Day 45...Hamelin Pool

The wildflowers were spectacular as we travelled down to our next stop,

 Hamelin Pool, near Shark bay.

After we had set up Rosie, we went for a walk up the hill behind the shop. The view was spectacular...also fascinating. The quarry above is made up of tiny shells. They're joined together in a solid mass...some sort of chemical reaction over time.

 In the past, bricks were cut from them and used for construction in the area. Instead of sand on the beaches, there are millions of these tiny white shells.

Another major feature of this area are the stromatolites. The water in the area is extremely salty, so not much lives in it.....cyanobacteria do survive and they build these structures, and in the process give off oxygen into the atmosphere.

This is Rosie's campsite at Hamelin Pool. Instead os sand , or the red dirt we've seen so much of, it's crushed shells underfoot. There are so many of them in the area, that they are mined on one of the beaches and used in gardens and for pathways.