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Earthquakes is an important location for Oligocene
cetacea.
There is a walking trail to fossil whale bones
revealed in a rock a few metres below the cabbage tree seen
in this picture.
Photograph - T. Riddler
Mistakenly believed to be caused by an earthquake,
the rock formations are due to huge blocks of Otekaike limestone
tumbling when the land slumped.
The result is a spectacular photographic site
for contrasted sky, rock, light and darkness effects.
Photograph - T. Riddler
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