Windward , 1111 ~ 11111 conveyed Loni WaUllunt
from Palm Beldl ID Onllll Point in 1938 . Sile WU cbln owned by ,_ M . Hmdle .
She WU oripnauy baih In Ho ' -11 for E . H . ( Teddy )
Wcbsser . Thi ' bCluliflal ' wishbone ' schooner WU sailed up IO Sydney llboul 1934 . She was in company with a similar vessel thought to have been Brilliant •
All vessels were removed from thePiuwat < r . The Navy commandeered the larger ones nnd many served in the islands and off New Guinea . Some of the wooden ones proved 10 be quite effective radar listening posts . With the exception of 1wo small commercial fishing boats , every vessel was taken out of the Pluwaier . dinghies included . They were towed uwuy nnd hidden in such places as Bcrowra Waters nnd remmc areas of Cowan Creek . There is an outlet at the southern end of the Piuwater that runs along
• ide the nonhem boundary of the Pinwater High
School . This creek runs under Bam : njocy Road and Oushes out into the lagoon at the northern end of Mona Vale Beach . During World War U 1h1s creek was dredged om and deepened . A Bailey bridge was pu1 over ii and it was fortified with Anny tanks . It was vinual ly our · Brisbane Line ' against a possible attack by the Japanese . The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor had brought America into tl1e war and AustraJia awoke 10 the dreadful realisation thut invasion wu imminent .
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