Day 38

Our pre retirement trial trip- day 38

The aim today was to tour the HMAS Whyalla. Job done ✔️

We returned to the Maritime Museum to view Mathew Finders 1814 journals and for the guided tour to learn all about the history of HMAS Whyalla, the first corvette built at the Whyalla shipyards and launched in 1941 undertaking patrol, escort and minesweeping. Post war she was sold, renamed The RIP and used for blasting at the entrance of Port Phillip Bay VIC.
Facing scrapping in 1984 Whyalla council purchased her for $5000 and she was sailed back to her home port.
The task of moving to her current position (2km inland) was epic and can be viewed via the link in the pic (persevere with the YouTube clip it is actually worth it and v interesting)

The Seagull went out to explore the trails 🏃🏼 and on advice from locals embarked on what would be the Howling Dog trail run set amongst the foot hills of Mt Laura, an after dark fun trail run in July of you fancy itRead more