazing-sand-island 📸@ozbeaches #ozbeaches #ozbeachesphotography #beach #beachlife #photography #photo #travel #landscape #wanderlust #australia #landscape_lovers #awesome_earthpix #qld #shipwreck #wreck #ssmaheno #frasercoast #fraserisland #fraserislandtour #fraserislandadventure #bluelake #lakemckenzie #lakemckenziefraserisland #virginvelocity (at Lake McKenzie, Fraser Island) https://www.instagram.com/p/BqeefAfnMvp/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=lvjuxrdztr00

[ozbeaches]

Small whale skull on the beach at Fraser Island. More at https://www.ozbeaches.com.au/blogs/beaches/fraser-island-undisputedly-the-worlds-most-amazing-sand-island 📸@ozbeaches #ozbeaches #ozbeachesphotography #beach #beachlife #photography #photo #travel #landscape #wanderlust #australia #landscape_lovers #awesome_earthpix #qld #shipwreck #wreck #ssmaheno #frasercoast #fraserisland #fraserislandtour #fraserislandadventure #virginvelocity #whale #whaleskull #whalebones (at Fraser Island) https://www.instagram.com/p/BqY1ag5n62E/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1un8sahpboq8z

[ozbeaches]

Target practice and the S.S Maheno "During the Second World War the wreck served as target bombing practice for the RAAF (Royal Australian Air Force) and was used as an explosives demolition target by special forces from the Fraser Commando School. The remains of the ship are now severely rusted, with almost three and a half storeys buried under the sand. Because of the danger it poses, climbing on the wreck is not permitted." More at https://www.ozbeaches.com.au/blogs/beaches/fraser-island-undisputedly-the-worlds-most-amazing-sand-island 📸@ozbeaches #ozbeaches #ozbeachesphotography #beach #beachlife #photography #photo #travel #landscape #wanderlust #visualsoflife #igmasters #livefolk #ocean #australia #photooftheday #landscape_lovers #awesome_earthpix #qld #shipwreck #wreck #ssmaheno #frasercoast #fraserisland #fraserislandtour #fraserislandadventuretours (at S.S. Maheno Shipwreck) https://www.instagram.com/p/BsjoDurHkMX/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=nk52aw3vwqqu

[ozbeaches]

A major landmark on Fraser Island is the shipwreck of the S.S Maheno. The Maheno was built in Scotland in 1905 as a luxury passenger ship for the Trans-Tasman crossing. During the First World War she served as a hospital ship in the English Channel, and was then returned to her owners to resume her usual commercial operation. By 1935 the ship had been taken out of service and was sold to a ship-breaker in Japan. On 25 June 1935, while being towed to Osaka to be broken up, she was caught in a strong cyclone about 80 kilometres (50 miles) off the coast of Queensland. The towline parted, and on 9 July 1935 the Maheno became beached on the east coast of Fraser Island." More at https://www.ozbeaches.com.au/blogs/beaches/fraser-island-undisputedly-the-worlds-most-amazing-sand-island 📸@ozbeaches #ozbeaches #ozbeachesphotography #beach #beachlife #photography #photo #travel #landscape #wanderlust #visualsoflife #igmasters #livefolk #ocean #australia #photooftheday #landscape_lovers #awesome_earthpix #qld #shipwreck #wreck #ssmaheno #frasercoast #fraserisland #fraserislandtour #fraserislandadventuretours (at S.S. Maheno Shipwreck) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bsgws0WHeMq/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=115wja7hyfx8m