Remember that lake in Melbourne that turned pink? Well, guess what it’s gone and done again.
The lake, located in Melbourne’s Westgate Park and fittingly known as Westgate Lake, previously turned pink in 2017 and 2014, and has done so again just so you can brighten up your Instagram grid.
Its that time of the year again the insta-famous salt lake in Westgate Park, in Port Melbourne below the Westgate Bridge, has turned bright pink again due to a perfect mix of high temperatures, sunlight and low rainfall. ?
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Parks Victoria explained that inland lakes turn pink when the conditions are just right: they have to reach a certain level of saltiness, and when combined with various species of algae which generate secretions of red pigment into the water, the magic happens. In other cases, it’s because the algae located at the bottom of the lake is creating an illusion.
The pink colour won’t last for long once the temperature cools and rainfall increases, so head down there and take your Insta photos while you can.
If you miss out, you could always take a road trip to Murray-Sunset National Park or Lake Tyrrell, both of which also have lakes that turn pink. Pink lakes in other states include Lake Hillier in WA and the creatively-named Pink Lake in SA.