FARMER MURPHY'S STRANGE HAYSTACKS

Here is a short story. It cane be used as a filler. It has been used as an introduction to more detailed geomorphology. Students can take the roles of the bus driver, the binocular person and Farmer Murphy. View “The haystacks” through the semi-dark. Then see them in full daylight. Find out how they became a tourist attraction and a destination for hose interested in granite formations. For more advanced students you can link this material with the information included in a unit entitled "The origin and formation of granite inselbergs, tors and tafone of the Eyre Peninsula of South Australia. Students enjoy this introduction.