I was lucky enough to be part of a camera club visit to the harbour mouth area on a number of occasions during the harbour widening project. The pictures in this album were taken on 24 November 2007.

All pictures (c) 2007 Allan Jackson. Click to view enlargements.

	Intrepid photographers about to set out for the southern breakwater.
	The remains of Milne's original southern breakwater wall with a pillbox fortification in the background.
	A monument?? (or marker) located on the harbour side of the Bluff headland.
	A close-up of one of the pillboxes site to guard the entrance channel to the harbour.
	The monument?? (or marker) located on the harbour side of the Bluff headland, showing its position in relation to the harbour mouth..
	Diamond beach with a sea-facing fortification, known as Andre's House, which had been used for many years as home by an otherwise homeless man called Andre.
	Andre's House showing graphically how exposed it is. A testament to the defense architect's art...
	Andre's House.
	Dolosse.
	A container vessel leaves harbour. Looking north from the southern breakwater.
	Work proceeds on the demolition of the old northern breakwater. Massive dumper trucks are loaded with rubble from the breakwater.
	A dumper truck.
	The dredger Marieke sails past.
	A backhoe digs up the remains of the old northern breakwater and dumps the rubble behind itself.
	A backhoe digs up the remains of the old northern breakwater and dumps the rubble behind itself.
	The dredger Marieke again.