Suda Bay (ship)
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The Suda Bay was a 14.3 ton motor boat that was one of the first boats used for a commercial tourist operation in the Houtman Abrolhos
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Between 1946 and 1948, the Suda Bay and Batavia Road
were used by Dal Gaze and Alan Fox to transport tourists to and from the Houtman Abrolhos, especially Pelsaert Island. This represents the first known commercial tourist operation in the Houtman Abrolhos.
In 1948, the partnership between Gaze and Fox broke up, and thereafter Fox used the Suda Bay for lobster
fishing in the vicinity of North Island
. A channel
through the reefs just north of the island is today named Suda Bay Passage
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Houtman Abrolhos
The Houtman Abrolhos is a chain of 122 islands, and associated coral reefs, in the Indian Ocean off the west coast of Australia. Nominally located at , it lies about eighty kilometres west of Geraldton, Western Australia...
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Between 1946 and 1948, the Suda Bay and Batavia Road
Batavia Road (boat)
Batavia Road was one of the first boats used for a commercial tourist operation in the Houtman Abrolhos.Between 1946 and 1948, the Batavia Road and Suda Bay were used by Dal Gaze and Alan Fox to transport tourists to and from the Houtman Abrolhos, especially Pelsaert Island. This represents the...
were used by Dal Gaze and Alan Fox to transport tourists to and from the Houtman Abrolhos, especially Pelsaert Island. This represents the first known commercial tourist operation in the Houtman Abrolhos.
In 1948, the partnership between Gaze and Fox broke up, and thereafter Fox used the Suda Bay for lobster
Western rock lobster
Panulirus cygnus is a species of spiny lobster , found off the west coast of Australia. Panulirus cygnus is the basis of Australia's most valuable fishery, making up 20% of value of Australia's total fishing industry, and is identified as the western rock lobster.-Description:The species has five...
fishing in the vicinity of North Island
North Island (Houtman Abrolhos)
North Island is the northernmost island in the Houtman Abrolhos, a coral reef archipelago in the Indian Ocean off the coast of Mid West Western Australia. Located about 14 km from the nearest island group, it is one of the largest islands in the Houtman Abrolhos, and one of the few to support...
. A channel
Channel (geography)
In physical geography, a channel is the physical confine of a river, slough or ocean strait consisting of a bed and banks.A channel is also the natural or human-made deeper course through a reef, sand bar, bay, or any shallow body of water...
through the reefs just north of the island is today named Suda Bay Passage
Suda Bay Passage
Suda Bay Passage is a channel through reef just north of North Island in the Houtman Abrolhos. Located at , it is named after the Suda Bay, which was used for lobster fishing around North Island in the late 1940s....
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