There’s something truly mesmerizing about pink lakes and they can be found on pretty much every continent, but Australia is home to more of them than any other. Pink lakes are an especially popular attraction in Western Australia and here are three that you have to see to believe.
Lake Hillier
Located on the edge of Middle Island, Lake Hiller is one of the most iconic saline pink lakes in the entire world. Like most lakes in this color, it owes its vibrant shade to the presence of salt-tolerant algae that produces unique organisms, known as Dunaliella salina.
Hutt Lagoon
Located in close proximity to Kalbarri National Park, Hutt Lagoon is a little bit easier to access than Lake Hillier since it’s not a part of an island. They’re both pink due to the presence Dunaliella salina, but Hutt Lagoon is even a better example of this natural phenomenon since it’s home to the world’s largest microalgae production plant.
Lake Spencer
Lake Spencer in the Goldfields-Esperance region is also known as Pink Lake, but it doesn’t necessarily live up to its nickname. Its water used to be pink due to salt concentration, but external changes and weather conditions affected it over the years, and the lake is blue-violet in hue these days.