Curlip

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PS Curlip was a paddle steamer built in a Tabbara sawmill in 1889 by Samuel Richardson and his sons. It was operated along the Snowy River in Australia's Gippsland region between 1890 and 1919, before being washed out to sea, and broken on Marlo beach, by a flash flood.

The Orbost & District community is reconstructing the PS Curlip, with the assistance of $500,000 grant from the Victorian State Government [1], and aims to launch in second half of 2008.

[edit] External links

• http://www.paddlesteamercurlip.com.au
• http://www.abc.net.au/landline/content/2006/s1757230.htm
• http://www.abc.net.au/gippsland/stories/s2001488.htm