00:00Older than the pyramids, these stumps, exposed by wild weather, are a snapshot of what the
00:09Esperance coastline once was. The 7,000 year old trees have caught the attention of geo-archaeologists.
00:16It's a link to lost landscapes, a wetland, a vast west wetland that probably existed
00:22between the mainland and the outer islands. It's giving us that hint of when sea level
00:28first reached this coastline as it was rising from a sea level low of 120 metres below present.
00:34It's beginning to tell us the story of coastal change, which is very exciting.
00:39Tidal erosion is common here, but the scale of what's been uncovered is an exciting first.
00:45It's significant new exposure. There's probably 100 trees in total that are exposed, which
00:52is probably about 10 times more than was exposed last time.
00:56For the local indigenous Wajari peoples, it could also provide insights into what life
01:00was like.
01:01To see whether the tree species are all the same or they're different tree species, then
01:06if they are, what are they? As you know, were they used, how are they used by our people for
01:11a food source and for protection?
01:14While it may look like just some tree stumps in mud, this ancient peat could hold the answers
01:20to mystery 7,000 years old. But one thing is for sure is that just as quickly as it was
01:26exposed, their speech will then be recovered.
01:28So it's about 30 years.
01:29Universe 2D
01:34If you've got the scrap and the
01:34cover, then what's inside and there'll be covered.
01:35So don't tend to be covered.
01:37So there's a tension here.
01:38So there's some of the principle for the
01:40üg of people in the past.
01:41That's enough, at least that's enough.
01:43So we're going to keep it up.
01:45You're going to keep it up.
01:46I'm going to keep it up.
01:47There's no point where you're up.
01:48Don't be covered.
01:49You're going to keep it up.
01:49You're going to keep it up.
01:50Let me keep it up.
01:51You're going to keep it up.
01:52Let me keep it up.
01:53That's enough, let me keep it down to be covered.
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