Two whaling ships, the Samuel Wright and the North America lie 10,000 nautical miles from home, and located directly beneath a car park in south-western Australian city of Bunbury.
Their excavation reveals amazing stories about whaling in the Indian Ocean, shipwreck discovery and conservation, and the rich maritime heritage of Western Australia.
Western Australian Museum is leading the excavation with staff from the WA Museum Department of Archaeology, Anthropology and Materials Conservation and a team of volunteer archaeology students from the Flinders University of South Australia and University of Western Australia, consultant archaeologists and members of the Maritime Archaeology Association of WA (MAAWA) plus the assistance of lecturers and students from the South West Institute of Technology, School of Surveying Bunbury who are assisting with the mapping survey.
Follow the excavation at: CarParkWhalers.com.