The+Orungal

=**The Orungal**= In the late 1940, there were 2 major shipping disasters. One occurring on the 20th of November and the next just the night after on the 21st of November. The Orungal, the interstate passenger liner on its way to Melbourne hit and ran aground on the Formby Reed, a reef located opposite Barwon Heads. luckily everyone survived as all 17 passengers and crew member were rescued by a Queenscliff life boat the following morning. The large vessel remained stranded until December 13th when an unexplained fire swept the ship from stem to stern. Much of the cargo on board consisted of steel rods, was salvaged from the hulk over the coming months but all that was left of the Orungal succumbed to the elements the following winter. All that remains now are the old boilers that can be seen when the tide is low.