Abandoned Oz: Sydney's Shipwrecks - Homebush Bay

[@davidlang1125]

Great vid Phil. I know this place! When I was a student at Homebush Primary in the 50’s we’d played cricket on a playing field at Homebush Bay which was adjacent to the local dump. The dump was in fact part of the mangrove swamp that was Homebush Bay. Today we have a more informed attitude about the environment but back then a mangrove swamp was unwanted and had little value. Dumping seemed like a natural use for the place. My friends and I often played hooky and explored the dump instead of cricket. It was an endlessly fascinating place for us. It was full of industrial waste including rusty barrels oozing all kinds of malodorous gunk. When we reached the far side of the dump we’d came face to face with the dark haunting thicket of the mangroves. Our collective silence confirmed our individual unspoken fear. Then one day when we arrived at the water’s edge we decided to build a raft. We lashed some empty barrels together with wire and wooden planks. And when we felt ready we got onto our craft with our school bags and shoved our way out into the bay. The raft fell apart almost as soon as we launched. Gradually we were taken out to deeper and darker waters by some unseen current. We tried to work our way back with our makeshift paddles but the raft seemed to disintegrate with any forceful stroke. So after what seemed like hours we ended up the other side of the bay where we scrambled through the mangrove trees still carrying our school bags until dry land and onto a dirt service road. Dusk had already passed and we were soaking wet and covered in all kinds of filth but laughed deliriously at our near miss with disaster as we walked towards the distant lights. And civilization.

[@AustralianRailwayVideos]

I remember back in the early 2010’s i was walking around these shipwrecks with my parents, i had lots of fun exploring the old mangrove forests and the wreckages

[@kvau7516]

Thank you for your video. Have only found out today that my Grandfather Captained the SS Aryfield then the USS Corrimal. My now 85 year old Mum is excited his ship is there. History below, thanks again. Hope to visit myself one day. Captain Hector Augustine Wilson, American Navy, supply ship WW2 USS Corrimal (our Grandfather) #usscorrimal #corrimal #ussmallships #MissionX After the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941, a group of specialist were assembled in the USA and sent to Australia to scour all the harbours between Adelaide and Cairns and identify and commandeer every small ship they could find that could support the war effort. Their mission was known as "Mission X". Many Australians served with the US Army Small Ships Section of the US Army Services of Supply (USASOS) in the Southwest Pacific Area (SWPA) during WWII. They generally signed contracts which lasted for typically 6 - 12 months. The list of ships below also contains some US Army Transport Service (ATS) ships which were manned by Small Ships men. US Army Transport Service later changed its name to the US Army Transportation Corps. Many of the Australian crew members of the US Small Ships were aged as young as 15 years old. And some were as old as seventy years old. www.ozatwar.com/usarmy/usarmysmallships.htm

[@srijabehera3499]

I'm India nice chanal thanks to apploding

[@neilpenn6530]

Awesome phil love your work

[@AbandonedOZ]

+neil penn Thanks Neil :)

[@hodaka1000]

I saw the area years ago before the Olympics. I thought they had been removed to clean up the area prior to the games. From memory there were more of them there when I saw them so maybe some were removed.

[@Stuartjarvis]

nice vid i work across the rd n take sunrise photos around there

[@AbandonedOZ]

+Staurt Jarvis Thanks mate. Sunrise shots would look amazing.

[@bernie8129]

how far are the ship from the ferry at homebush bat

[@Mr-.Facts.]

Hello Phil! I have a little question - could i maybe use this video for my video with 5 facts about Australia? If yes, i will of course credit you in the description. Hope you have a nice day ( :

[@AbandonedOZ]

Hello there Mr Facts! :) Yes you can, as you said just credit me. May you also send the link to me when the video is up? :)

[@Mr-.Facts.]

@@AbandonedOZ Thank you so much man! I will let you know when the video is online. Thanks again! I hope you have a nice day ( :

[@joycemaguire4633]

how did the ships wreck?

[@terrywombat4856]

For the record, these are not ship wrecks. These vessels were simply left there to rot away.

[@fartsoundeffect5013]

Soo... shipwrecks

[@AustralianRailwayVideos]

Like how the old steam locos were left on abandoned sidings?

[@oasisparade3399]

I'd love to explore an abandoned place with you. I just got into it and it's great fun. I'm from Newcastle btw.

[@afaxmachinethatisawsome8825]

I used to live right there !

[@thatanonguy7281]

The abandoned Brescia furniture shop on Parramatta Road is being demolished. They pulled the sign down this morning

[@preferredstock9338]

I've been there once but don't remember if we're allowed to fish there. Do you remember seeing any signs prohibiting fishing around these shipwrecks?

[@liszsujaya5712]

Is the salty water or not

[@mclovin-sc7vj]

No the salt is not water

[@hodaka1000]

Yes Lisz it is salt water

[@javenzhang9936]

That is at Bicentennial Park. I've seen them

[@firstnamesurname5448]

This has nothing to do with shipwrecks. Homebush bay was a traditional dumping ground for unwanted old boats back in the day. Its a junkyard for unwanted boats. Common sense would say these hulks should be removed from homebush bay to clean the place up. This whole area should really be connected by water to the brickpit to form a modern marina setting.

[@Highwayman414]

With the amount of vegetation that's growing in and around these wrecks they'd probably do more damage to the local environment by removing them.

[@hodaka1000]

...and the brick pit is pretty toxic

[@fartsoundeffect5013]

She ships are like a home

[@richardcostello360]

They removed as much as they could safely......the whole area was the old ammunition loading docks for the USN/RAN/RN ships up till the 80s......as well as "Brickpit"

[@Trinity_General_School]

I found one here the cord is this 33°51'25"S 151°13'43"E • 1 m

[@RadnGamingRajsingh]

Hlo