Shell beach is a truly amazing place- not for the variety of shell material- or for the shell collecting possibilities (NOT POSSIBLE- which did upset Amelia), but for the sheer abundance of beautiful tiny white shells. The majority of shells are from the same family- cockles and have been drifting in for about 4000, building up to around 5 metres deep. Over the years the shells in the beach ridges have compacted cementing together with rainwater dissolving the calcium carbonate which triggers a bonding action. The shells closer to the beach are obviously looser, while those inland are quite solid and have actually been mined into blocks and used for building. In Denham the Anglican church is made up of shell blocks. Some of the material has also been used for shell grit for chickens.
The strop when it was time to go!
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