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trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/253066347 - Sydney Punch, 17th November, 1883... At Coogee. I stood on the rocks and I watched the waves rolling With mighty force in from the far reaching deep, And how my heart heaved as I saw them come bowling And dashing in spray clouds above each wild reef. See! now they're receding, repulsed for a moment, But only to gather fresh strength in their course, And ere I can fancy them gone, comes a torrent Of billows which bears all along with its force. Now I look at the wall of blue waves which come tearing Like cavalry horses in martial array, Their white crests, like plumes, all so gallantly wearing, Ere breaking their forms in light showers of salt spray. Oh ! grand are the anthems of music they're ringing, And wondrous the changes of feeling they wake, No minstrel that e'er charmed the ear with his singing, Sent such thrills thro' our hearts as those they can make. And I've seen them too when far out on the ocean, Their home, where nought else can their power contest, When even the Heavens seemed to join in their motion And flung me from one to the other's wild breast. Roll on, mighty monarchs ! o'er your wild dominions, Intruders can. but at your pleasure, remain Insulted, you have but to shake your wild pinions, And alone! you continue to rule over the main.

Ooops! Wondering what and where?

[http://www.flickr.com/photos/51979177@N02] I think you could well be right. RMS MALOJA -

beachcomber australia We'll have a closer look & see if we can confirm the liner is MALOJA - thanks guys :)

Unfortunately this ship is not the Maloja, from the link quasymody added: trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/2066720 we can see the Maloja has a crows nest on her foremast and an enclosed wheelhouse. This vessel has no look out on the mast and the wheelhouse is open to the elements. I propose this ship is P&O's China (built in 1896 and scrapped in 1928). I can't find photos of this incident online but if it is the China, then there are some photos of the ship here: www.flickr.com/photos/anmm_thecommons/8292113725/ and possibly here: www.flickr.com/photos/anmm_thecommons/8406651029/ BUT on p132 in the book 'P&O: A Fleet History' published by the World Ship Society there is a similar photo to the one posted above and the following info: 25 March 1898: China (II) ran aground on Perim Island in the Red Sea while homeward bound for Australia. After several months, the ship was salvaged and much of the bow was reconstructed. Could it be a contender?

Oh goody - a spanner in the works ... ! I am seeing a few anomalies with the RMS CHINA too - no paler line at water level, different porthole enclosures at the end of the bridge, 14(?) davits here to 16 on the CHINA ... . Hmmm ...

Must have been a very high tide ? Streetview - www.google.com.au/maps/@53.9766808,-9.2124243,3a,75y,53.1...

"Demolition of 19th-century Healy’s Hotel opposed" - 5th September 2017, Mayo News

There is an extra bit (4 windows) built on the right-hand end since this photo - when ?

"We never remember to have experienced so much gratification at any public event, as we did at witnessing the festivities, by which the opening of the new PONTOON Hotel was celebrated." Mayo Constitution on Tuesday 4 October 1836. The article describes how the area had been "opened up" - the land had been "of a nature so forbidding, that even the attempt to run a road through it at one time seemed chimerical". The opening was marked with feasting ("an unlimited supply of beef, mutton, and bread"), an Amateur Band playing in a boat which had been towed offshore, and sports including horse races, donkey races and boat races. Not only the tenantry and workman - no-one who turned up was refused entry. All due to the generosity of the Earl of Lucan.

"The existing building has been open to the public since the 1840s as a bar, hotel and restaurant. "