Western Australia

1. Meckering Earthquake -50 years on

 

Day 1 Meckering Earthquake revisted



Meckering – 50 years on day 2

Photos of excursion

Meckering Earthquake Landform 1968

Kockerbin RockKockerbin Rock (Monodock)

Photos of the Landscapes and geology of Western Australia by regions and explanations


(A) Great Southern region Esperance
Beach scenes at Esperance, combining beach, cold blue water and Granite terrain landscapes

Esperence beach granite headland

The landscapes of the coastal area of Esperence are characterised by some of the whitest sands and darkest blue water of the Australian mainland.  The Granite pictured here is geologically an old one dating back to the Proterozoiz (more than 1500my BP).