Comments on: And so, on to Shark Bay… https://glendalarke.com/2012/08/and-so-on-to-shark-bay/ Sat, 13 Mar 2021 10:21:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 By: Helen Merrick https://glendalarke.com/2012/08/and-so-on-to-shark-bay/#comment-18545 Wed, 15 Aug 2012 07:07:06 +0000 #comment-18545 I'm loving these posts, but making me very nostalgic for our trip last year, seeing your caravan… and coasts and birds and red dust. sigh.

It also makes me laugh every time i remember we both grew up in Kelmscott. When I was a kid, our Phone number had a few more digits, but still, I remember living through 3 versions of our number (getting one digit longer each time – how would we remember so many umbers!!!) The last three digits stayed the same through 40 years. Even hubby was amazed that i remembered a time when our number was 975 826 🙂

Helen

]]> By: Glenda Larke https://glendalarke.com/2012/08/and-so-on-to-shark-bay/#comment-18544 Fri, 10 Aug 2012 06:43:23 +0000 #comment-18544 The interesting thing about the bacteria is that they built like mad in the sunlight, photosynthesising, then die down at night, leaving behind sticky minute filaments that get sediment stuck to them. Come morning they start all over again with their photosynthesis, incorporating whatever was stuck to them. Their variations in colour depend on the sediment in the water. This is a very slooooooow process,as they kinda small…
Mostly they stay where they are. They need warmth and a particular level of salinity and shallow seas — all found in the Hamelin Pool (the lower end of that branch of the bay.)

]]> By: Anonymous https://glendalarke.com/2012/08/and-so-on-to-shark-bay/#comment-18543 Fri, 10 Aug 2012 03:24:12 +0000 #comment-18543 Never heard about stromatolites me neither ! I agree with jo! So fascinating !
Are those bacteria moving around ?
Gynie

]]> By: Jo https://glendalarke.com/2012/08/and-so-on-to-shark-bay/#comment-18542 Thu, 09 Aug 2012 10:15:05 +0000 #comment-18542 Fascinating as usual. I have never heard of stromatolites and you are now terrifying me that this is only one of three areas where they are still found. If they totally disappear, does that mean we will too or do we now have other sources of oxygen?

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