tiabunna

tiabunna club

Posted: 14 Oct 2017


Taken: 20 Sep 2017

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Once was

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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 tiabunna
tiabunna club
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.
7 years ago. Edited 7 years ago.
 Gudrun
Gudrun club
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.
7 years ago.
 tiabunna
tiabunna club has replied
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 .
7 years ago. Edited 7 years ago.
 Gudrun
Gudrun club has replied
Thanks! So there are quite a few potentially interesting sites...
7 years ago.
 RHH
RHH club
Interesting information and comments. Great photo!
7 years ago.

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