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Read more about the article The Ocean is Broken: the story behind the story, and a sequel of sorts

The Ocean is Broken: the story behind the story, and a sequel of sorts

In September 2013, while working at The Newcastle Herald in NSW, Australia, I read an item in our paper about a yachtsman visiting Newcastle Harbour. The sailor, Ivan Macfadyen, noted in the brief article his shock and surprise at the state of the North Pacific Ocean after a recent voyage. The article grabbed my attention, so I found Ivan's contact details and asked him if I could do a follow-up interview. He accepted, and told me a little more about the experience that led to his comments. The reported remarks had followed his second Sydney-to-Osaka yacht…

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Read more about the article Newcastle’s lost map-of-the-world pool

Newcastle’s lost map-of-the-world pool

So many myths surround Newcastle’s lost and lamented Young Mariners’ Pool, with its legendary concrete map of the world. Many people believe the lost continents still lie beneath the sand, and that determined digging will reveal them in their former glory. Alas, the fact is that only some fragments of the map sections around the edge of the pool remain to be exposed from time to time. Most of the concrete map was broken up by Newcastle City Council - apparently in the 1970s - and the pieces were dumped off Nobbys breakwater to supplement the…

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