No Ship at Avoca — NAVAL DIVE WRECKS AROUND AUSTRALIA

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.

NAVAL DIVE WRECKS AROUND AUSTRALIA

exHMAS Swan
Point Picquet Dunsborough W.A.
2.4km offshore

exHMAS Brisbane
Mudjimba QLD
5km offshore

exHMAS Hobart
Yakalilla Bay S.A.
7.4km offshore

exHMAS Perth
King George Sound W.A.
2.5 – 3 km offshore

HMAS Canberra
Barwon Heads VIC
3.7km offshore

exHMAS Adelaide will only be 1.4 km off North Avoca and 1.7km off South Avoca - the closest scuttled naval ship to an Australian shore as well as thousands of recreational beach users. The site was chosen based on its sand and depth suitability for divers, again we were not considered in this decision.

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