CERVANTES WA WESTERN AUSTRALIA
caravan trip 2007 Cervantes, Western Australia From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search This article concerns the town. For other uses, see Cervantes (disambiguation) Cervantes Western Australia Stromatolites at Lake Thetis, Western Australia Population: 503[1] Postcode: 6511 Location: 231 km (144 mi) NNW of Perth 257 km (160 mi) SSE of Geraldton 109 km (68 mi) W of Moora LGA: Shire of Dandaragan State District: Moore Federal Division: O'Connor Cervantes is a town in Western Australia. The town is located 231 kilometres (144 mi) north north west of the state capital, Perth in the Shire of Dandaragan Local Government Area. At the 2006 census, Cervantes had a population of 503.[1] The town was named after a ship that was wrecked nearby. The ship, in turn, was named after Miguel de Cervantes, author of Don Quixote. There is little industry in the town beyond fishing. The Pinnacles are nearby in Nambung National Park which makes for a small industry from tourism. Lake Thetis is a saline lake located nearby which contains stromatolites.
CERVANTES WA WESTERN AUSTRALIA
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Cervantes, Western Australia
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This article concerns the town. For other uses, see Cervantes (disambiguation)
Cervantes
Western Australia
Stromatolites at Lake Thetis, Western Australia
Population: 503[1]
Postcode: 6511
Location: 231 km (144 mi) NNW of Perth
257 km (160 mi) SSE of Geraldton
109 km (68 mi) W of Moora
LGA: Shire of Dandaragan
State District: Moore
Federal Division: O'Connor
Cervantes is a town in Western Australia. The town is located 231 kilometres (144 mi) north north west of the state capital, Perth in the Shire of Dandaragan Local Government Area. At the 2006 census, Cervantes had a population of 503.[1] The town was named after a ship that was wrecked nearby. The ship, in turn, was named after Miguel de Cervantes, author of Don Quixote.
There is little industry in the town beyond fishing. The Pinnacles are nearby in Nambung National Park which makes for a small industry from tourism. Lake Thetis is a saline lake located nearby which contains stromatolites.
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Stromatolites at Lake Thetis, Nambung National Park, Turquoise Coast, Western Australia, Sept 2011
Stromatolites at Lake Thetis, Nambung National Park, Turquoise Coast, Western Australia, Stromatolites, modern versions of Earth's most ancient life forms, date back 3,400 million years and are some of the oldest known fossils in the world. Colonies of cyanobacteria that build Stromatolites at Lake Thetis are similar to the earliest organisms to appear on Earth, that produced oxygen for subsequent life forms, including humans. Sept 2011. For more information and trip photos, please visit Olfarts.org/Australia1109.htm and NaturesPix.com. . More YouTube videos and slideshows are available at YouTube.com/NaturesPix.
Cervantes - Western Australia
Cervantes is commonly used as a base for people who visit the Pinnacles located 17km south.
Like Lancelin, Cervantes is another cray fishing town and the population virtually doubles in the cray fishing season. (Note. The Western Rock Lobster is actually a crayfish but it was re-named for the American market to avoid confusion with the crawfish. These crayfish are naturally red unlike other species that only turn red when cooked.)
The town remains less developed than its larger neighbour Jurien but is a firm favourite with holiday makers from Perth who are looking for a place near the beach to relax and fish.
Nearby Lake Thetis is one of the few places you will find stromatolites in W.A. but in this area they are somewhat over-shadowed by the Pinnacles..
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Lake Thetis at Cervantes WA Australia 4K
Amazing view of Lake Thetis with 3500 years old living stromatolites at Cervantes WA Australia
Shot on Google Pixel 3 + Sirui 18mm Wide Angle Lens
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Stromatolites at Hamelin Pool Shark Bay Western Australia.
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A visit to the Stromatolites at Lake Thetis, Cervantes, Western Australia. 30/3/2016 Part2
Cervantes western Australia
Cervantes is on the coast and has reasonable surf but just inland 1 kilometer is a lake that has things growing in it that grow no ware else.I walk around the lake so you can see all of them that are above the water level. The stromatolites are ancient and are protected.
2009 0008 Kimberley 8 Cervantes, Pinnacles, Lake Thetis, Lesueur NP, Lake Indoon
Early morning visit to the Pinnacles, Stromatolaties in Lake Thetis, Banksias and Grass Trees in Lesueur NP, Relaxing free camp beside Lake Indoon
Day4Perth Lake Thesis 2
Lake Thetis and Stromatolites.
The lake is one of only a few places in the world with living marine stromatolites, or 'Living fossils'. The microbes that build stromatolites are a species of cyanobacteria and are similar to those found in 3500 , which are the earliest record of life on Earth. The lake's stromatolites that look like rocky lumps have been dated to about 3370 years old. Stromatolite communities grow as the this layer of bacteria on their surface deposit calcium, cementing sediment into bulbous structures. Blister mats of cyanobacteria can also be found growing on the margins of the lake in the flood zone. These mats are sensitive and easily disturbed.
The stromatolites are easily accessible during the drier months when the water level is at its lowest. The best examples can be found at the south-western edge of the shoreline but they are brittle and visitors are asked to look, but don.t touch.
Lake Thetis is isolated from major surface drainage and is fed by groundwater flow. The only loss of water comes from evaporation. It is a saline lake but there is no evidence to suggest the lake has a connection to the sea. The water level fluctuates around average sea level but doesn't appear to reflect tidal variations. The lake levels follow trends more closely related to the rainfall for the area.
The lake water is alkaline and nutrient poor but provides an ideal environment for bottom dwelling microbial communities. The lake contains some small fish, amphiods and a few crustacean species adapted to living in highly saline environments.
