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    Salty Tales

    Jul 12, 2017 5 minutes
    WORDS GEOFF SEDDON PHOTOGRAPHY SIMON DAVIDSON

    THE vast outback salt flat that is Lake Gairdner in South Australia is a fickle mistress. The allure of having your way with her for as long as you dare is intoxicating. She is beautiful beyond imagination but difficult to reach. And when you finally get there, you’ll never know which way she’ll turn. Will it be a happy ending, an ego-bruising disappointment or something in between that leaves you lusting for more?

    “At Lake Gairdner, every year is different,” says Greg Wapling of organising body Dry Lakes Racers Australia. “The surface of the salt in 2017 was probably the best it’s been for many years.” Photographer Simon Davidson, who has covered the event for longer than anybody, says “the salt was superb, magical in appearance. It looked as if it had already been groomed” and required just a light

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