Ocean Grove Voice
July 13, 2011
Wreck dive site closed
Four months after Parks Victoria warned divers about visiting the ex-HMAS Canberra dive site, the scuttled ship is now closed.
Oz Dive Boat Charters owner Tom Wende visits other wrecks off the Victoria coast that date back to 100 years old and Tom said he was disappointed that the Canberra had come apart so soon after it was scuttled.
“It’s a pity that it hasn’t lasted more than two years” he said
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Pictured above is the ex-HMAS Canberra frigate which was scuttled on October 4 2009 off the Geelong coast and is the identical sister ship of ex-HMAS Adelaide.
Our government spent $10 million of our taxpayer dollars to sink the wrong ship in the wrong place for a comparatively small financial gain and timeframe.