Mysterious ghost boat washes up in Australia two years after leaving NZ
27 Apr, 2021 10:54 PM
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The drone was found washed up after its long journey. Photo / Victoria Police
NZ Herald
A futuristic vessel launched from New Zealand has finally washed up after it went off the grid two years ago, drifting across the world and navigating frozen oceans after its research mission went awry.
Police in the Australian state of Victoria reported their mysterious visitor in a Facebook post, revealing that those that found the craft were stunned as mullets by the discovery.
The Saildrone was launched from Bluff in January 2019 on a mission to research the krill population around Antarctica.
Silver for Portsea’s masters
PORTSEA Surf Life Saving Club’s masters men’s beach relay team won a silver medal at the 2021 Australian Surf Life Saving Championships on the Sunshine Coast, Queensland.
Team members Brett Croft, Darren Kerr, Henry Kiss and Jim Unkles, pictured, also participated in events on the sand, with Kiss coming fifth in the 50-54 years men’s beach sprint and Unkles placed sixth in the 30-34 men’s beach sprint.
The team was also named the Life Saving Victoria Open/Masters Team of the Year in 2020 for its results at the state and national level.
Flags down for state lifesavers after fatal year
3 Mins Read On patrol: Hamish McKendrick, Madeline Green, Emily Bambrook and Terry Aslanisis with one of the Portsea rubber duckies which serviced the Mornington Peninsula over summer. Share
The various clubs were involved in 63 rescues and 22,174 “preventative actions”.
The season also leaves behind one of the state’s worst drowning tolls to date, with 51 fatalities since 1 July 2020.
The extended season forVictoria’s 57 volunteer lifesaving clubs was helped with an extra $1.7 million from the state government.
Overall, lifesavers and lifeguards conducted 230,000 preventative actions, 602 rescues and 130 helicopter missions as well as 15 winch rescues across Victoria.
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