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 matched with wave power…
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 matched with wave power…
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 that lived…
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 by chemicals/particles…
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 different to offer. Here…
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 around Hook Head and…
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 and even…
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 animals and…
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 consisting of sandstones and…
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