Day 73 Denham

While in Denham we chanced upon this quaint restaurant, it is completely made out of shell bricks.... it also boasts itself as being the western most restaurant in Australia.. anyway we thought it cute and decided to investigate these shell bricks.
Which brought us to Hamlin Pool, home of the Stromatolites and also a shell brick quarry. These shell beds have compacted and glued themselves together over the years and then where just cut out for building material. The restaurant was built in 1974, so not that long ago really.
Continuing on our walk and we came to the Stromatolites, this video shows the "stumpy" narrating the types and ages etc of these incredible stromatolites. It's hard to believe that without this life form we would most likely not exist. Also, note on one of the slides the wagon wheel marks in the stromatolites from over a hundreds years ago...fascinating. And to think that you could still walk on them when Stephen came here 16 years ago!!