S.S Maheno (1935) and the 75 Mile Beach Shipwreck Corridor

The eastern beach of K'gari has taken more than a dozen vessels, making this one of the most concentrated wreck zones on the Australian coast. Surf, shifting sandbanks and an absence of shelter for the length of the island did the work. The Maheno is the best known - a trans-Tasman liner driven ashore by a cyclone in 1935 while under tow to a Japanese scrapyard - and its corroding hull is the anchor point most visitors reach. The beach is a gazetted road with aircraft using it. Wreck structures are sharp and unstable; do not climb on them.