The two marks are hardly more than a couple of bumps now because it has nearly silted over & I was told it had broken in half(due to impact? age?) hence the two marks & the two remaining bits are all that is left protruding perhaps a bit of bow & stern. Touchy><>
Originally Posted by Touchy
The two marks are hardly more than a couple of bumps now because it has nearly silted over & I was told it had broken in half(due to impact? age?
Makes sense Touchy, since she seems to have gone down in the '40's. Thanks for the info mate.
Good luck,
Mike
Had a few bitches sent to me regarding the gps marks I posted re the Grazier.
Firstly there's only one Grazier wreck in the bay, although there's plenty of other wrecks.
Secondly giving away the revelant marks, means nothing, thought even man and his dog new where the Grazier and Neilsen were.
Thirdly knowing where it is doesnt mean to say you'll no what to do when you get there, meaning tides/right moon and more specificially the right time to fish this area.
Fourthly there's a lot more better structure around Mud then the Grazier, as its vertuially just a bump on the floor these days.
regards
Dunno why Brian, the bloody wreck gps marks are all over google if ya look. And as for the name of the wreck it's on every dive site. Its no big secret.
My two bobs worth.
I haveOnce I'm back in Brizzy, we'll talk
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This will of course be the one with the debonair Scottish accent :-)
See you soon.
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There's nae sech thaing Jimmy
kev
Bad is never good until worse happens.
Heres the details of the vessel
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.
Qld shipwrecks can be found here
http://oceans1.customer.netspace.net.au/qld-wrecks.html
Cheers Lloyd
How true Brian,
You have to know HOW to fish the spot ...... if not they're just numbers on a page ...
Cheers,
Tony
Light travels faster than sound, that's why some people seem Bright ...... untill they speak
Sometimes I wonder why we try to help our Ausfish family out,when someone has to bitch about answering a question.
I am pulling up my pants and getting out of this one, so no one misinterprets my intentions, when someone asks for some help on a topic and starts to sent me Bitching Mail.
Sorry Westie
Westie,
although we don't speak often I know you as a great help and an even better sense of humour.........that doesn't mean let your pants fall down either!!!!
I asked for gps plots when I first got on ausfish and I never expected the response I got, the plots where great and even if they had of been a bit out I would have been thankful all the same!
Stop your whinning who ever you are, you are giving girls a bad name!!!!!
Al
As the originator of this thread, I'd like to once more thank Webby and Westie for the marks (as well as the people who PM'd and others who tried to help). I'd also like to apologise for any flak you've copped in helping out a fellow Ausfisher.
If any of the delicate souls who have a problem with this would like to redirect their ire towards me, feel free. If it's justified at all (which I don't believe it is), surely I should be the one copping it?
As has been pointed out, this particular wreck appears very well known, and it's entirely possible that I could have obtained the information I was after from elsewhere within the public domain. However, I didn't realise that Ausfish ettiquette requires us to pursue every other avenue of information before posting a question here.
I don't really see how this is much different to asking for marks for say, Curtin Reef or the Tangalooma wrecks. It's not as if I've demanded everyone relinquish their prized spot x's.
Anyway, like I say, if anyone would like to point out the error of my ways, pop me a PM and leave your more helpful fellow Ausfishers in peace. Before you do though, ask yourself this: has every single mark in your GPS unit been "discovered" by you? Also, if you "discovered" the wreck yourself, how did you poisitively identify it as the Grazier?
I may be disappointed by some Ausfishers reactions to this and I may think twice before asking a question here again, but I certainly won't hesitate in helping if I can answer one.
Good luck,
Mike
Mike dont be put off by a minority mate, you had a genuine reason for asking and you were not asking for there spot x's mate.
Bugger them , the wreck is well known ,as well as curtain is so treat it as water off a ducks back matey.
I'm sure Brain has.
As for me, i'm a scrawny little 90 kilo bloke, but if they pmd me having a whinge, i would tell them to go get , (well you know the rest lmao.)
There's nae sech thaing Jimmy
kev
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Kev,
As Sean Connery once said to Billy Connolly:
"You're a shite for shore eyesh!"
Good luck,
Mike
In case anyone's still interested, I was out on Saturday and decided to have a look at these marks (without the old fella on this occasion). They can't be more then 60-80 meteres away from some of my own marks.
I've now renamed them in my GPS as "Coles Carpark" 1 & 2. I couldn't get within cooee of them. Popular spots, and certainly not amongst Moreton Bay's hidden secrets, eh? :-)
Good luck,
Mike
"Us Brisbane Ausfishers have a paddock with dozens of cows in it. The wonder of it is that no matter how big the paddock is, or how good the grass is at the other end, all of the cows hang out next to each other..."
This actually happens in real life (Next time you're driving in the country have a look) and is a common phenomenon..
Anyway, the moral of the story is that the above is true for Moreton Bay...
Paddock = Moreton Bay
Cows = Boats/Fisherman
Grass = Fishing
(I think I should lay off the booze for a while!
Sae what ye deed Jimmy!
As Darryl said, mate, pay nae heed to the whingers.
kev
Those who are at war with others are seldom at peace with themselves.
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