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Exploring the Coast
We explore the remarkable
long shore drifting that is creating
large areas of new land which is being used by the city of Timaru for both
industry
and recreation. We can examine erosion problems
seeing how they are
being addressed by the community.
Studies We
learn to understand how the headlands and bays sort and
collect the various materials that all have a long and interesting history
beginning t the tops of the southern alps.
A 40 min walk
lets us view pillow lava formations created by extensive
volcanic activity some 30 km away. These were covered with loeses are now
being exposed again by the violent forces of the Pacific Ocean.
   Basalt from old lava flows  Coastal arch since collapsed - as arches do
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