The stromatolites

December 5th 2008
Today we got to Shark Bay after a really long drive! We stopped off at Hamelin Pool to see the Stromatolites. These are columns, formed by cyanobacteria, which is the earliest form of life on earth and they tell scientists how much life has evolved. They created the majority of oxygen on the planet to allow the first creatures to evolve and breath! So it's thanks to these little things that we are ... read more

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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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Emma Loades

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Chris and Emma will be leaving the UK on the 17th November. Our first stop will be Hong Kong,then we are flying down to Oz. We are starting in Perth, flying to Alice Springs, Ayers Rock etc, spending Christmas and New Year in Adelaide with Chris Aunt and Uncle. We then travel around the coast up to Sydney. From there we fly over to New Zealand for 6 weeks. We then go back into Sydney to finish up the coast. Afetr this we are spending 2 weeks in Fiji and finishing off with a week in New York on our way home...this is our map: worldmapmaker=123... full info

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