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Cairns

Round the Bend (Milln Reef)

A less-crowded Milln site following a curve in the reef edge.

Boat (day trip)Up to 25 m
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Port Douglas

Rudder Reef

Sloping mid-shelf reef with bommies, cuttlefish, painted crays and baby reef sharks; a weather alternative to the outer reefs.

Boat (day trip)Depth not recorded
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North Stradbroke Island

Rufus King Wreck

The broken stern of a 1942 Liberty ship that grounded carrying bombers and aviation fuel for the Pacific war.

BoatUp to 8 m
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Lord Howe Island

Runic wreck (Middleton Reef)

The fire-blackened hulk of a 13,500-ton ship, landmark of Middleton Reef since 1961.

Boat (multi-day/liveaboard)Depth not recorded
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Sydney Northern Beaches

Runway 36 (North Head)

A flat reef 'landing strip' along the outer North Head cliffs, with sponge gardens and gorgonians at the 25 m sand line and…

BoatUp to 27 m
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Kent Group

SS Bulli (Kent Group)

A reasonably intact 1877 iron steamer, 5 m proud of the sand in Bass Strait's clear water.

Boat (multi-day/liveaboard)Up to 16 m
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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie

SS Byron wreck (Redhead)

An undived-since-1996 timber wreck in 40 m off Redhead - an exploration target for technical divers.

BoatUp to 40 m
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Shoalhaven Coast

SS Corangamite

The last traces – ballast blocks and scattered remains – of a large 1886 passenger steamer wrecked in fog.

BoatDepth not recorded
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Tasmania West Coast

SS Devon (Hells Gates)

An 1894 steamer's stern and steering gear breaking the surface behind the Hells Gates breakwater.

Boat (day trip)Up to 3 m
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Tasmania North & North-West

SS Esk (Hebe Reef)

Boiler, engine and propeller of an 1886 iron steamer in 5 m, beside a second wreck.

Boat (day trip)Up to 6 m
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Kent Group

SS Karitane (Squally Cove)

A 1921 copper-carrying steamer beached on Deal Island, salvaged by the legendary 'Johnno' Johnson.

Boat (multi-day/liveaboard)Depth not recorded
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Tasmania West Coast

SS Kawatiri (Hells Gates)

A tragic 1907 wreck on the shoal that bears its name, periodically uncovered by shifting sand.

Boat (day trip)Up to 4 m
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Bruny Island & D'Entrecasteaux Channel

SS Laura Hulk (Little Peppermint Bay)

Rusting hulk of an old Channel river steamer, bow above water, in Little Peppermint Bay.

ShoreUp to 4 m
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Hobart & Derwent

SS Leura (Betsey Island)

The graveyard's oldest steamer (1878), broken up around two boilers, with the best fish life of the site.

Boat (day trip)Up to 22 m
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Hobart & Derwent

SS Macquarie (Betsey Island)

Intact 1908 Hell's Gates dredge, anemone-covered, the easiest-to-navigate wreck in the Betsey Island graveyard.

Boat (day trip)Up to 20 m
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Hobart & Derwent

SS Musgrave (Betsey Island)

The graveyard's deepest wreck – an anemone-encrusted 1883 stern with its steering quadrant at 34 m.

Boat (day trip)Up to 34 m
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Central Coast

SS Paterson wreck (Cabbage Tree Bay area)

An easily accessible 1951 wooden-steamer wreck close to the Norah Head boat ramp, in a shallow 8-10 m.

BoatUp to 10 m
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Shoalhaven Coast

SS Plutus

Beach-accessible remains of an 1882 iron collier, a shallow historic snorkel.

ShoreDepth not recorded
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Central Coast

SS Speedwell wreck

An 1884 shipwreck scattered across shallow Bull Reef between Bird Island and Norah Head.

BoatUp to 14 m
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Hobart & Derwent

SS Swiftness (Betsey Island)

Broken 1920 vessel with an unusual ex-mine steam engine, 100 m from the Macquarie.

Boat (day trip)Up to 20 m
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Hobart & Derwent

SS William Cowper (Betsey Island)

A long, flattened 1924 hull laid out west-east beside Little Betsey Island.

Boat (day trip)Up to 21 m
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Central Coast

SS Yambacoomba wreck

Scattered remains of a 1917 wooden steamer lost off The Skillion, dived in combination with Boat Trailer Reef close to Terrigal…

BoatUp to 24 m
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Tasman Peninsula

Safety Cove

Easy shallow reef snorkel with seahorses beside the car park at Safety Cove.

ShoreUp to 5 m
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East Gippsland

Salmon Rocks / West Cape (Cape Conran)

Granite boulders and kelp off Salmon Rocks Beach and West Cape at Cape Conran – the camping park's own shore snorkel and shallow…

ShoreUp to 10 m
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