G'day Giant's Causeway!
YOU may not realise it but there's more than one Giant's Causeway.
A sharp eyed reader contacted the Times to let us know about another Giant’s Causeway - in Australia.
It is on the eastern coast, right on the Queensland-New South Wales border.
As you can see from the pictures, the Australian causeway is formed from columnar basalt, giving a similar appearance to our own Co Antrim version.
The sign is not up to our North Coast standards but it clearly points the way to the Giant’s Causeway.
A little research shows that the other Giant’s Causeway lies just of the point of Fingal Head, one kilometre south of the Queensland border and just a few hours by road from Brisbane in Queensland.
It is clearly visible between Fingal Head and a small uninhabited island just off the shore, Cook Island.
Local sources say that the outcrop is named after the Co Antrim world heritage site.
The area is well known in Australia and attracts tourists from far and wide.
Like the North Coast, surfing is a major attraction in the area but the dangers there are quite a bit different to the dangers on our own coastline.
Visitors often tell about seeing pods of dolphins playing in the surf, but there is always the fear of something more sinister calling by.
Sharks are believed to be frequent visitors but that doesn’t stop people enjoying the waves.
Although not to the same scale as the Co Antrim Giant’s Causeway, this Australian cousin is a renowned and well documented attraction for visitors and geologists from across the globe.
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