The Boiler at Cremorne - SS Nubeena

05/05/2024

Low tide, the Boiler and Max the dog 🐕

19/11/2022

19/01/2020

Description
The boiler in the sand



If visiting the the beautiful beach at Cremorne, take a moment to see if you can spot the old boiler in the sand or has it now totally rusted away?

The old boiler is all that is left now after the S.S. Nubeena ran aground and was wrecked in 1910.

The S.S. Nubeena was a wooden hulled vessel built in 1890 by W. Bayes at Battery Point.

On the day of the grounding, the Nubeena was berthed at Koonya on the Tasman Peninsula and loaded with cattle and passengers. The Nubeena stopped at Dunalley on the way and left there about 6.00 pm bound for Hobart. To avoid a "beam" sea the boat was steered unknowingly off course by the mate who had been left in charge by the Captain. The Nubeena came ashore in a heavy swell at what is now known as Cremorne . There was no loss of life of passengers or cattle

Please answer the following questions from the information board and select the correct answers by choosing questions and answers under Actions on the RH side of the cache page. When you select the answers correctly you will receive a code to log to claim a smiley.

1. What date did the Nubeena run aground?

(a) 6 October, 1910

(b) 7 October 1910

(c) 8 October 1910

2. About how many head of cattle were aboard?

(a) 40

(b) 50

(c) 60

3. How many passengers were on board?

(a) 8

(b) 18

(c) 28

4. Which point did Gordon Vickary mistake for Slopen Island Point?

(a) Cremorne Point

(b) Deslac's Point

(c) Clifton Point

27/03/2019

The boiler has returned 🙃

13/02/2019

Help find the boiler at Cremorne

07/01/2019

I, the boiler has disappeared, thank you for everybody’s concern, I will be appearing soon, please just wait, no shovels required !

27/08/2017

There is still evidence of the wreck of the Nubeena in 1910. A small coastal steamer, she left Koonya for Hobart with 25 passengers and 40 head of cattle. The night was very dark, and she missed her way and grounded on Cremorne beach, across Frederick Henry Bay. All hands, passengers, and cattle were landed safely,, and after spending the night on the beach around huge fires, the passengers walked to Rokeby the next day. The Nubeena remained on the beach, where her boiler, a landmark on the beach for decades, is still visible on the beach. Some items were salvaged by locals, and John Morrisby at Waterloo obtained a fine Oregon pine floor for his barn, as well as a useful shed, made from the Nubeena’s wheelhouse.

17/02/2015

30/01/2015

SS Nubeena Wreck.
There is still evidence of the wreck of the Nubeena in 1910. A small coastal steamer, she left Koonya for Hobart with 25 passengers and 40 head of cattle. The night was very dark, and she missed her way and grounded on Cremorne beach, across Frederick Henry Bay. All hands, passengers and cattle were landed safely,, and after spending the night on the beach around huge fires, the passengers walked to Rokeby the next day. The Nubeena remained on the beach, where her boiler, a landmark on the beach for decades, is still visible on the beach. Some items were salvaged by locals, and John Morrisby at Waterloo obtained a fine Oregon pine floor for his barn, as well as a useful shed, made from the Nubeena’s wheelhouse.