of the coastline:

1917: the small 219 tonne collier, the Nerong, was wrecked and now lies three nautical miles off Norah Head Lighthouse, 43 metres down resting on sand.

1940: a 1052 tonne Dutch built vessel, the Nimbin, struck a German mine 13 k off Norah Head and sank during WWII, Captain and 6 crew were lost.

1942: the BHP vessel, the Iron Chieftain, sank after a Japanese submarine torpedoed it. 13 crew lost, the HMAS Bingara picked up 12 survivors from a raft and the following day an additional 25 survivors in the ship’s lifeboat landed at North Entrance Beach. The submarine that sank the Iron Chieftain is believed to be part of the pack that destroyed shipping in Sydney Harbour and shelled Newcastle.Twelve of these astronauts walked on the Moon’s surface, and six of those drove Lunar Roving Vehicles on the Moon. While three astronauts flew to the Moon twice, none of them landed on the Moon more than once. The nine Apollo missions to the Moon occurred between December 1968 and December 1972.

Apart from these 24 people who visited the Moon, no human being has gone beyond low Earth orbit. They have, therefore, been farther from the Earth than anyone else. They are also the only people to have directly viewed the far side of the Moon. The twelve who walked on the Moon are the only people ever to have set foot on an astronomical object other than the Earth.

Of the 24 astronauts who flew to the Moon,