Buried Again by onewing

Buried Again

Recently I posted photos of the tank traps at Birubi Beach and it looks now as if they are being buried again as the sand drifts.

The tank traps were placed in the water along the coast during WW2 to stop Japanese amphibious craft from landing.

After the war many of the tank traps were removed and some now surround the car park here at Birubi.

At the end of May we had a terrific storm with high tides and more of the traps were unearthed as you will see from the attached link below.

https://www.abc.net.au/radio/newcastle/programs/drive/tank-trap-stockton-beach/12284176

Fascinating to see how much the sand moves. Lovely shot.
June 7th, 2020  
Agreeing with Issi 👍
June 7th, 2020  
Great composition and textures.
June 7th, 2020  
Fabulous patterns made by the sand around the traps. Great shot.
June 7th, 2020  
Fantastic shot
June 7th, 2020  
great photo and I have learned a bit of history.
June 7th, 2020  
Fascinating Babs....thanks too for the info
June 7th, 2020  
Amazing - love the contours of the sand
June 7th, 2020  
amazing how quickly the sands change
June 7th, 2020  
wow I had no idea the sane moves this much in such a short time!
June 7th, 2020  
That sand is beautiful! Do these tank traps ever get completely buried?
June 7th, 2020  
Resembles a bar of toblerone! Most things remind me of chocolate 😋
June 7th, 2020  
Pat
How nice that you get different views of this as the sand shifts. Where's Fred?
June 7th, 2020  
I like the way you've captured the sand.
June 7th, 2020  
@jamibann @momamo @koalagardens @pusspup There are 32 km of sand dunes along this stretch of coast and the sand shifts all the time because it is so fine. Someone had the bright idea of shifting some of the dunes to make access to the beach from this car park and you can see the ocean in the far distance. When the wind blows the sand just covers the car park because there are no dunes to break the force of the wind. I reckon they will have to rethink that idea.


@kjarn They haven't been buried until now, but since some bright spark shifted some of the dunes to make access to the beach it has ended up like this. I suspect they could be completely buried at some stage.
June 7th, 2020  
love it - fav
June 7th, 2020  
Very cool image! I imagine kids would love to play there!
June 7th, 2020  
I remember your original photos from earlier this year. The sand is reclaiming them again.
June 7th, 2020  
Interesting, beautiful shot.
June 7th, 2020  
Great capture of the sand drifts.
June 7th, 2020  
Such a cool and interesting shot.
June 7th, 2020  
Bep
This is amazing!
June 7th, 2020  
Terrific capture, layers
June 7th, 2020  
so interesting
June 7th, 2020  
Goodness- the sand has really blown in around them- making it easy to see how quickly things can be covered up in the desert as well. I love the curved lines in this shot and the little tiny hint of ocean on the top left.
June 7th, 2020  
Nice composition. Thanks for the explanation of tank traps.
June 7th, 2020  
They look just like a row of pyramids...you have nothing to gage the size so could be massive.
June 7th, 2020  
Great patterns and textures
June 7th, 2020  
Fav! Looks like a dinosaur's back!
June 7th, 2020  
A Dinosaurs back was my first thought too! Great capture!
June 7th, 2020  
Lovely composition, patterns and textures Babs:)
June 7th, 2020  
There's something very hypnotic about this shot
June 7th, 2020  
Amazing. Fav.
June 7th, 2020  
Great shot of the sand movements.
June 7th, 2020  
Truly most wonderful, especially on black.
June 8th, 2020  
Wow wonderful sand dunes and patterns!
I agree with Carole they do look like dinosaur backs @carole_sandford
June 8th, 2020  
A very cool shot!
June 8th, 2020  
Wow, it really illustrates how much the sand moves around in the wind!
June 8th, 2020  
Cool shot! Great repetition of the little pyramids.
June 8th, 2020  
Great shot of a piece of history!
June 8th, 2020  
looks like a half buried dinosaur.
June 8th, 2020  
@cupofteajudy Ha ha, yes I can see Toblerone too. These might not be as tasty though.

@patriciae @happysnaps I knew the story behind the tank traps, but didn't realize until recently that they were actually in the ocean.

@pdulis @ingrid01 @flowerfairyann @dutchothotmailcom @merrelyn @mittens @gijsje @seattlite @blueberry1222 @olivetreeann @k9photo @carolmw @edorreandresen @carole_sandford @pcoulson @fbailey @sangwann @pyrrhula @joysabin @radiogirl @sunnygirl @stray_shooter @redy4et @loweygrace @yaorenliu Thanks. I just love this beach, every time I go there it looks different.

Some of you saw a dinosaur, some saw Toblerone and Pat @happypat saw pyramids. Maybe we have moved to Egypt.
June 8th, 2020  
Interesting to see these and I like the little bit of sea at the top of the image.
June 8th, 2020  
Fascinating
June 8th, 2020  
Interesting history about the tank traps.
June 9th, 2020  
just love the way the sand has built up around these.
June 9th, 2020  
Love this one! fav! Interesting history too!
June 24th, 2020  
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