從阿德萊德到墨爾本之三走大洋路

兒童動物園裡的 荷蘭 豬




住在Glenelg,但是這麼多天連沙灘都沒有踩一踩. 起了一個大早, 說什麼也不能帶著這個遺憾離開Adelaide.
在Stanford眺望清晨的Glenelg Jetty.









旅程還需繼續, 向 大洋路 進發!
今天的行程如下: Adelaide => Naracoorte => Mount Gambier => Portland

這次由於方向相反, 外加白天,又沒有什麼回家的感覺,反正是出來閑逛,所以感覺好多了. 正好也看清楚了一路的景色, 離Naracoorte不遠,路邊出現了大片大片的葡萄林和酒莊. 喜歡葡萄酒的同學們可以下去看看.
Naracoorte 是世界級的化石岩洞遺產, 至於它為什麼那麼重要,下麵有介紹:
Naracoorte Caves National Park is South Australia's only World Heritage site. The site was officially recognised in 1994 because of the importance of the fossils in the caves, preserving the bones of megafauna that became extinct roughly 60,000 years ago. There are 21 known fossil deposits in the park.
The caves have acted as pitfall traps, collecting animals for at least 500,000 years, preserving the most complete fossil record we have for this period of time. The fossil record covers several ice ages and the arrival of humans in the area.
The caves contain clues to help interpret the geological and evolutionary history of Australia.
The bones of Megafauna species such as Thylacoleo carnifex Marsupial Lion, Thylacine, Zygomaturus and sthenurine kangaroos have been found in the fossil deposits.
Palaeontologists have excavated and dated many of the fossils in Naracoorte Caves and have reconstructed the skeletons of a number of the megafauna that inhabited the area so many years ago.
Naracoorte岩洞官方網站: http://www.environment.sa.gov.au/naracoorte/Home
如果不想留下遺憾,最好事先根據tour的時間安排一下 http://www.environment.sa.gov.au/naracoorte/plan-your-visit/tour-prices-and-times
因為這裡是計劃之外,我們當時只去了Alexandra Cave, 地貌最漂亮的一個. 但是Victoria Fossil Cave 裡面有完整的動物化石. 現在想想有點虧, 下次再來這裡又不知道猴年馬月了.
Victoria Fossil Cave 是在1969年被兩個探險者發現的, 裡面堆滿了化石. 我絕對推薦這個岩洞. 有關岩洞的介紹 http://www.environment.sa.gov.au/naracoorte/discover/under-the-ground/victoria-fossil-cave
Alexandra Cave ( http://www.environment.sa.gov.au/naracoorte/discover/under-the-ground/alexandra-cave ) 只是地貌比較多變,但是這些東西國內或者其他地區已經看過很多. 裡面只有幾塊化石塊,看不到完整的骨架.











從每年的十二月到三月間,湖水會呈現生氣勃勃的鈷藍色;到了四月之後,則漸漸轉回冷調的鐵灰色,直到下一個十二月。造成這個現象的原因至今仍然未有定論,較被採信說法是:夏季時攝氏 20 度的表層水溫使得碳酸鈣從水中分離出來,形成極小的碳酸鈣微晶;陽光經過散射後,便形成了湛藍水色。到了冬季,湖水被充分的混和;最近的研究顯示,在這個階段中湖水內丹寧酸與碳酸鈣微粒的混和結果,就是陰郁水色的成因。此外,太陽光的入射角度也會影響水色的表現。而湖水中浮游生物的季節性活動可能也在水色變化上起著推波助瀾的作用
果然名不虛傳, 湖水確實散髮出奇異的藍色



下麵那張照片是從網上找的。
