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By dirk huijssoon on Flickr

View of the sandstone domes at Kings Canyon - Red centre of Australia
~ Kings Canyon is part of the Watarrka National Park in Northern Territory, Australia. Sitting at the western end of the George Gill Range, it is 323 km southwest of Alice Springs and 1316 km south of Darwin.” 

crownedrose:

London Bridge, Port Campbell, Australia. (by Ben Sollis (CelticVisions))

London Bridge is a natural arch and one of the major tourist attractions along the Great Ocean Road near Port Campbell.

The Bridge was formed by the gradual process of erosion, and originally formed a complete double-span natural bridge.

With the constant natural erosion of the coastline on 15 January 1990, the formation collapsed leaving two tourists stranded on the outer bridge formation, they were rescued by helicopter safely. London Bridge is a great example of this ever changing coastline.

(via geologise)

10 Most Incredible Cave Waterfalls On Earth
→ Pictured here: Ruby Falls, Tennessee, USA. Gaping Gill, UK. Waiahuakua Sea Cave, Hawaii, USA. Natural Bridge, Springbrook Park, Australia.

ikenbot:

Aurora & Milkyway above Australia

by Alex Cherney

10 Most Incredible Cave Waterfalls On Earth
→ Pictured here: Ruby Falls, Tennessee, USA. Gaping Gill, UK. Waiahuakua Sea Cave, Hawaii, USA. Natural Bridge, Springbrook Park, Australia.

A very rare humpback whale that’s entirely white has been spotted near Australia’s Great Barrier Reef.

The whale’s thought to be a few weeks old and was spotted by a local man.

He said: “I couldn’t believe my eyes, and I just grabbed my camera. Then the white calf approached my boat, seeming to want to check us out.”

White whales are rare - the reef’s rep says there are only 10-15 among the 10,000-15,000 humpback whales living along Australia’s east coast.

And it’s even rarer for them to be completely white like this one.

rhamphotheca:

electricorchid: Some of Australia’s bugs, like this Polyzosteria mitchelli cockroach, have a decidedly Permian look to them. | Howatharra, Western Australia | +

(via gastornis)

mineralia:

Boulder Opal from Australia