Along the coast from Sandy Bay - The Maori a British steamer hit a rock in heavy seas, fog & driving rain on 5 August 1909. In the later stages of the dramatic attempts to rescue the 12 remaining crew on the ship, rockets were used initially to fire biscuits & brandy over to them and subsequently to fire a line which was used to rescue them over 40 hours after the ship struck the rocks. Of the crew of 55 only 23 survived. A rocket house was built on the slope above this point.
Visit Instructions:We don't require you to provide any specific proof of your visit, but we do request that you upload photos if possible, the more the merrier.
Ideally, you should try to take photos at the actual beacon location, but if that isn't possible (private property, terrain, etc), then photos taken from a distance are also welcome, especially if the beacon is visible in the photo.