At first glance, inland saline ecosystems may look like barren wastelands. Look a little closer and you’ll see a hidden world of small and beautiful salt-tolerant plants and invertebrates thriving in these seemingly inhospitable conditions.
 Join us  for Heritage Talk and subsequent Salt Pans Tour to  explore what happens when geology, climate, and oceans intertwine, and discover the surprising role that historic gold mining has played in this extraordinary geoecological story. 
Note : the tour of the inland saline ecosystem at Chapman Road Scientific Reserve will talk place the morning following the talk.