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Eruption of basalt lava from the volcanic hill Sloping Hummock resulted in predominantly rocky shorelines and reef between Burnett Heads and Elliott Heads. At the headlands of Hoffman's Rocks, Barolin Rock, Double Rock, and Oldman Rock intertidal zonation of snails and barnacles is most obvious, accompanied by fascinating rock pools.
At the headland north of Kelly's Beach is the 'Basin,' a rounded rock pool cleared by the Kanaka people in the late 1890s to provide safe swimming for children. |
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These
rock pools contain a host of marine organisms ranging from green
and red sea anemones, delicate tubeworms and zoanthid colonies to
soft corals, ancient-formed chitons, macro algae and mating snails
or their grazed feeding trails.
Woongarra
Marine Park Monitoring & Education Project
Sue Sargent and Liz Tanner, Project Officers
PO Box 8263, Bargara QLD 4670
Tel: (07) 4150 5473 Fax: (07) 4150 5410 E-mail s.sargent@burnett.qld.gov.au
The Woongarra Marine Park Monitoring & Education Project is an initiative of the Australian Marine Conservation Society - Bundaberg & District Branch and is funded by Coastcare. In 2001, the WMPM&EP moved under the auspices of Central Queensland University where it has been granted reseach status.
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