Birchgrove Park - 50m

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Sat 28 Jan 2023 07:00 — 13:00

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The Birchy was one of the famed 60 miler colliers, making the run to transport coal between Newcastle and Sydney.

On 1 August 1956 the Birchy left Newcastle with a slight list to port, something that would prove fatal when the sea conditions turned from calm to rough when a southerly buster hit.

Today the Birchy lies in 50m of water of Whale Beach in the very north of Sydney.