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Koolama Wreck Site - Wyndham

Direct Phone Number : (08) 9161 1281
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The Koolama, a well-known state ship, was hit by Japanese bombs near Darwin in 1942. After limping all the way to Wyndham, it sank just 40 metres from the jetty.

Salvage of the vessel was unsuccessful as the wreck floated prematurely,tearing away air lines and cables. It sank in its present site, upside down. The only sign of its existence is the eerie swirling of the water.

Whats close?

accommodation

34.7 kms   Voyages El Questro Wilderness Park
9.9 kms   Digger's Rest Station
0.3 kms   Crocodile Lookout
1.1 kms   Afghan Cemetery
1.8 kms   Five Rivers Lookout
15.7 kms   Prison Tree
18.0 kms   Parry Lagoons Nature Reserve
18.0 kms   Alligator Hole
18.3 kms   Telegraph Hill
19.1 kms   Marglu Billabong
2.0 kms   Pioneer Cemetery Wyndham
25.2 kms   The Grotto
27.5 kms   Pentecost River
28.8 kms   The Gut
3.4 kms   Trial Tree
3.5 kms   Three Mile Valley
3.6 kms   Drovers Memorial
3.7 kms   Crocodile Statue
33.1 kms   Cambridge Gulf
34.9 kms   Cockburn Range
65.1 kms   Black Rock Falls
65.9 kms   Stockmans Grave
67.4 kms   Middle Springs
67.5 kms   Ivanhoe Crossing
67.6 kms   Diversion Dam
70.0 kms   Bandicoot Bar
8.9 kms   Moochalabra Dam

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