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New South Wales
Newcastle, NSW
Stockton north end, old tip and WWII tank traps
Tidal foreshore Source-confirmed findsGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this shoreline.
Old bottles
Sea potteryAlso reported: glass, metal, WWII concrete.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0), NPS (Public domain).
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Why this spot
1960s to early 1970s municipal tip and WWII tank traps buried in the dune north of Corroba Oval; erosion cut it open in 2018 and 2021.
Newcastle Herald Jan 2018: big swells eroded 150 m of dune north of Meredith Street exposing decades-old bottles, household rubbish, asbestos and 20 WWII tank traps; Sept 2021 erosion stripped 5 m of sand off the geofabric againView source →
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
AsbestosSharp debris, tank traps hidden at high tide, collapsing seawall
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