© Mike Osmond/WWFTravel writer Bill shared some of his travelogue Altaffer trips around Kimberley to Australia ... in this installment, he describes the cliffs and waterfalls of Talbot Bay.
The whole is a dream Beach Kimberly geologist.
To record a dramatic red sandstone cliffs forces and processes that have taken place over millions of years, including Jack layering, thrusting up, fold crash. Cliff all visible layers of rock, has a, some skewed vertically and folder back to the surface, creating a scenery is very beautiful, unique.
In Bay Talbot, there are two rows of sandstone cliffs with narrow gaps, allowing water to flow between the lines of the cliffs, behind the beach.Bore tide of this region is the third-largest in the world, with daily ??????? 30 meters.
When these enormous quantities of water through these narrow gaps, the result is a dramatic fall horizontal water not flowing through. gaps quickly tidal forces move, which Cascades through gaps, with water levels differing by several meters on both sides.
Another highlight of this cruise is certainly fun in our zodiacs were seated, vortices rotating vortices when we cruised between two cliffs. due to the specific area between geology limestone rocks, forces the tide has created these vortices. are constituted in one area and died afterwards, to repeatedly we cruised around them, on their edges, occasionally right into them for an experience unlike anything I had ever before.
In addition to its unique geological, Talbot Bay has also significant bird life and gave us our first sighting of salt (salt water crocodile).
Join WWF cruise through the Kimberley, 4-14 August 2011.
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