Sunday, April 7, 2013

Kelp, and more Kelp

This is the third big export from King Island.

After the kelp is collected from the rocks it is hung up to dry on huge racks for a few days, then taken into sheds where it is dried again and then crushed into small pieces, bagged up and shipped off to Scotland, where it is used in all manner of things, eg cosmetics, icecream, pharmaceuticals, in fact so many things we use everyday have kelp in them.

What lovely colours in the kelp.





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