S is for Stromatolites: Lake Thetis, the weird and the wonderful

Microbial communities? Been growing for about 3500 years?

So Fred looks around and sees rocky lumps....but how interesting, never heard of Stromatolites until this morning at Lake Thetis, near Cervantes. The little Red-capped Plovers seemed to love the high levels of salinity too.

We also met a rather handsome lizard this morning - in fact Fred was getting to close and it turned around and hissed at him, showing his namesake, a blue tongue. Our host at Isabella's Cafe told us the tail mimics the shape and size of the head as a survival strategy. Wonderfully weird.

Bobtail Skink - locals call them the blue-tongued lizards.

G is for a Green Sea: Indian Ocean from Thirsty Point, Cervantes, WA

Windswept, jet lagged and happy to be exploring.

As I plan our trips I google images of the places I am thinking of visiting, Pinterest searches too and I was wondering about the remarkable sea images that define this Turquoise Coast north of Perth in Western Australia.

Our drive along the Indian Ocean Drive, some 250 kilometres north of Perth, delivered beautiful scenery, white sand, and this green sea. All I could say was wow.