The Geological Story of Ballarat's Ancient Mountain Range

[@Jakeurb8ty82]

I remember being a kid riding in the car with my mom and she stopped at a road cut and we got out -she explained the geology and layers to me while looking for a nice piece of a specific greenish rock I can't recall.

[@OzGeologyOfficial]

Ahaha! What a legend! I bet she was looking for greenstone! I do that regularly too 😂 thanks for sharing!

[@therealpatriarchy]

This cut should be polished.

[@Aaron_Hanson]

I’ve often had the same thought. I’m a Ballarat local and have the pleasure of passing this cut often.

[@leandabee]

That would amazing 😊

[@matthewmckever2312]

Damn fine idea. What would it take? Gloss, 1 week bucket loads o brushes. Get to it Ballarat residents. You'll be on the news and in the papers as will your town and its geology.

[@VinhNguyen-yi1kk]

Seen the thumbnail and recognised it straight away. Cool to see a video about somewhere so close to home so thanks for sharing.

[@I.Live4oldcars.prospecting]

Me and the mrs just went had a look at this. Wow it's so beautiful and interesting to look at. Thank you for sharing. We didn't know of this until watching you're video few months ago.

[@OzGeologyOfficial]

Our pleasure! I'm so glad you went out there and nerded out on it. That makes my day :)

[@I.Live4oldcars.prospecting]

@OzGeographics you're welcome. It was definitely interesting. Had some strange looks from passing motorists lol. If they only knew what it is and the story it tells.

[@sarahdawn7075]

Im from California and I enjoy checking out road cuts in the nearby mountains. There are some beautiful ones with wildly folded layers in the Temblor Ranges adjacent to the San Andreas fault zone. This road cut though is simply spectacular and so interesting. Well done Australia.

[@llamadeus11]

I have always found geology so enchanting and have been very much enjoying your channel. I grew up around agates and sea fossils like trilobites in a glacier-scraped area in the US. I have now traveled across the country, sampling the earth. My Grandfather got me into looking at the rocks as a kid, and I'm a rockhound to this day! As such I can certainly appreciate road cuts, they are a great way to see what's been going on underground. For example- one state has gypsum crystal glittering in the cuts for a highway and 2 states over on old logging roads garnets and quartz points are exposed! The cut you show is gorgeous, thanks for showing it. Great vid, keep them coming! ❤

[@ibpopp]

Fascinating. Any other easily accessible cuttings you could suggest?

[@maryannbritz1061]

I now have a new item for my bucket list. Visit Ballarat and look at gorgeous rocks. That is so pretty. Thank you.

[@BLKBRDD]

i wish i was taught this when my school went to sovereign hill. It's fascinating to see the place that you live like this.

[@LouWalters777]

Hi there, Central Victorian here, new to appreciating Geology through a love of hiking. Thanks for this video - I checked out the road cutting yesterday! Stunning and mind-boggling! Thank you for explaining what I was looking at. Great videos. I'm learning a lot. Keep being a Geology Nerd!

[@ElliotWizerd]

Great and amazing viedo as always my Dude. You always deleviers on your content :)

[@OzGeologyOfficial]

Many thanks my bro! I appreciate the kind words as always :) You're the best!

[@ElliotWizerd]

@@OzGeologyOfficial i am happy to support you as a student. I am studing in uni so thanks for the lower tear👍🏻

[@MiniLuv-1984]

Great video, but the sense of deja vu is overwhelming.

[@jessovenden]

What a beautiful and almost frighteningly knowledgeable video! Thank you so much.

[@Dinkum_Aussie]

Great looking and interestingly beautiful geology. Thank you 😎👍

[@sabrinafelber]

Wow! So beautiful! Could spend hours watching the light play with that over time! I'm sure the camera's capture doesn't do it justice!

[@dean6267]

There is a similar road cutting at the Ringwood freeway bypass

[@TrevsOutbackandGoldAdventures]

Absolutely fascinating. This cutting has to be the most beautiful I have ever seen.

