"Grazier" Wreck?

[2iar]

My mate was talking to his father-in-law over the weekend, an old salt who has lived on Straddie for many, many years.

He'd mentioned a wreck in 5m NE of Mud - I think he said it was a prawn trawler named "Grazier". Anyone ever heard of this? I had a look in b2b, but couldn't find it.

Mike

[Lone_Wolf]

it does exist, not sure where though...

Grazier. Steamer, wooden, 207 tons. Built at Sydney, 1924. Lbd 1 14.6 x 23.8 x 9.6 ft. Capsized by heavy seas off Mud Island, Moreton Bay, Queensland, 15 January 1948. One of her crew of eight drowned. [LQ],[LH]

http://oceans1.customer.netspace.net.au/qld-wrecks.html

[snapattack]

Pretty sure that I have read somewhere that the grazier was salvaged.

[2iar]

A great start. Thanks guys.

If anyone has some GPS marks I'd really appreciate a PM. The story is basically that the old fella used to fish there as a young lad in a wooden boat and used to row there (gotta admire these guys). He considered this to be *his* spot in the 50's. He positioned himself the old-fashioned way by land based bearings, but his memory is now a bit hazy, and of course a lot of the landscape has changed.

We'd love to take him there, more as a nostalgia trip then anything, but it would be great if he could wet a line there; back at *his* spot after so many years...

Thanks again,
Mike

[Fishin_Dan]

Anyone ever heard of this?

I have Once I'm back in Brizzy, we'll talk

[Commodore]

[webby]

27.20.476 153.16.213
27.20.453 153.16.197

[Angla]

Well that just takes all the mystery out of it.

Angla

[skippa]

don't worry, not much left of the ol girl now anyways ...

[uripper]

My mate was talking to his father-in-law over the weekend, an old salt who has lived on Straddie for many, many years.

He'd mentioned a wreck in 5m NE of Mud - I think he said it was a prawn trawler named "Grazier". Anyone ever heard of this? I had a look in b2b, but couldn't find it.

Mike

Mike - could it be this one ??(see attached) - it a fair way from Mud though - there should be enough landmarks left for the old fella to recognize if this is the one - PM me if you take him - like to know - MalM

PS maybe we should drop a flagged bouy on it with bells, lights & whistles- that'll make the sealed-lippers & gang-plankers really happy

[westie]

Here it is according to the GPS marks Webby supplied hope it helps
Westie

[2iar]

Thanks heaps fellas.

I've now got 3 possible marks for the same wreck. Perhaps 2 were its' lifeboats :-)

[2iar]

[quote author=2iar link=1139793124/0#0 date=1139793115]My mate was talking to his father-in-law over the weekend, an old salt who has lived on Straddie for many, many years.

He'd mentioned a wreck in 5m NE of Mud - I think he said it was a prawn trawler named "Grazier". Anyone ever heard of this? I had a look in b2b, but couldn't find it.

Mike

Mike - could it be this one ??(see attached) - it a fair way from Mud though - there should be enough landmarks left for the old fella to recognize if this is the one - PM me if you take him - like to know - MalM

PS maybe we should drop a flagged bouy on it with bells, lights & whistles- that'll make the sealed-lippers & gang-plankers really happy [/quote]

Thanks mate,

No I doubt that would be the one - his memory isn't *that* hazy and I doubt he would have been rowing from the Brisbane River to Scarborough. Do you mind me asking where you got your info from? It would surely be a big coincidence to have 2 wrecks in the bay with the same name???

LOL about the "sealed-lippers", but I actually understand where they're coming from. However, as I've said, this is a nostalgia trip for the old bloke rather than a full-on fishing assault.

Or perhaps it's an elaborate ruse to illicit GPS marks from Ausfishers? :-)

My next attempt would have to be a doozy : -)

Thanks again guys. [smiley=thumbsup.gif] [smiley=thumbsup.gif]

Goiod luck,
Mike

[2iar]

[quote author=2iar link=1139793124/0#0 date=1139793115]Anyone ever heard of this?

I have Once I'm back in Brizzy, we'll talk
[/quote]


I'm sure we will, but only one of us any sense. This will of course be the one with the debonair Scottish accent :-)

See you soon.

Mike

[2iar]

Here it is according to the GPS marks Webby supplied hope it helps
Westie

Thanks Webby & Westie.

I'll print this out and show it to old Terry - see if it matches his recollection.

Thanks again for the time and effort.

It's like the "Bazil Noonan" thread all over again :-)