Melbourne’s newest tourist attraction is Westgate Park.
The Melbourne lake has become popular on social media after it turned red.
However, rangers in the park have warned tourists against taking a dip in the stunning red lake to achieve the perfect shot.
The man-made salt lake was built to replace the original saltmarsh that was there and so already contains large amounts of the mineral in the water.
But when levels are higher than normal, along with high temperatures, lots of sunlight and a lack of rain, algae growing in the lake produce
The pigment is called beta carotene and is produced as part of their photosynthesis process.
Though the algae is not harmful to local wildlife, people have been warned not to come into contact with the water.
12 Responses
That’s pretty cool. I want to go see the red lake
awesome but scary
It’s like that pink lake in West Australia
wow pretty cool
Does it taste like strawberry?
Wow imagine diving in the lake or something! It would be so creepy!
Weird but cool
wow thats wow cool wow
very much wow
that looks amazing
well its been autum hope its not red anymore go nz
yesh scary! i dont want to go