Day 4, Sunday, February 7 2010
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Today we drove to the Pinnacle Desert, which is in the Nambung National Park. On the way we stopped for lunch at Rosie’s Chicken. Rosies chicken was this real outback road stop where a woman was sitting inside which was probably as outback ozzie as can be. She was barefoot, had a very weather beaten face and looked really fierce, yet still just laid back.
After lunch we arrived at the national park, where we could then see the pinnacles. The pinnacles are fascinating. It is so strange how these pinnacles come out of the desert and taken on many different shapes. Science still has not real understanding on how these pinnacles came about, but one of the latest ideas is that they are trees which somehow got preserved and through many many years are pressed to hard stone, which then erodes not as fast as the sand around them.
Another wonderful feat were the Stomatolites at Lake Thetis. Stromatolites are actually the beginning of life as we know it on a carbon basis. The stromatolites filtered the nitrogen out of the air, allowing more oxygen and carbon dioxide to be in the air. Stromatolites are a type of bacteria and in Lake Thetis one can still see their remains, and some of the last of the stromatolites which are actually still alive.
Robert think keeping a record of your holiday by means of a blog a great idea.
Hope you enjoyed the Tasmanian part of your holiday. May you and Iris have a great holiday. Gerards Ken