Dave Fisherman's Rubbish Bin

Hi guys, sorry for the late post. been behaving too lazy recently.
Had worked around a way to fix the photo uploading fault. uploaded my pics and now I shall tell u about my trip to YehLiu GeoPark.

YehLiu Geopark is located on the North-Eastern coast of Taiwan Island. It is made up of Limestone, Calcium carbonate, on the top layer, which is more resistant to erosion and weathering compared to other types of rocks lying below. After millions of years of exposure to the salty wind, seawater and strong waves of the great Pacific Ocean, erosions and weathering created many wierd structures out of the limestone formation. This group of extremely beautifully weathered structures made up the world class tourist attraction of Yehliu today.

We took a bus to KeeLung and transfered to another bus leading us there. It was a sunny saturday morning which makes the weather perfect for visiting such a beautiful GeoPark.

The town surrounding Yehliu is a fishing port and this is what greeted us when we alighted the bus.

The beautiful blue sea and a quiet fishing port town.


Greetings from YehLiu GeoPark!


Due to tectonic plate movements, the seafloor was raised above sea level, exposing these beautiful structures made by mother nature.


I'm here! (acting cool and whistling~)


The clear waters in small lagoons. In these small lagoons, small little crabs, fishes and sea lice can be seen busying about their daily routines.


A big, golden coloured Sea Cockroach (what the locals call them) spotted!


Mushroom rock, created by different layering of rocks and different rate of erosion and weathering.


Dave from Team Mushroom reporting from Mushroom rock.


Group shot under the shades of the giant rock mushroom.


A bed of mushrooms...


This mushroom head was splitted into half by erosion.


Potholes are formed on the seabed by erosion and when the seabed is raised, these potholes are on ground level now. The water inside is seawater filled by the occasional giant waves and tides. Algae grew and mini-ecosystems are formed within these potholes. Small fishes, crabs and sea lice lived in them.


Closed up of a flower crab within a pothole.


Candle rocks, formed by uneven weathering.


Mini ecosystem within each candle.


Fault lines on the rocks are enlarged by erosion causing this enlarged fault line.


No particular name for this. I shall name it the 1 Scoop Ice Cream Rock!


These waves breaking on the rocks reminds me of the retro made in China TV drama, "Journey to the West" with "六小玲童".


Icon of YehLiu. The Queen's Head. This is a mushroom rock disintegrated by weathering, forming the Queen's Head.


I touched the Queen's chin! Yeah!!


A cliff with a tower overlooking the Pacific Ocean.


Toufu rocks, obvious by the look. Formed by fault lines, erosion and raised seafloor.


Climbed up the cliff and saw this island within the misty Pacific Ocean - Turtle Island.


Looking down Pacific Ocean from the top of the cliff.



Different layers within the rock.



The Sun is good, the Ocean is beautiful, the pig shall bask.




2 beautiful Sea cliffs specially for Lizard Pan.



The crystal clear waters with rich pinkish Coralline Algae, little corals and Turbo snails! A marine aquarist's dream!

And... my camera was starved dead after I took this last pic... ARGH!!! This had to happened!! But, anyway, I had shot most of what I wanted to show. Only a few more left to be seen. My pictures are of lousy quality, please pardon my amaturish phototaking skills. But, this place is EXTREMELY BEAUTIFUL! My pictures are not giving it due credits! Please visit it if you've got the chance. (And if you do visit it, please remember to remove your rubbish as you leave this beautiful place. There's too much inconsiderate tourist around whom had left a lot of plastics and rubbish lying around, polluting the sea and all... )

After spending half a day there, I know I will be back for more! This place is simply irresistable!
I'll be back!
Cheers!