Northern Moreton Bay – Cowan Cowan and Fort Cowan

s04e57 Welcome to the fourth episode in the series on Northern Moreton Bay. It has taken a while to get this episode up and it is out of sequence. I had intended to do the Curtin Artificial Reef before this video, but I am still waiting on copyright approvals for some of the images I am hoping to use. I expect to have an answer around the end of the month so with luck Curtin will be the next video in this series that I upload. This video is a bit heavier on the history than previous videos have been, mainly because there is so much history to talk about in this area. Cowan Cowan was particularly important as the site of Fort Cowan during World War II. For those that are interested in learning more of the history that I have merely touched upon in this video I have provided a few links below: Qld. Government Heritage register: https://bit.ly/3zJWVtl https://bit.ly/3f3lp8K Oz at war: https://bit.ly/3kWJ0fj Wikipedia: https://bit.ly/2TGKXRQ Griffith University: https://bit.ly/370zHCX Interdictor loops and more: http://indicatorloops.com/comboyuro.htm The older photos of the Cowan battery are from the Australian war memorial site. Some of the more recent ones are from The Qld Government Heritage register but the majority are curtsey of Peter Dunn's "Australia @ War" at www.ozatwar.com For those that are just here for the fishing information, there is some of that as well. 00:00 Introduction 00:52 Episode plan 01:23 Cowan Cowan settlement 03:35 Brisbane’s WWII defences 04:11 Cowan Cowan maps 04:51 Photos from 1943 08:28 Then and now 10:03 2005 11:09 The Tambar incident 12:34 RAN 3 12:59 Moreton Bay minefields 13:31 German mine on Gold Coast beach 13:53 Depth charge practice 14:03 Seagrass areas 14:45 Baiting live squid 15:14 Other points 17:10 Epilogue ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ Follow weFish-AU on: ► FishTrax: https://fishtrax.we-fish.com.au ► Facebook: https://fb.me/wefishAU ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