Melbourne lake is tickled pink

By Caroline Schelle
Updated February 20 2019 - 7:06pm, first published 7:01pm
The Westgate Lake appears pink due to algae in the salt crust at the bottom producing a red pigment.
The Westgate Lake appears pink due to algae in the salt crust at the bottom producing a red pigment.

A lake in Melbourne has turned in an Instagram-worthy shade of pink thanks to salt and a tiny organism.