Floating Forest in Sydney

In Sydney, Australia Homebush Bay is home to the remnants of a ship-breaking yard that operated during the mid 20th-century.

One such ship was the SS Ayrfield, a 1,140-tonne behemoth built in 1911 as a steam collier and was later used during WWII as a transport ship. It was brought to Homebush Bay in 1972 to be dismantled but fate would decide differently. Operations ceased at the ship-breaking yard later on and parts of several large vessels including the Ayrfield were left behind.

This century-old transport ship would be transformed by time into a floating forest, a peculiar home for trees and other vegetation that have since sprouted over the last few decades.

Pic via Andy Bill.