Boulders in Sandeel Bay
Boulders in Sandeel Bay Boulder Beach in Dunedin, New Zealand is a good example of beach where large smooth cobbles and boulders replace the more familiar sand. Strong underwater currents…
Gastropod Fossil
Gastropod Fossil Here is a less familiar type of fossil that was found around Slade. They are Gastropod impressions in limestone. Gastropods are basically similar to our present day Snails…
Weathered Sandstone
Weathered Sandstone The Hook Peninsula is composed of many rock types including sedimentary limestone and sandstone. These are considered generally soft in geological terms and over time can be manipulated…
Booley Bay Rock Formation
Booley Bay Rock Formation The variation in rock type and formation around Hook Peninsula is impressive in relation to the size of the area. Each beach and bay has something…
Crinoid and Bryozoan Fossils
Crinoid and Bryozoan Fossils The Hook Peninsula is a very good place to get a glimpse of our ancient past. This is especially true in the low lying Carboniferous limestone…
Sandstone Bowl
Sandstone Bowl Limpets have taken up residence in an almost perfectly round ‘bowl’ hollowed out of the red sandstone by time and nature. Sandeel Bay is full of such features…
Fossilised Sponge
Fossilised Sponge Found this little guy last weekend as I walked on Loftus Bay. He is a fossilised Sponge approximately 340 million years old (Lower Carboniferous). Sponges are marine based…
Geology of Booley Bay
Geology of Booley Bay Booley Bay is home to some of the most amazing geology on the hook peninsula. Pictured below are Late Cambrian (approx. 500 million years ago) turbidites…