andersons_bay_inlet_pre_inf.jpg Stuart Lukeman shares two photos of the reclamation of the Andersons Bay inlet. Photos: Stuart LukemanStuart Lukeman sent in some amazing photographs of the reclamation work at the Andersons Bay inlet in the early 1960s. platypus_2.jpg Middlemarch Museum secretary Nicky Gilkison (left) and researcher Jo Robertson are working to preserve the Platypus submarine. Pete says Platypus, constructed and tested in Dunedin in the early 1870s, was launched in December 1873 and underwent trials in Otago Harbour. A few problems were encountered and investors lost faith in the submarine, auctioning its patent rights at a bargain price.

Source: Otago Daily Times March 11, 2018 16:52 UTC