Lake Macdonnell is located in the northwest corner of the al peninsula (Eyre Peninsula) in southern south australia, about 850 km drive from the capital Adelaide south australia, and the nearest town is about 15 km drive from pinon (Penong).
Lake Macdonnell used to be a salt mine, Now one of the largest gypsum mines in the world. The remoteness of the place has made it a world-forgotten place: driving from Adelaide takes nearly 10 hours to get there, And west there's the uninhabited and endless plain of Nabal (Nullarbor Plain), And 15 kilometers away, A tiny town with a resident population of less than 300 is the nearest Penong. But lately, More and more people know this place, Especially at the end of 2018, At the "Christmas Day 12" event, The three beautiful photo selected on behalf of South Australia were shot in Lake Macdonnell, And made Lake Macdonnell famous, Has become another network popular scenic spot.
The biggest feature of the Lake Macdonnell is pure color, one side is pink lake water, one side is green sea water, bounded by a straight road named "Watermelon Avenue (Watermelon Avenue)", dividing pink and green into a straight line into the sky. God seemed to overturn his palette here. Driving along the road between the pink lake and the mint sea, the mood would inadvertently spread away with the empty space in front of him. The purple powder seemed to be thousands of petals falling from the sky. The blue and green seemed to be the pure jade from the Dragon Palace.
How to arrive:
- Self-driving, about 850 kilometers from Adelaide; less than 300 people live in the nearest town of Pinon, which has gas stations, post offices and several hotels to supply;
- plane: the nearest airport is the Ceduna airport (Ceduna Airport) located in the Ceduna, which is a regional airport with only direct flights to adelaide, and the rest of the cities need to transfer in adelaide; the drive from Ceduna to Lake Macdonnell is about 85;
- Traveling about 5 kilometers south from the Lake Macdonnell cactus beach (Cactus Beach), a beautiful beach famous for surfing, with a campsite nearby.
Tips：
- Lake Macdonnell are rich in halophilic algae called Dualellasailina, which contain β carotene, which is the main reason why the lake is pink, and the abundance of algae determines the brightness of the lake. Like most similar pink lakes, the color of the lake is very affected by the weather, the best appreciation effect is the sunny day after the rain, plus some luck.
