The Tablelands | Atherton's Gems and Waterfalls

[@VetinaVan]

Damn, i just realised I had somehow disabled the comments again!! 🤨🤔🤪

[@contributor7219]

It'll give you some quiet time - the comments off I mean. I don't suppose you're still drinking leftover mango wine 🙂 Another great look at things to do and see in the area, and that campground looks awesome. We'll put it in our little black book of spots to stay if ever in that part of the country. Geology is always a fantastic way to learn and it so happens the nautilus shell (fossilised or not) is a great maths lesson too. The nautilus shell is at the heart of a debate about the origin of mathematics; is it something already existing humans discovered in the world around us, or is it a language humans have developed to help understand the world around us? Turns out the ratio of chamber growth size of adjacent 180 degree opposed chambers of the nautilus shell is a Fibonacci sequence. As an engineer I always geek out about the mathematics of the nautilus shell. Fibonacci sequences are found everywhere in some of the most common things we see in nature - the number of petals on flowers and sunflower seed patterns to name just a couple more. Another 'randomly useful in an alternate universe bit of info' for you - for that day you come up against an angry mathematician, for instance 😂 Looking forward to the next instalment. Safe travels folks.

[@VetinaVan]

Nature is truly amazing and yes, there are a multitude of forms that make use of the mathematical simplicity of the fibonacci sequence. And don't get me started on honey bees and their engineering wizadary! The debate about the hexagons structural advantages still rages on today! Getting this video up was a bit of a rush as Eli and I left Mareeba on Thursday with the van and arrived in Melbourne yesterday! Everyone else flew down. Danm it's cold!! Safe travels.😄😄

[@contributor7219]

@@VetinaVan Enjoy Melbourne and seeing family. We spent the day in Geelong yesterday seeing off my cousin and her hubby on the Spirit to Tassie. They had just finished their annual 'escape to Qld for winter' pilgrimage and were headed home. It was a windy and bleak day outside yesterday, for sure, possibly not the best timing to arrive home! 😳