Category: Hunter Valley
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Sea Shepherd’s MV Steve Irwin
Sea Shepherd’s MV Steve Irwin Although now retired from from its confrontations with Japanese whaling fleets, the MV Steve Irwin still looks impressive with its camouflage and skull painted deck house. Docked at Thales Marine in Newcastle, New South Wales, the ship is now owned by the non-profit organisation Ship4Good. Tours are a great way… Read more
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Fighter World Williamtown NSW
Fighter World Williamtown Aviation Heritage Getting to Fighter World Fighter World located adjacent to the Williamtown RAAF base has an excellent display of jet fighters operated by the RAAF. Fighter world is very easy to find due to its location and parking is easy, because the museum has its own large car park. The Collection… Read more
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Fort Scratchley Newcastle
Fort Scratchley Newcastle No longer used by the military, Fort Scratchley is now a memorial to the servicemen and women who served there. During World War Two, the Japanese submarine I-21 attempted to shell Newcastle and the BHP Steel Works. Fortunately most of the shells missed or failed to explode with no-one hurt and only… Read more