SHIPWRECKS ON TAP

 No sooner had our  Shipping  Reporter photographed this public notice  for a March 30  interesting  talk   on  local  shipwrecks by  Peter Illidge  at the  Picnic Bay  Hotel , Magnetic Island , than it seems  a  large  vessel was washed up  on  the  beach  near  the  pub and is  still  there .   

Moored offshore, the  vessel drifted  during  recent  high  tides  and  beached  near the hotel  and  jetty . Attempts  to refloat  it  were unsuccessful , another effort  to  be  made  next  very  high . It  appears  it  will be in  situ , high and  dry, at  the   time  of   the  shipwrecks  talk .