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Yongala Wreck
SS Yongala Wreck - The boat is now an artificial reef with amazing marine life that are supersized compared to seeing them on the Great Barrier Reef. You cannot penetrate or touch the wreck as it is a grave site but this doesn’t take away from this amazing dive. Can have very strong currents.
Sank in a cyclone on 24th March 1911 en route from Melbourne to Cairns. All her 122 passengers and crew died in the tragedy.
DIVE TYPES
- Macro Spot
- Cleaning Station
- Wreck Dive
Level
- Beginner
- Advanced
Programs
- Extended Range (XR)
- Freediving
- Scuba
Entry
- Boat
Body of Water
- Salt
currents
- no
- moderate
- medium
Maximum Depth
- 24m
Visibility
- 13m
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