Abandoned ship has turned into Floating Forest

Located in the Olympic Village in Sydney Abandoned ship has turned into Floating Forest

Abandoned ship has turned into Floating Forest
Everything in life is cyclical, and sometimes it happens that the death of one is the birth of something new. The same happened with the British steamship SS Ayrfield, abandoned for many years. Located off the coast of the Olympic Village in Sydney, its rusty body during this time has become a true mangroves. The second name of the ship — The Floating Forest. The ship, built in Britain in 1911, was used by the Australian government for the U.S. troops stationed in the Pacific during World War II. Sold in 1950 and used to transport coal from Newcastle to Sydney, its fate changed in 1972. Someone decided not to send it to Sydney Homebush Bay, and it remains in the Olympic Village in Sydney to this day.

For years, mangrove trees had grown on the abandoned ship, which turned into a floating Forest

Noteworthy, prior to the Olympic Games in 2000 in the Gulf shipwrecks occurred on a regular basis, so, the locals call this place the graveyard of ships. Despite this, SS Ayrfield still afloat, for years mangrove trees had grown on it. Of course, the «Floating Forest» is especially beautiful at sunset. Accordingly, photographers from all over the world come to Sydney to film a unique testimony. In particular, how nature transforms everything that man has created, but not able to fully convert.