Castlepoint Fossils

Castlepoint is a popular location for a beach holiday on the Wairarapa Coast of New Zealand. Julian Thomson explains the geology of the spectacular rocks and the origin of the millions of fossils that can be seen on the reef.
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[@nicktorea4017]

You need to grow a full beard mate the next David Bellamy

[@OutThereLearning]

Haha - might happen, you never know!

[@muzikhed]

Thanks for another wonderful instructional video. You take me places where I will probably never be able to go. Cheers.

[@OutThereLearning]

Cheers!

[@flederfox]

Found it! i had a feeling that a channel of this quality would not overlook an area like this. i would love to see more about this area, like the rest of the south eastern coast of the north island, its clear some very strong events over time caused these deep parts of the ocean to be lifted so high and at such extreme angles. keep up the awesome work OTL!

[@OutThereLearning]

Thank you for your appreciation!

[@stephanieyee9784]

It is amazing how the ancient bivalve shells are virtually identical to some modern species. How incredible that these ocean creatures have remained largely unchanged for over Two Million Years!

[@Shaun.Stephens]

Brilliant video, thanks for sharing.

[@OutThereLearning]

My pleasure

[@carlg788]

I could watch a 2 hour documentary just on the geology of castlepoint. I would find it extremely interesting

[@OutThereLearning]

Thanks for watching - great that you are so interested

[@carlg788]

@@OutThereLearning I find all of New Zealands geology interesting. The thing I would love to see the most would be a vid on our basement rocks from 585 million years ago ie when New Zealand was first laid down

[@tumanako7312]

I worked at this point creating the board walk you enjoy, we looked after scenic reserves, and this was our title, before being renamed as DOC, department of conservation in the eighties, I later worked on cutting new tracks in the tararua,s, Mountain house to Powell Hut, tracks down in the atiwhakatu track, Wahine gorge etc, so grateful Kia Ora

[@OutThereLearning]

Great work! Thanks for your comment

[@mbvoelker8448]

These wonderful videos are too short!

[@OutThereLearning]

Just like life eh? :-)

[@allgood6760]

Awesome! ... I love it over there.. thanks👍

[@OutThereLearning]

Thanks for your comment, glad you like it

[@maurie0]

Thank you enjoyed your video

[@OutThereLearning]

Thanks for your comment - I'm happy that you liked it

[@paulwilfridhunt]

Perhaps you might be interested in Professor Walter Veith’s disagreement with your estimation of the age of the fossils.

[@OutThereLearning]

Thanks for watching and commenting.

[@paulwilfridhunt]

@@OutThereLearning It’s so wonderful what you have done. Thrilled to have discovered it as I am a New Zealander who didn’t know about this. Wonderful. Thank you. But do check out Walter Veith. He’s an intelligent man.

[@chrisj8764]

@@paulwilfridhunt Respectfully, please stop proselytising on this channel

[@paulwilfridhunt]

@@chrisj8764 Thank you for using the politeness of the word respectfully.
However if I am right and you are wrong, and if you become someone who ultimately agrees that I am right and you are wrong, obtaining a belief that Jesus Christ is God whom you gratefully surrender to, and thereby avoid going to hell by heading for heaven, you might regret asking me not to proselytise and instead thank me.
Am I mistaken in assuming you have an interest in science, hence my reason for recommended professor Walter Veith, who was once an atheist like you.
I presume that’s what you are.
There are many reasons to believe in God, but if you’re the closed minded atheist that you appear to be, you will prevent yourself from appreciating the amazingness of the number 7 which is found in the incubation period of birds.
There is more chance of you winning the lottery every day for the rest of your life than for this to be an accident. It has happened by design because there is a designer, whom we call God the creator.
You’re obviously not aware that all the incubation periods of the birds are divisible by 7.
Here are just a few examples.
I am a New Zealander and our native national bird the Kiwi will have its chick hatch on the 42nd day.
The common fowl, look for the chick to hatch on the 21st day.
Canary’s 14 days
Hundreds of varieties of finches 14 days.
Numerous other families of small birds like:
robins,
thrushes,
cockatoos, etc have all been checked at 14 days.
The common duck 28 days
The Muscovy duck 35 days
The golden eagle 35 days
The spotted eagle 21 days
The imperial eagle 35 days
Some varieties of quails 21 days.
Others 28 days.
Duck hawk 28 days
Pigeon hawk 21 days
Owls, large species 28 days
Others 21 days, others 14 days.
Emperor penguin 49 days
Other varieties 42 days
Blackfoot 56 days
Cassowary 42 days
Other varieties 63 days
Emu 56 days
Other varieties 63 days
Durban Screamer 42 days
Gannet 42 days
Ostrich 42 days
Swan 35 days
Rhea 35 days
Many varieties of turkeys 28 days.
Many varieties of small
Parrots 21 days.
Coot 14 days
Pea fowl 28 days
Tern 21 days
Crane 28 days
Prairie and sage hens 21 days
Grouse 21 days
Tinamou 21 days
Divers 28 days
Storm Petrel 35 days
Cormorants 21 and 28 days
Bittern 28 days
Herons 21 and 28 days
Sacred Ibis 21 days
Flamingo 28 days
Ravens 21 days
You be the judge.
But judge wisely.

[@frankanddanasnyder3272]

That does not look like a limestone.......sandstone with coquina zones.

[@OutThereLearning]

It does doesn't it? But it is actually classified as limestone, mostly made of pulverized barnacles and other fossil material.

[@tristanpatterson3843]

Deserves a more thorough video really.

[@OutThereLearning]

Probably true every time!