The circumference of the lake is only 1.2 kilometres and provides an interesting and enjoyable walk. Please stay on the path provided. Enjoy an easy 1.5km loop walk around Lake Thetis and gain an insight into what life was like at the dawn of time.
The rock-like structures on the edge of Lake Thetis are built by micro-organisms too small for the human eye to see. Within the structures are living communities of diverse inhabitants with population densities of 3000 per square metre!
The thrombolite-building micro-organisms of Lake Thetis resemble the earliest forms of life on Earth. The discovery of modern examples helped scientists to understand the significance of micro-organisms in the environment and unravel the long history of life on Earth. Today living examples of these once completely dominant organisms are restricted to only a few places.
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Destination WA - Coral coast- Snorkelling the stromatolites
North of Perth, you will find a place where the sand is not sand, and the rocks are not rocks! Shark Bay is a beautiful place to understand some of our earliest ancestors.
THE PINNACLES, CERVANTES, WESTERN AUSTRALIA
These snaps were taken in 2004 of the ‘Pinnacles’, in Western Australia, a stunning landscape of limestone pillars and rocks. They are part of the Nambung National Park. The nearest town, just north of the Pinnacles is Cervantes. This is about 250 kilometers (150 miles) north of Perth by road. There is a Visitor Centre, and guided tours are offered.
The Lake Thetis
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Beach and Sanddunes of Yalgorup National Park
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【STROMATOLITES & THROMBOLITES】ALIEN LAND IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA (Drone)
You simply have to visit these places! Forget about the cities!
(1) Lake Clifton Thrombolites (2) Lake Thetis 1:13 (3) Hamelin Pool Stromatolites 1:53
1) Hamelin Pool Stromatolites
The rock like structure is produced by the excretions of a type of blue-green algae that is thought to have originated some 3,500 million years ago and for 2,850 million years they were the only evidence of life on the planet. There are some 50 species of cyanobacteria found at the Hamelin Pool site alone. They are the simplest form of single cell life known to exist.
The structures formed by the micro-organisms grow very slowly. Estimates put the growth rate at around just half a millimetre a year. Hamelin Pool is one of only two places in the world where these structures occur.
The name 'stromatolite' actually means 'layered rock'.
The cyanobacteria secrete a sticky residue that attracts and holds sand and sediment and over time this solidifies to create the structures we call stromatolites. It is only the outer layer of the structure that contains the living organism.
The structures built by these microscopic creatures can be as high as 1.5 metres and they can live in the sea at a depth of up to 4 metres. (As they depend on sunlight 4 metres is the maximum depth they can grow at.)
2) Thrombolites at Lake Clifton.
A similar organism called a thrombolite is found in Lake Clifton south of Mandurah. It is thought that organisms similar to these, originally helped lay down the immense iron ore deposits in the state's north west. The organisms seem to require shallow water and the influx of fresh groundwater that is high in calcium carbonate. During photosynthesis the algae lays down this calcium carbonate and keeps on building up the structure it lives on.
As they grow very slowly they are unable to exist in environments that have a large diversity of life as they are easily out-competed. Hamelin Pool is cut off from the main ocean by a bank of silt called the Faure Sill. This restricts the entry of fresh sea water and maintains very high salinity in the pool area. This in turn restricts the types of sea life that can exist in the pool. It is likely that with rising sea levels that very soon the Sill will be breached and other types of life like corals may displace the stromatolites.
It is also believed that these life forms were responsible for building up the oxygen content of the atmosphere to about 20% and this allowed the evolution of oxygen breathing species including human beings, so although stromatolites may look rather unimpressive we actually may not have existed if they had not been there in the beginning.
There are three known locations in the world where stromatolites are found and the other two are in the Bahamas. Thrombolites seem to be more widespread and can be found in several lakes around the world. In W.A. they exist at Lake Thetis 12 Km south east of Cervantes, Pink Lake near Esperance, Lakes Preston and Lake Clifton near Mandurah and Lake Richmond in Rockingham.
It has to be remembered that stromatolites are not ancient as individuals. They are in fact modern life forms with an ancestry dating back 1,900 million years. The stromatolites in Hamelin Pool are thought to have been inhabiting that area for about 2,000 years.
Other Old Life Forms
While stromatolites are an ancient life form, they are not individually that old. If we are looking for something that is alive today that has been alive for a very long time as an individual, then it is hard to find anything in W.A. that is older than the Meelup Mallee tree. Scientists estimate that this one individual is over 6,000 years old.
There is currently an attempt under way to clone the tree using tissue culture, as there are no others left for this one remaining to cross pollinate and so it never sets any seed.
It currently sits at the top of our rarest and most endangered species list.
As a comparison, the oldest living individual organism on the plant is a species of Huon pine living in Tasmania that is believed to be at least 15,000, and possibly up to 25,000 years old.
Ancient Land
While we are on the subject of things ancient, it is difficult not to mention the land itself. Although not a living thing in itself, it is that land that supports a vast array of life and when animals become fossilised, helps us 'see' into the past.
Western Australia contains some of the oldest undisturbed land on Earth. The eastern states were no more than mud at the bottom of an ancient sea when W.A. was already very old.
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EXPLORING THE PINNACLES NATIONAL PARK! | How to Get Lost in WA Ep. 12 | Cervantes & Sandy Cape
This week we exploring the Pinnacles Desert!
The Pinnacles Desert is located 2 hours north of Western Australia and is a must-see destination on your Western Australia trip!
This limestone wonderland is breath-taking, like something out of an alien movie!
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