Facebook Twitter Pinterest Stromatolites at Hamelin pool, which emerge from the water as the tide goes out. Unesco has listed almost 5m hectares of marine and terrestrial environment in Shark Bay as a world heritage area. But, until last year, Hamelin pool was nestled up against a grazing station, inhabited by thousands of sheep and goats. Last year Bush Heritage Australia bought up 200,000 hectares of land and set it up as a conservation reserve. Bush Heritage estimates there are 240 species of bird and 820 plants, alongside a completely unknown number of reptiles.

Source: The Guardian October 09, 2016 02:42 UTC