[@lilysceeliljeaniemoonlight]

I so luv how u put your words. Brilliant

[@SyrinxofOz]

There is a fabulous cutting here in SE NSW. It has so much purple in it!

[@kensutherland414]

Hi mate. I thoroughly enjoyed your videos. I may have missed your explanation in previous episodes but I would like to know about the purple colour in the road cuttings.

[@Hurricayne92]

These formations are beautiful but as a Victorian i see them so often that its typically lost on me

[@P0LARice]

I was literally in Ballarat last Friday, wish I had seen this video before I went.

[@Eric_Hutton.1980]

It is a beautiful road cut. If I should ever be in Australia I shall endeavor to visit the Ballarat area.

[@nobodyimportant7567]

Beautiful!!

[@OutThereLearning]

Remarkable!

[@OzGeologyOfficial]

Thanks for watching! I'm a big fan of your channel!

[@OutThereLearning]

@@OzGeologyOfficial oh, thank you too!

[@badbob1066]

Geo Nerds, like me, love this stuff Thanks

[@Andrew-1974]

Hey mate, I’ve only recently come across your channel. I’ve been a hobbyist gold prospector for around 15 years now. It seems that you may be a Victorian… not sure. I’m unsure if you have made a video or can make a video of the explanation of the geology along the Lancefield-Tooborac Rd 37.08723° S, 144.75915° E Massive granite boulders all over the place. Some submerged and some totally exposed. I ain’t a geologist, I only presume that they are granite. It stretches east toward the Hume freeway, I’ve also seen it at. I’d love to hear your explanation of this area, thanks

[@scottlaurie117]

Thanks Oz

[@lilysceeliljeaniemoonlight]

I have photographed this roadside bluff b4. It's beautifully entwined within ancient sediment.

[@EvilMrFoo]

12:25 the Aussie "Arthur Dent" seems ready for you

[@9greatdanes981]

That’s a lot of sulfates, we have small mountains like that in northern Arizona. Beautiful rainbow mountains that look like rainbow eucalyptus tree bark

[@Dani-Louise]

Already watched this in its two seperate pieces, but you bet I’m here to watch again! I grew up in Rowsley (not in quite in the valley, closer to Maddingley) and was wondering if you had any insight on the specific geographical there? I spent most of my childhood fascinated at all the different types of rocks we could find in a single afternoon walking out in the paddocks. My rock collection rivalled every other kids, but I sadly grew up in the dark ages (before computers) and never really took my interest anywhere. What I would have given to have had the world’s knowledge at my fingertips like kids do now. Actually, maybe I’m glad I didn’t. I’m sure today’s generation has certain advantages over mine, but they’ll never truely understand 𝙬𝙤𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙧 like we did.

[@mdavidson101]

I'm almost positive I have a piece of rock from this road cutting. It sat in my fish tank for the longest time. Beautiful looking geological sample.

[@jxmai7687]

Great idea for the lizard tank as well

[@filonin2]

Legit thought you made a third video on this same road cutting and was gonna ask if you just couldn't find any other geology nearby lol.

[@DouglasTechReviews]

Like your work mate. Have you got an email I could use to send you something to look at ?

[@martinlang9615]

Hyper interesting

[@wbadventures2024]

Next day off, I’m off to Ballarat 😎

[@stellabell5463]

Do Anthony's Cutting east of Bacchus Marsh.

[@Dani-Louise]

That is some truely beautiful rock there.

[@stevenjozefik659]

Those are some fairly recent basalt flows over there . All the little eruption points can be clearly seen . Lots of deposition layers , interesting place to ponder .

[@leandabee]

I hope the road cutters/workers were stunned by what they uncovered🤗.

[@stevenjozefik659]

If it was me , I would have been sacked on the first day , looking for gold is more fun than work.

[@spoddie]

Those utility poles are in solid rock?

