Cape Riche
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Cape Riche is a cape in the Great Southern region of Western Australia. By road, it is 525 kilometres south-east of Perth and 123 kilometres north-east of Albany. It is part of the locality of Wellste
Cheyne Island off Cape Riche
Cape Riche and Cheyne Island from nearby Mount Melville
Spongolite
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Spongolite is a sediment or sedimentary rock composed principally of the remains of largely articulated fossils of rigid-bodied siliceous sponges. In contrast, spiculite is either sediment or sediment
Cape Riche
…The Cape Riche Homestead, also known as Moirs Property, was designed and built between 1850 and 1860 by Alexander Moir. It comprises a large group of spongolite buildings. Bay whaling activity took place on the coast in the 1870s…
Spongolite texture, click to enlarge (2MB)