Useless Loop, Western Australia

Useless Loop is located in the Southern Region of Shark Bay Western Australia. Shark Bay is a UNESCO World Heritage Site which also home to the more famous Monkey Mia. Useless Loop is a closed company town, servicing the Solar Salt Operation Shark Bay Salt which has been in operation since 1968 and whose salt is among the purest in the world. [ cite web|url=http://www.sharkbay.wa.gov.au/tourism/what_to_see_and_do/index.html#loop |title=Shire of Shark Bay: Useless Loop |accessdate=2008-02-05 ] Useless Loop has won awards recent years due its support of programs to protect and relocate Australian endangered mammals including the Burrowing Betong. [cite news | first=Danny | last=Kingsley | coauthors= | title=Endangered Animals Going Offshore | date=2002-06-25 | publisher= | url =http://www.abc.net.au/science/news/stories/s589663.htm | work =ABC | pages = | accessdate = 2008-02-05 | language = ]

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Further reading

* Western Australia. Environmental Protection Authority.(1999) "Construction of additional crystalliser ponds, Useless Loop, Shark Bay, Shark Bay Salt Joint Venture : report and recommendations of the Environmental Protection Authority".Perth, W.A. : Environmental Protection Authority. Bulletin.Environmental Protection Authority, 1030-0120 ; 934