Tag: Fleurieu

This book looks at three different perspectives of the Fleurieu Peninsula – 20,000 years ago, the present, and time-travelling back billions of years. It will discuss the formation of the Earth – there are some very old rocks on the Fleurieu Peninsula.

Geologically, the South Australian coast is very young, having evolved over only 1% of geological time, during the past 43 million years since the separation of Australia and Antarctica. It is also very dynamic, with the current shoreline position having been established from only 7000 years ago.