Look What the Storm Washed Up
Here in Hervey Bay the water has remained fairly calm despite the strong winds. The heavy rain hasn’t had much of an impact either although water courses are flowing and flood pans are full.
Further south though things are a little different and it’s not uncommon for storms off Fraser Island to wash up unusual things along the coastline around Rainbow Beach. This time the storm washed up one Indonesian naval vessel and parked it well up the beach.
The Arung Samudera is a 35 metre three-masted sailing vessel and, while canny fishermen were sheltering in the lee of any shelter they could find, the Arung Samudera was trying to head south to Sydney for a date with next month’s Apec conference.
If the history of previous groundings on that stretch of coastline are anything to go by then the future for the Arung Samudera may not be all that bright.
You can find a news photo of the vessel on the beach here.
