خلیج Homebush در سیدنی، گورستان کشتیهای است که در قرن بیستم مورد استفاده قرار میگرفتند و حالا عمرشان به سر رسیده است.یکی از این کشتیها به نام SS Ayrfield شاخصترین آنهاست، این کشتی ۱۱۴۰ تنی بود، زمانی در جنگ جهانی دوم مورد استفاده قرار میگرفت، در سال ۱۹۷۲ این کشتی به خلیج آورده شد تا اوراق شود، کاری که هرگز انجام نشد، از آن زمان به بعد این کشتی مبدل به یک جنگل شناور با درختهای کامل شده است.
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منبع : memolition
102-year-old ship became a floating forest
Homebush Bay in Sydney is the place were many 20th century ships, which are no longer used, ended up: one of them, the SS Ayrfield, is definitely the most impressive sight for all the lush flora, growing in its rusted hull. The fully-grown mangrove trees earned this 102-year-old, 1,140-tonne ship the Floating Forest name among the locals.
The ship was brought to the Bay back in 1972 to be dismantled, but the operations eventually ceased and the bay no longer served as a ship wrecking yard. The SS Ayrfield, along with many other ships that were used during WW2, were simply left there to decay.