Changing the way you look at the world
One thrill about being a geologist with Creation Ministries International is that people ask about amazing places all over the world. I get to ‘travel’ the globe with a purpose. Someone asked today if I knew about La Piedra Del … Continued
One interesting feature of the rocks around Canberra is that they are confined to a small time-interval on the geological column, that is from the Middle Ordovician to the Late Silurian (see figure 1 for the location of these rocks … Continued
Recently, I visited Canberra, Australia, and checked some of the geological information about that region. I wanted to understand where the rocks around Canberra fitted with Noah’s Flood. Canberra is the federal capital city of Australia where the houses of … Continued
The landscapes of Central Australia provide amazing insights into the way the waters of Noah’s Flood drained from the continent. Figure 1 from Google Earth shows the area immediately south of the mission station of Hermannsburg. The course of the … Continued
A friend on Facebook asked how to explain another area of the world from the Flood perspective. Hi Tas, just wondering if you have any information about the Historic Volcanic Region of central Victoria. Everything I can find all talks … Continued
I’m frequently asked if there is a creation explanation for the geology of such-and-such a place, and that keeps me exploring locations all over the world. The latest request was for the Canary Islands. While I have ‘your ear’, a … Continued
The spectacular geology and landforms of the MacDonnell Ranges in Central Australia are graphically revealed in Ormiston Gorge, which cuts some 300 metres deep through a high ridge, around 135 km west of Alice Springs. The gorge exposes thick strata … Continued
The latest issue of Journal of Creation is hot off the press again. I’ve had the privilege of seeing one of the first copies. Journal of Creation 28(1) April 2014 features Mars on its cover and has many excellent articles … Continued
Mount Warning (figure 1) with its distinctive bulbous flank rises 1156 metres above sea level in northern New South Wales. Lieutenant James Cook named the mountain on 17 May 1770 as he sailed up the east coast of Australia. The … Continued
In January 2014, I visited Bendigo in Victoria, one of the towns made famous when gold was discovered in 1851. During the ensuing gold rush to the region, the Australian population tripled in just ten years. The gold in the … Continued