456 PROCEEDINGS OF SECTION E. 



A'iew of the Corner Inlet and Wilson's Promontory to the south. 

 From Foster, Tertiary alluvial flats borderinoj Corner Inlet extend 

 to Welshpool, with the Mesozoic hills in close proximity to the 

 north, and trending north-east towards Yarram. 



The Coastline. 



Following the coastline from Foster round Wilson's Promontory 

 to Cape Woolamai the following features are observed : — Sand 

 dunes occupy the intervening area between the low slopes of the 

 Hoddle Range and the promontory, and between Corner Inlet and 

 Waratah Bay. At the base of the promontory a small valley with 

 fine alluvial flats separates the older sand dunes from tlie ridges 

 which rise towards Mounts Boulder, Oberon, and others to an 

 elevation of 2,o00ft. On the eastern side Sealer's and Refuge 

 Cove and Waterloo Bay form indentations between several rocky 

 prominences, known as Cape Wellmiiton, Brown's Head, Sec. On 

 the extreme south point the lighthouse is erected at an elevation 

 of nearly 400ft. above sea level. On the western side Leonard, 

 Norman, and Oberon bays indent the coastline ; and from a point 

 opposite the lighthouse, known as South-West Point, the coast 

 curves to the east, north, and west to Cape Liptrap, forming 

 Waratah Bay. Massive granite rocks cover the whole of the 

 irregular mass of peaks and ridges which form the promontory. 

 From the south point several islands extend into Bass Straits. 

 From the entrance to the Darly River, on the eastern side, a con- 

 tinuous stretch of sand dunes prevails to beyond Shallow Inlet, 

 where Silurian rocks, forming a low ridge from the Hoddle Range, 

 occupy the strand, and are thence continuous to beyond Cape 

 Liptrap. Beyond this the sand dimes again occur, and extend 

 uninterruptedly to Anderson's Inlet and Cape Paterson. At Cape 

 Paterson the Mesozoic rocks outcrop for several miles, with occa- 

 sional cliffs and jutting bluffy headlands, not more than 100ft. in 

 height. Another continuous sandy beach extends to the mouth of 

 the Powlett, near Kilcunda, where the Mesozoic rocks again form 

 a rocky strand, with a succession of cliffs to Griffith's Point. 



GEOLOGICAL STRUCTURE. 

 Prk-Simjrian or Cambrian. 



At Waratah Bay the Upper Silurian conglomerates and lime- 

 stones are seen to rest on distinctly bedded compact rocks of a 

 felsitic character dipping to the north-west, while the overlying 

 limestone beds dip to the south-east. From the lithological 

 resemblance of these older rocks to Cambrian I am inclined to 

 ccmsider timt we have here the remains of a formation which is 

 conspicuously absent from Victoria, although well developed in 

 South Australia. 



