Butterbox

Butterbox – a tribute to past fishermen

In Robe and noticed this boat looking old and well worn. It piqued my curiosity. Read the signage that told me that this boat had served as commercial and recreational fishing boat around 1945. It wa...

Local History

Interesting to see and read about this local boat and it’s construction. A bit more information on how this boat was launched and retrieved would have been good as on the shoreline close to it were so...

Now how is this an attraction?

It's.. what you see in the pictures. If you're staying nearby you'll walk past it, but the boats in the marina are much more impressive to look at (just to see how wealthy some people are). Don't go o...

A remnant from the past

There were 3 boats like them, built in 1945. They used copper nails and bolts. These boats were rescued from the ocean. It was originally built by the Royal Australian Army. The oldest boat is now ...