The rain held off and there were only high level clouds and sunny patches on my way north. I stopped early on to take a better picture of a termite mound:
These mounds are everywhere, dotted across the landscape on the Exmouth road.
The journey to Onslow was uneventful. As soon as I arrived, I wanted to stretch my legs with a decent walk after doing zero kms the day before. There was no sunset over the sea; I walked the length of the boardwalk, built in commemoration of a policeman, Ian Blair, who lived in Onslow for many years. From the boardwalk, there is a view of the jetty which serves Onslow Salt (one of JL’s most successful civil engineering projects). Salt is transported along the jetty by a conveyor belt to the waiting cargo ship at the end:
One of my favourite plants on this coast is the Green Birdflower:
I plucked one, to demonstrate the “bird”:
The “mountains” of salt can be seen in the distance:
Shipments of salt began in 2001. It is now owned by the Japanese company, Mitsui.
From the beach at the end of the boardwalk:
All along the boardwalk are informative plaques like this one:
At the Onslow end is a war memorial. This is a bench with soldiers’ hats in bronze:
"Our" Great Lake, Lake Erie, is mined underneath for salt, used as road salt in the winter to melt snow and ice from roads. It is a monopoly, by Cargill. There are many states and political entities that need salt and one year Cargill made the price exorbitant. The salt using entities were seeking foreign imports of salt. I wonder if they reached out as far as Australia?
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