After being pumped out of the estuary and through the settlement & filter tanks the water finally comes to the salt pans. These 1.4 metre square pans are the main production process components what with being the evaporation stage in the crystal forming.  A system of flues heats the bottom of the pan evenly, boiling at first and then continuing with a simmer for 12 hours.

 

As the water evaporates inverted salt crystals form and sink to the bottom of the pan due to their weight, they collect until the majority of water has evaporated and a worker rakes and shovels the newly formed salt into plastic draining tubs to allow natural water run off for 24 hours.

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After 24 hours of natural draining the salt is ready to enter the drier, another energy heavy process lasting for 12 hours.  The salt company use a modified grain drier called a Rube Goldbergain Oscillator that slowly dries the flakes out, by this stage they have begun to break from the pyramid crystals seen in the salt pans and flake into smaller pieces like the ones you see in your finished product box.