Let‘s stay a little longer in Australia :)

While reading some sources for my last blog entry, I came across an article about a unusual colored lake. Lake Hillier is a lake on Middle Island, the largest of the islands and islets that form the Recherche Archipelago in Western Australia. What makes Lake Hillier different from other lakes is its color. From above its surface appears a solid bubble gum pink. It is such a significant distinguishing feature that air passengers often crane their necks to take a glimpse of it.

http://nexttriptourism.com/pink-lake-tourism-australia

There are also other pink lakes in the Goldfields-Esperance region in Western Australia, but Lake Hillier is the only one that stays pink all the time. It lies about 3 kilometers west of Esperance and is bounded to the East by the South Cast Highway. Scientists are not sure where the color comes from, but they assume that a special species of algae and prawns give the lake its color. Another hypothesis is that the pink color is due to red halophilic bacteria in the salt crusts. That the color is not a trick of light can be proved by filling water from the lake in a container: the color of the water doesn‘t change. 

http://nexttriptourism.com/pink-lake-tourism-australia

Lake Hillier about 600 meters long, and is surrounded by a rim of sand and a dense woodland of paperbark and eucalyptus trees. A narrow strip of sand dunes covered by vegetation separates it to the north from the Southern Ocean.

http://www.kabavoyages.com/es

One of the first evidence of Middle Island's pink lake dates back to the journals of Matthew Flinders, a British navigator and hydrographer in 1802. Flinders had climbed Middle Island's highest peak, now known as Flinders Peak, to survey the surrounding waters, when he came across this remarkable pink lake. Until a few years ago, before they started to produce salt, the island and its pink lake were almost untouched. Now it has turned into a tourist attraction and its uniqueness and the amazing view fill its visitors with wonder.