Diving under the sand at Woolgoolga NSW

The ship wreck of the ‘Buster’ was exposed after heavy seas and rain along the Mid North Coast during April 2009.

Locals and tourists came out of the woodwork to see the wreck of the Buster following recent storms. The heavy seas had shifted a lot of sand away from the local beach leaving the ‘Buster’ timbers and metal exposed. The local paper, The Coffs Coast Independent, reported that ‘...the wreck was partially uncovered in 2003 and 2006, but is presently the most it has been for an estimated 15 years’. The structure is likely to be uncovered for sometime and can be easily reached by walking 400m north along Woolgoolga Beach from the surf club.

Barquentine (also spelled barkentine)

a vessel with the foremast rigged square

and the other masts rigged fore and aft