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Seaforth Island is an island in Queensland. Seaforth Island is situated nearby to Spitfire Rock, and south of Lindeman Island Airport. Source: mapcarta.com/16645622

Seaforth Island is around 26 hectares in size. Towns, villages, or cities near Seaforth Island include the town of Hamilton Island, the village of Midge Point, and the town of Airlie Beach. Source: www.bonzle.com/c/a?a=p&p=279408&cmd=sp

At last a nice Dog.

Somewhere near here ?? - goo.gl/maps/ZZPD8c1ehvXug7Dn7 - going by the two islets. Looks like the house might have been demolished or rebuilt. See also catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000734578 [I thought the small house in the distance was a dog kennel at first glance!}

beachcomber australia You just beat me to it. However, I was going to suggest this house due to the change in roof height and angle of the islands. No turf fires in that house anymore. goo.gl/maps/GcpceSbfaaonykLB7

Mike Grimes I think you are right. See also - catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000734571

I can't imagine this was why Denis Tynan visited Arranmore in 1975, but the big news that year was the sad loss of six men when a trawler sank in January. In other news, the island was to get a fire service - equipment was to be provided and fishermen trained in its use. But the best good news story was Mrs Gallagher and her twin boys.

Twins born 40 miles apart TWIN boys were born at the weekend in two different hospitals to the wife of a fisherman drowned in the Donegal trawler disaster in January. She is Mrs. Marie Gallagher, mother of five other children, who thought she was expecting only one baby. Her husband was Mr. Hugh Gallagher, one of the six drowned when the trawler Eveline Marie sank oft Rathlin O'Beirne island. Mrs. Gallagher was taken by open boat from Arranmore Island, off the Donegal coast to a mainland hospital at Dungloe. After delivering a boy, the doctor realised another child was on the way. Thirty-year-old Mrs. Gallagher was transferred to Letterkenny County Hospital 40 miles away. There. she gave birth to a second boy. Today mother and boys were reported to be "satisfactory." The twin who arrived first is still in Dungloe Hospital.

(Belfast Telegraph - Monday 21 April 1975) [Incidentaly sixty years ago this month my mother gave birth to undiagnosed twins, but that was at home, with preparations for only one baby]

Hook Island is one of the 74 Islands in the Whitsunday Island chain, located off the east coast of Queensland in Australia. The Whitsundays Islands are known as being the home of Whitehaven Beach, Hill Inlet Lookout, and many coral reefs, as well as their many beautiful islands. The islands are a popular tourist destination, bringing in people from all over the world to explore, sail and relax. Hook Island itself is known for its amazing snorkeling and picturesque bays where you will often find boats anchored and people enjoying the warm waters. Off the shores of Hook Island, you will discover famous reefs at Maureen's Cove, Luncheon Bay, Butterfly Bay, and Manta Ray Bay, which are all known for their diverse corals, and colorful marine life, and calm waters. The sheltered bays offer an ideal anchorage place, with many boats mooring there for the night for a calm overnight stay. A popular tourist destination, Hook Island was settled in 1910 and became part of the national park in 1936, whereupon it eventually became home to the Hook Island Wilderness Resort. Hook Island is 58 square kilometres and is now only inhabited by one person who is the caretaker of Wilderness Resort, which still remains as the only habitation on the island. Long since closed, the resort was once one of the most affordable island accommodation in the Whitsundays, but is now a cluster of dilapidated buildings. It was also home to an underwater observatory, which was a big draw to the island resort when it was open and was once considered to be "the greatest tourist drawcard ever to be established in the Whitsunday area." It offered guests the chance to see the underwater world up close, with fish and corals seemingly within reach as they descended to the ocean floor. The observatory consisted of an above sea level section and an underwater section that was ideal for viewing corals and marine life and was enclosed by concrete and glass. When the observatory was originally constructed in 1965 over 200 cars were sunk in the area to encourage coral growth and provide a habitat for fish, making it a diverse marine landscape in later years. While it was once the main attraction, the observatory was closed in 2009 after the submarine viewing chamber was found to have insufficient ventilation. Hook Island remains one of the top places to visit in the Whitsundays, but currently, visitors generally stick to the reefs around the island, Marcona Inlet or Nara Inlet, enjoying the beauty that the waters and the underwater world have to offer. Source: sailing-whitsundays.com/article/hook-island-in-the-whitsu...

Butterfly Bay is on the north side of Hook Island and is the deepest indentation of all of the bays that make up the top of the island so is the most protected. You need good light to enter to see the reefs that crowd the bay. At low tide, it is only the mooring basin that has any water as all the sides of the bay dry out! There are several Marine National Park Moorings here and you need to use them. This is a beautiful spot with mountains surrounding the anchorage and there is fairly good snorkeling on the outer edges of the bay. It is better around the corner to the east however such as in Maureen Cove and Manta Bay. Daytrip boats take their guests to these bays to snorkel & scuba dive. Source: www.venturefarther.com/mapObject/MapObjectSharedInfo.acti...