VEROONA was built in Sydney by The Manly & Port Jackson Steamship Company in 1942 to lay and maintain the anti-submarine boom that crossed the harbour

After the war the lighter was back in service as a coal barge.

The 1960’s saw VEROONA move to Pittwater where it began life as a mooring lighter for Nottings Boatshed at Careel Bay.

The 1980S saw VEROONA again move to Brisbane Water where she was owned by Peter Morgan. Peter restored and gave the lighter a compete overhaul and refit.

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