Hoteller nær Centaur
Centaur is a public memorial sculpture on Perth’s northern coastline at North Beach, set beside West Coast Drive and facing the Indian Ocean.
Derfor skal du bo nær Centaur
Centaur is a public memorial sculpture on Perth’s northern coastline at North Beach, set beside West Coast Drive and facing the Indian Ocean. It marks the wreck of the iron brig Centaur, lost off the coast north of Perth in the 19th century. People don’t come here for a long visit or an exhibition; they stop for a short coastal walk, ocean views, and a pause with a piece of local maritime history. The most distinctive thing is its setting: an outdoor memorial placed directly along the shoreline linked to the waters where the ship went down.
Om Centaur
The Centaur memorial was unveiled on 9 December 1979 and forms part of the City of Stirling’s permanent public art collection. It was created by sculptor Kevin Hayes and designed as a coastal monument rather than a literal model of the ship. The memorial commemorates the iron brig Centaur, built in 1849 in Aberdeen, Scotland, which wrecked in 1874 after striking a reef about 3.7 kilometres offshore north of Perth while carrying galena ore. That reef is now known as Centaur Reef and lies within what is today Marmion Marine Park. When you visit, there’s no visitor centre or interpretive display. What you experience is a simple remembrance marker set beside the coastal road, directly connected to the stretch of ocean where the wreck occurred.
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Sådan kommer du dertil
Centaur sits along West Coast Drive at North Beach, about a 15–20 minute drive north of Perth CBD depending on traffic. The most practical way to reach it is by car. There’s roadside parking along West Coast Drive, and from there it’s a short walk to the memorial and the adjacent coastal path.
