No Ship at Avoca — Monitoring for elevated levels of appropriate...

No Ship at Avoca

The NSW State Government tried to dump a 4000 tonne warship HMAS Adelaide only 1400 metres offshore from Avoca Beach in March 2010. The community said NO our ocean is not a dump and launched a long campaign which ended at the Administrative Appeals Tribunal. The AAT ordered a significant amount of additional toxic pollutants be removed before it was eventually dumped in April 2011 at Avoca Beach, NSW, Australia. No ex warship scuttling had ever been contested in Australia and this case contributed significantly to the Federal government's decision to cease ship dumping in Australian waters. This website will continue to monitor the HMAS Adelaide dive site and its impact on the environment and local community. It will also disseminate information on ship dumping and the need to seek alternative methods of obsolete military equipment disposal.

Monitoring for elevated levels of appropriate heavy metals (in sediment and biota) should be done until levels in the sediment stabilise or dissipate and, where appropriate,
a process for their removal should be considered.

Scuttling of ex–HMAS Adelaide Flora and Fauna Studies
Report released by the NSW State Government on the 5th February 2010

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