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Whilst Traveling between Mildura and Broken Hill on the Silver City Highway, a distance of about 290 kilometers, we stayed over night at a wayside rest area at Poplitah Lake. This area has a series of lakes which are dry for most of the year and the Spinifex thrives here in the orange sands of outback New South Wales.
Here is some further information taken from Wikipedia about Spinifex and its uses.
Triodia is a large genus of hummock-forming grass endemic to Australia; they are commonly known as spinifex, although they are not a part of the coastal genus Spinifex. There are currently 65 recognised species
Triodia is a perennial Australian grass which grows in arid regions and has awl-shaped, pointed leaves.

Spinifex has traditionally had many uses for Australian Aborigines. The seeds were collected and ground to make seedcakes. Spinifex resin was an important adhesive used in spear-making. Smoke signals were made to communicate with families and groups a long distance away, as burning spinifex produces a strong black smoke.

The species Trioda wiseana is used for building shelters; bunched together it is used for trapping fish against creek beds. It is called Baru in the languages of the Yindjibarndi and Ngarluma people, the English term is Hard Spinifex.[1]