| This
site can only be dived on calm days as it exposed to any incoming
swells. The Oakburn was a British cargo steamer of nearly 4000 tons.
She was wrecked before the Maori in fog on 21 May 1906 while on
her way from New York to Sydney. Two lives were lost. She had a
cargo of railway lines and equipment, glassware, sewing machines,
musical instruments, oil and paper. |
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The
wreck lies on a steep slope with the boilers and engine block at the
bottom and the bow to the south. There is not a lot of marine life
on this wreck but kelp is plentiful. The wreck is deteriorating and
some sections could be unstable. |