I've never thought that I would see a pink lake. I've heard of one at Esperance, Western Australia but it was very far from Perth. Then I heard of a Salt Water Lake becoming Pink in Melbourne.
With just a few minutes drive from the City of Melbourne, we arrived at Port Melbourne and located the West Gate Park. On a Sunday midday, we were not expecting a lot of people but we were definitely wrong. There were a lot trooping down to see the Pink Lake.
According to the articles I've read, the lake turns pink when inland lakes reach a certain level of saltiness and combined with various species of algae, this either secretes red pigment into the water or the algae growing at the bottom creates the illusion of the pink color.
Truly a unique color! We sat down to enjoy the view and left home happy that we got to see Pink Lake to ourselves before it goes back to its usual colour. Thanks for reading and 'til next blog :)
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