Day 55 Thursday 30th April, warm cloudy Denham to Carnarvon Except for the small towns, the Shark Bay World Heritage Area is almost devoid of trees, just low buttons of green and grey shrubs in pink sandy soil. Shell Beach … Continue reading Go West, Day 55 – Carnarvon
I had been waiting for ten years to see the Stromatolites at Hamelin Pool in WA, they are supposedly the oldest living organisms on earth at 3,500 million years (that’s a lot of zeroes). After staring at them for a full half hour I must say that I am still none the wiser. Woody wanted to know if they light up at night! Our mate Dee called them tomatolites. Stromatolites, Hamelin Pool, WA Continue reading Please Explain?
In a sea of white shell grit the old telegraph station at Hamelin Pool in Western Australia is where in 1964 a Mrs O’Donohue tirelessly transmitted morse code for NASA during the first Gemini launch. Lightning had taken out the … Continue reading Hamelin Pool Telegraph Station
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