A Petrified Forest

Trees get covered in sand. The tree rots creating large holes in the sand. The holes are filled with soil which is compacted over time (like, millions of years). The original sand erodes leaving rock casts of the trees... or something like that.

The Great Ocean Road, Rainforests & ANZAC Day

April 28th 2006
After travelling through hundreds and hundreds of kilometres of fields (I had no idea there were that many sheep in Australia!), we were definitely ready to see some ocean scenery. Although we saw bits and pieces of the ocean while we stayed in Robe and Port Fairy, the Great Ocean Road didn't actually start until we passed Port Fairy. The road still didn't hug the coast, but there were many tu ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Victoria » Great Ocean Road

Aboriginal settlers arrived on the continent from Southeast Asia about 40,000 years before the first Europeans began exploration in the 17th century. No formal territorial claims were made until 1770, when Capt. James COOK took possession in the name... ... read more

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