Kangaroo Island, South Australia, 6 and 9 July 2024.

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Remarkable Rocks from viewpoint near road.

It looks like a megalithic monument at a distance, not so much closer up. 

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The rocks are the weathered surface of a granite dome, over the course of the last 200 million years.  This is due to alternate heating, cooling, wetting and drying.  The rocks broke up due to sea spray entering cracks and crevices, with crystallising and expanding of salt, and also wave action during periods of higher sea levels.

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Consequently, there are many dramatic shapes.

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Hmmm.  Maybe a stone man has walked out of this rock and left his shape behind.

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They were an eight minute drive from where we were staying at Cape Du Couedic Lighthouse Cottages..

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There are many places for intriguing glimpses through the rocks.

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We are looking east along the south coast of Kangaroo Island here.

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Remarkable shapes abound.

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Perhaps a stone pig, almost.

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The mini-landscapes on the surface of the rocks can be interesting too, with the red colour presumably due to lichen.

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The middle vertical round bit somehow reminds me of an ancient Greek helmet.

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Rock and sea.

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This reminds me of a triceratops.

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But from this angle, a goat.

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Sunset approaches.

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You won’t be able to see it but the lighthouse is visible in the full-sized version of each of the last three images, near the left end of the far peninsular.

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We are now looking west.

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Once again, you won’t be able to see it, but the light of the lighthouse is now on.

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