Gulf of Carpentaria Materials:Canvas - Stretched with Float Frame a vast salt basin framed

a vast salt basin framed by the ochres of the outback

and ecology in Australia’s inland deserts

sediment flows

where the outback stretches endlessly to the horizon

seeping through the porous ground

Gulf of Carpentaria Materials:Canvas - Stretched with Float Frame a vast salt basin framedGulf of Carpentaria 9538 Limited Edition 10 The salt pans of the southeastern Gulf of Carpentaria shores are the result of complexly interacting factors. In summer (November to April), with very flat land drainage, monsoonal rain, magnified tides, and wind piling up the sea on shore, the salt pan area is submerged by the sea, and behind it the land area is submerged by the drainage water backing up the blocked rivers. During the dry season (May to