Lake Tyrrell (Lake Tyrrell, is located in the northwest inland of Victoria, about 410 kilometers southeast of Melbourne, the capital of Victoria, and 450 kilometers to the west from Adelaide, the capital of South Australia. It covers an area of more than 20, 000 hectares and is the largest salt lake in Victoria.
Lake Tyrrell has a long history, deposited by quicksand from (Tyrrell Creek) in Tyre Creek. Over time, a huge salt lake has been formed with underground saltwater. The salt extracted from the lake can reach 100000 tons a year. Lake Tyrrell is a tourist destination, the lake is extremely pure as a mirror, can reflect the sky, white clouds, so it is also known as Mirror Lake. And Lake Tyrrell is also the best place to watch stars, with the naked eye can see the sky full of stars and Milky way, extremely spectacular. Since Lake Tyrrell is a salt lake, the water level will be compared with the seasonality. July-October is usually the best time to travel, and the amount of water is just right.
Accommodation options:
- Camping, taking a tent to camp by the lake, camping here at night, watching the lake reflect the Milky way at night, could not be romantic;
- There are two hotels, a car and a motel, in the nearest town of Sea Lake, with few options and not very good conditions, so it is best to book in advance;
- About 50 minutes' drive from Sea Lake is a larger town called Swan Hill, located on the border between Victoria and New South Wales, with more accommodation options than Sea Lake.
If you want to see the starry friends, and do not want to camp, then before leaving must check the moon rise and fall time, if the moon hangs high in the sky, the starry effect will be greatly reduced, recommend a website can view the moon rise and fall time, try to choose the moon to fall early or get up late days, so that you can see the beautiful starry sky without staying up late. Website address: http://australia51.com/moonrise.php, location choose Bendigo on the line.
