Here is another unique Australian coastline, comprising of countless millions of tiny shells. Scientists are puzzled as to why the live animals grow rapidly and profusely in the area. The build-up is 25-30 feet deep (8-9 metres). It is thought that because a sandbar across the entrance of the bay make this area twice as salty as normal seawater has this effect. Shell block is a material many of the old station homesteads were built of as the shell block is a great insulation.
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| This sculpture in "shell block" at Monkey Mia Resort. |
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| The church in Denham using Shell block |
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| This restaurant on the foreshore of Denham using the "shell block" |
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