Thursday 23rd December 2010 - On the way into Whyalla, the first thing you see after the steel works is the HMAS Whyalla – a warship sitting in a field overlooking the car park of the visitors centre. Its 2km from the coast so I had to find out how it got there. Apparently, from 1947 until 1978 Whyalla had a thriving ship building industry. This was the first ship built and, after 40-odd years of active service, it was sold back to Whyalla for $5,000 in 1988. It then took another $500,600 to winch the thing into its current position.