Thread: Award of Distinction for Australia

> Well what can one say .... I'm at a total lost for words. Lets see what has been achieved here ..... Have we learnt anything new about the sub, its construction etc. ?? Has the Dive Industry gained anything from its discovery ?? Has NSW Tourism benefited from this wreck ??? Has the presence of the bodies been confirmed ??? Above is just a few of the many simple questions I alone have about what's been done over the three years...

> http://www.nasportsmouth.org.uk/news/index.php Award of Distinction for Australia The Heritage Branch and the Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage & the Arts (DEWHA) have won an international prestigious "Award of Distinction", within the UNESCO Asia-Pacific Culture Heritage Awards 2009, for the management of the Japanese midget submarine M24 (1942). See:...

> quote: Originally posted by Bazza [list] Have we learnt anything new about the sub, its construction etc. ?? regards Baz

> I wonder if this will be incentive for the department to treat any and all new wrecks the same way...who knows they might even get another award They should have that votive sand for sale at the maritime museum. It might even sell enough to pay for all that hitech surveillance. gotta keep those bloody divers away from the wrecks some how eh?

> I'm just glad we got the important stuff, like "repatriation of votive sand from the wreck" soooo right. Now I can rest easy knowing that the poor lost sand has, at last, gone home. Well done guys, Ozzie tax payer money well spent, again!!!

> Dont worry Bazz all is right Samir will now look after it.

> quote: Originally posted by TwoDogs1969 Dont worry Bazz all is right Samir will now look after it. This Samir bashing is getting a bit tired, a bit ho-hum. Why dont you change the record and give the guy a break

> Talking with people concerned helped us understand what the site means to them. Don't you just love techno-babble?

> I have to say that I completely and utterly do not understand why we (ie The Government on our behalf) have glorified the wreck of a nation that was an enemy during the time it was sunk. Not only were they on the losing side of WWII, they were openly committed to invading Australia. I won't even go into their war crimes and atrocities against civilian populations all throughout South East Asia. Yet not far from that point a ship...

> It is interesting that the other 11 award winners/mentions seem to be all about restoring things for people to live in, work at and visit. Only in Australia do we boast about how we have this thing and we have invested in really clever technology to keep every one away from it. Also, ironically, the other summaries seem to be written using the English language, unlike the Australian one. For example, WTF is this supposed to mean? quote:...