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Scuttled across the sandy seabed between 10-17 m depth are a collection of small wrecks including the MV Petrel (a 15 m steam tug from 1895 sunk in 1985), a Cessna plane, a Beechcraft King Air, a ferrocement yacht, chicken coops, a tyre reef, swing sets, and even toilets — all heavily encrusted with soft corals, tube worms, and sponges. The site is a bustling artificial reef that attracts Western Australian seahorses, wrasse, blennies, sea stars, eels, and abundant fish life. 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