MBGFC Magazine 2013 02 - Moreton Bay Game Fish Club

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Coral Sea AdventuresBGFC organised a seminar withM well-known local fisherman andwriter, Gordon Macdonald who spokeabout a recent extended 18 day trip to theCoral Sea and the reef systems.Twenty members and guests attended asGordon relived the adventure which startedin Brisbane on a 65ft game boat with twomates. The trip took them way out to seabeyond where the normal Coral Seacharter vessels fish, to the reef systems ofWreck, Kenn, Frederick and Samaurez.Each of the reefs has a rich history of shipwrecks and amazing stories of survival withship wrecked crews rowing their way backto the main land or even Brisbane somehundreds of nautical miles south.Frederick reef is 340nm east of Mackay and100nm east of the popular Swains Reef. Itwas discovered in 1812 and on 29 April1825, 'Royal Charlotte' arrived in Sydneyfrom England with a load of convicts.The ship then took on detachments of the20th, 46th, and 49th Regiments fortransport to India by Batavia. On 11 June,the ship ran aground on Frederick Reefs;the masts were cut away to steady herwhile the crew and soldiers moved to shorewith water and provisions before she sank.Only two lives were lost. A party took thesurviving longboat and travelled to MoretonBay, arriving in July and causing the brigAmity to be dispatched to collect survivors.More recently in 1966 the US submarineUSS Tiru ran aground.During the trip they saw no other boats forday after day and obviously had to be selfsufficient.The fishing was to die for, withnon-stop yellowfin, huge wahoo anddogtooth tuna with the occasional bluemarlin.The club thanks Gordon for his time andentertaining seminar.Check on the photo on the back page -Another of the fish caught on the trip!10
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