Pink Lake

After leaving Kalbarri we headed south along the coast road to Cervantes via Port Gregory which is a 'serious' fishing hamlet.  By serious, I mean, fishermen go fishing up the beach on quad bikes.....they need them for all their gear.   The main catch in the area is lobster.

John and view up the beach at Port Gregory

Morning Stop - John, Deb and Nick waiting whilst I made morning coffee. 

Whilst we were stopped there for morning tea, we watched a large truck reverse onto the jetty, unload some crates and wait for a fishing boat to come in that we could see way out in the distance.

We watched the fishing boat coming and thought it would take a lot longer to get to the jetty than it did....it must have been flying.  There was a natural opening in the reef what we could not really see, which is why it took a  shorter the time for vessel to arrive.

Port Gregory has a natural harbour surrounded by 5 kms of exposed reef, a large jetty and water-ski area, although in this cold weather, there were no water skiers, trust me.    I am told the area is also popular for wind-surfing and sand boarding.

The area is also well known for the Pink Lake.  The colour of the lake is due to a bacteria that is trapped in the salt granules.  This provides a rich source of Beta Carotene, which is harvested from small ponds.  As the sun sinks, the lake apparently changes colour from a pink to a slightly darker purple.  We did not see this, but the lake was pretty spectacular anyway.