We found many inconstant reports of where the car was found and how far from groyne and whether it was upside down or not. Car in surf Mystery (below) says well away from groyne, and others say close to groyne, 100 north and 50 m out to sea, most say 35 m out to sea.
I've just tried to zoom in and transcribe more from car-in-surf- mystery. Report says the roof of car had been caved in by being pushed against rocks of the groyne. Even though the same report says it can't have entered the water off the groyne and was found well away from groyne.
It's the first report however that I've seen that says the damage to the roof of car was caused before it was retrieved.
Car in the Surf Mystery Deepens Police divers searched the main Cottesloe beach on Friday (24[SUP]th[/SUP] June?) for clues to the missing Fremantle woman, Julie Cutler (22). Miss Cultler
...The roof of the medium sized Sedan, a Fiat 125 about 18 years old had been caved in by being pushed against the rocks at Cottesloe Groyne.
It was found about 35m off the beach well away from the groyne.
Divers on Friday (24th June) received a floormat thought to have come from the boot of the Fiat. It was found next to the groyne.
The entry point of the car in the water remains a mystery.
There was no evidence such as scrape marks, that the car had been driven or pushed off the groyne. To drive from the service road around the walkway to the groyne would have involved negotiating deep sand drifts that have blown across the walkway.
The officer
.of a bitumen service road that
from Marine Parade to the Cottesloe SLSC and boatshed. Such an entry would involve running the car off a 1 m concrete retaining wall across a narrow stretch of sand and into the surf. ...