The view of Naval Memorial Park from the south looking north with the Kwinana Grain Terminal in the background, and below the two tributes previously highlighted [09Jun26, 17Jun26].
Category: Kwinana Grain Terminal
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Tuesday, 09 June 2026
A new area of Rockingham to be explored – Naval Memorial Park.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rockingham_Naval_Memorial_Park
This is the fin/conning tower from submarine HMAS Orion as a tribute to the Oberon class submarines and their crews.
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Sunday, 15 March 2026
The Catalpa Memorial on the Palm Beach foreshore.
The Catalpa incident was an 1876 international incident involving the escape / rescue of 6 Irish Fenian prisoners funded by Irish-Americans from the British colony in Western Australia where they had been sent as convicts. More details below.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catalpa_rescue
The folk song The Catalpa was popular in the 1970’s in Australia.
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Thursday, 19 February 2026
More of the Palm Beach foreshore / Mangles Bay, this is from the eastern boat ramp again looking ENE with the Palm Beach Jetty to the right behind Bugs and the Kwinana Grain Terminal visible in the distance.
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Friday, 06 February 2026
A dominant feature on the Rockingham skyline – the CBH Group’s Kwinana Grain Terminal, established in 1974.
This is looking south from Wells Park at the northern end of Rockingham Beach Road / Kwinana Beach Road. The shiploader is out of the picture to the right.
We’ve made it through 10% of the year!
