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The sunken fleet that became a snorkeler's maze

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Wreck diving isn't just for deep-sea daredevils when an entire fleet of rusting hulls sits just below the ocean's surface. Off the coast of Queensland, fifteen steam-driven dredge ships were deliberately scuttled in the 1960s to form a breakwater, accidentally creating an incredibly dense, coral-encrusted maze for casual snorkelers to explore.

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