Posted by Sigismund on October 2, 2009, at 16:42:35
In reply to Sand? » Sigismund, posted by Kath on October 2, 2009, at 9:41:56
No, they weren't sand so much as dust, blown from around Lake Eyre in the central south.
I'm uncertain as to the role our farming practices have played.
The Australian soil is generally ill-suited to cloven hoofed animals which break the salt crust.
The native ones hop and don't disturb it.
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