Shark Bay: stromatolites, Monkey Mia and Shell Beach

We drove to the Shark Bay Peninsula. On the way to Monkey Mia we visited the stromatolites in Hamelin Bay. Stromatolites are considered "living fossils". living microbes that build the stromatolites are similar to those found in 3,500 million-year-old rocks which are the earliest record of life on earth. Shark Bay is one of only two places on earth where living marine stromatolites exist. In Monkey Mia which is a real tourist spot we encounted pelicans and dolphins. On the way back we visited Shell Beach which is made up of millions of tiny shells.