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Once was

The remains of the Salt Town. Salt harvesting at the Pink Lakes began in 1916 and a small town with a school was here in the 1920s and 1930s. At first salt was taken out by camel trains (the image in the note appears to have been taken on a picnic day), then briefly by an unsuccessful tramway, before trucks took over. Salt extraction finished in the 1970s, after some some 60 years of operations.
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╰☆☆June☆☆╮ said:

Your beautiful capture is greatly admired

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6 years ago

William Sutherland said:

Superb capture and PIPs!

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6 years ago

Jaap van 't Veen said:

Wonderful landscape image George.
Thank you for the info.
6 years ago

beverley said:

it is so quiet and so still . . . well taken George . . .
6 years ago

Annemarie said:

happy new week:)

most beautiful.
6 years ago

╰☆☆June☆☆╮ said:

Excellent, well done ;-)
6 years ago ( translate )

Diane Putnam said:

Fascinating and desolate! The inset photos are great, too.
6 years ago

Rainer Blankermann said:

A beautiful landscape. A serene atmosphere!
6 years ago ( translate )

tiabunna said:

Thank you everyone for your kind comments and faves. I found myself there thinking of what a tough life it must have been, loading bags of salt in summer temperatures reaching the 40s.
6 years ago

Gudrun said:

The historic photo is funny:-) I wonder whether there's lithium in the lakes... maybe one day they'll start harvesting this instead of salt.
6 years ago

tiabunna replied to Gudrun:

Yes, I thought that photo too good to let slip. :-) Can't see any further mining from these lakes, as it's now all National Park. Australia has many salt lakes though, so if iridium is there....... You prompted me to look it up: tinyurl.com/ya6xgzch .
6 years ago

Gudrun replied to tiabunna:

Thanks! So there are quite a few potentially interesting sites...
6 years ago

RHH said:

Interesting information and comments. Great photo!
6 years ago

tiabunna replied to RHH:

Thank you, Ron.
6 years ago