A few days ago I posted a photo of the tank traps that surround the beach carpark at Birubi. http://365project.org/onewing/365/2020-05-17 This is what the empty car park looks like during lockdown.
Also they have shifted some of the sand dunes and put in an emergency gate which you can just about see in this photo, presumably to gain entry to the ocean if an ambulance needs to get through.
Judging by the amount of sand in the empty car park though they didn't allow for the huge storms we occasionally get or the wind blowing off the sea causing the sand to drift into the car park. I suspect they will have to rethink the arrangement.
The car park used to be sheltered by the dunes.
There is another carpark higher up behind the surf life saving club but when restrictions ease this one won't be in use until they do something about the drifting sand. Oops.
This is so interesting Babs - so were these tank obstacles put in place during the war - covered by sand dunes and now exposed again. Or were they placed purposely around the carpark for some reason? It makes for such a different photo. :)
They were placed along the beaches in 1942 to stop Japanese amphibious craft from landing on the beaches. Probably around Newcastle because of the steel works etc and also here at Birubi beach at Anna Bay because the RAAF base was only about 25 km inland from here.
more tank traps were revealed last weekend after high seas along one stretch of our coast.
The tank traps in this picture were removed a few years ago and now form the edges of the car park but this weekend high seas revealed previously buried traps as you will see in the link.
. Shifting sands..
This weekend though after high seas, more tank traps that were previously buried were revealed along the coast and you may find the attached link interesting. https://www.abc.net.au/radio/newcastle/programs/drive/tank-trap-stockton-beach/12284176
They were placed along the beaches in 1942 to stop Japanese amphibious craft from landing on the beaches. Probably around Newcastle because of the steel works etc and also here at Birubi beach at Anna Bay because the RAAF base was only about 25 km inland from here.
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more tank traps were revealed last weekend after high seas along one stretch of our coast.
The tank traps in this picture were removed a few years ago and now form the edges of the car park but this weekend high seas revealed previously buried traps as you will see in the link.