Shark Bay (4 - 7 August)
August 9th 2008 On the way into Shark Bay, we stopped for lunch at Hamelin Pool and had a look at the Stromatolites (world's oldest living fossils) and also a quarry, where the Hamelin Coquina, compacted cockle shells, can be cut into blocks (similar to concrete BESA blocks) and used as walls in building structures - there are a couple of examples in the Shark Bay area but the blocks are now only cut to maintain
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