More Stromatolites !

Exmouth to Coral Bay - on the hunt for whale sharks!

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June 27th 2015
On Thu 4 Jun we left Denham and set off for Exmouth which was approximately 690 Kms. Not to repeat the same mistake we decided to fill up with fuel At the Overlander Roadhouse and again in Carnarvon. On the way back to the Northwest Highway we stopped off after 100kms to look at Hamelin Stromatolites and a Shell Quarry. Shark Bay is one of only two places in the world where living marine stromatol ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Western Australia » Exmouth

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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