Rain and rivers eroded the soft sandstones that had filled the lagoon basin, scouring them away so that today the reefs are exposed once more, high and dry, facing not the sea but desert covered with clumps of spinifex grass and stunted mulga trees.
Rain and rivers eroded the soft sandstones that had filled the lagoon basin, scouring them away so that today the reefs are exposed once more, floating in dry air, facing not the sea but desert covered with clumps of spinifex grass and stunted mulga trees.