[@catonchronic5354]

Explains why there are so many rock on the beaches in Queensland with lines of quartz running though them

[@matthewmckever2312]

Hey Mr CHEVRON What differing chemicals make the colour palette?

[@Seancloudsss]

Norman St here I come

[@hmp-zy9cc]

Titan, no doubt! ❤🌀💙

[@conniead5206]

Road cuttings are usually loved by Geologists.

[@Seancloudsss]

Wait a second. How in the time era was it cut? I would assume you would need some heavy and sharp machinery..? And why? When laying out the infrastructure for Ballarat surely this was one hell of a job? Even by today's standards of advanced technology and machinery..

[@bendrover]

Gondwanaland is an old theory that should be scrapped. Its more likely The earth was mostly land and 3 times smaller.then when it expanded the land spread out. This is why all the pieces fit together from both sides.

[@leonebritt4879]

How come they're vertical?

[@OzGeologyOfficial]

They've been "squashed", so to speak. From being originally horizontal, they've been compressed from an east-to-west direction. As a result, during compression, the rocks need to go somewhere while being compressed, so they begin to snap, fault, and fracture, and their tilt becomes increasingly vertical over time. It's exceptionally difficult to imagine these processes mentally, so we have many realistic models that simulate this in a lab setting, and it's always incredible to witness one of these models in action.

[@leonebritt4879]

@@OzGeologyOfficial wow thank you!

[@kananaskiscountry8191]

what happened with the northern territory

[@barnowl.]

Nothing. It's still there. I have it on first hand, word of mouth report, as a family member is touring on holiday there.

[@Waimapu_Wahine]

Lots of extreme frustration haha nah I get it!

[@chubbydinosaur9148]

As a European I fully understand your Victoria focused frustration, because WHAT DA HELL IS IN DOGGERLAND??!! I bet the fattest part of my ass that there were huge towns and cities BUT WE NEVER GET TO SEE THEM! AAAAAHHHH!!!!

[@SG-Gody]

Good work mate. Do some work on Western Australia will you please. Are there any extinct volcanoes or any interesting crap over here?

[@rodparker6530]

Yers. Just think; WA is flatter as it’s much older. Yers volcanos indeed.

[@53jed]

Vandieland is Van Diemen's Land without the men, no?

[@chriskennedy7534]

Wish I knew people who were as fascinated by your videos as i am, but sadly, they're more into Ball, kicking/hitting/throwing/catching skills Paper shufflers will be the death of humanity, IMO Please keep up the struggle

[@timheaton-caffin7703]

Looks like giant tree grain to me🧐

[@andreitone]

Hey mate, that quartz 'fault line' looks like it was created by a mega lightning strike.

[@hbar69]

Go ya halves in a DeLorean

[@freelancebush]

Again?

[@OzGeologyOfficial]

Ya, I always upload compilations of episodes.

[@freelancebush]

@@OzGeologyOfficial Yeah sorry, I realised that after I’d looked at it. My mistake. Great vids man👍🍻

[@Gealaiche]

Jeebus mate i think you just explained to me why Shepp is so bloody boring. We're a primordial ocean floor but do we get Trilobites at least...... nope not a bloody thing.......🙄

[@OzGeologyOfficial]

I feel ya mate. I'm not sure if you're like me, but if you are, I'll hint you in on a little known fact. Shepp and the surrounding alluvial plains are obscuring old shallow deep leads. There's a lot of gold to be found that was never touched there because people never realized this. You also have 3 volcanoes in your town and a huge volcanic province in Dookie, so there's volcanic leads too. They're deep in a Dookie but shallow in Shepp. I figured I'd try to make the land a bit more interesting for ya ;) hahaha enjoy!

[@Gealaiche]

@@OzGeologyOfficial Lol. Thanks man i always told mum there was gold there when she told me off for digging holes in the back yard 😁Also i was going to ask about Dookie and Mount Major and if it was related to the Violet Town structure that you mentioned in another video.....Keep up the excellent content matey 👍

[@fredsmith2277]

go victoria, well done ???