• Mark & Valerie’s Aussie trip
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    1Port GregoryBoat ramp at port Gregory

    Pink lake

    August 25, 2022 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C

    A nice drive down to Port Gregory to check out the pink lake, yes it was pink.
    The reason it is pink is due to the presence of carotenoid-producing alge, Dunaliella salina a source of beta-carotene.
    It is sustainably harvested by BASF as it is found in many food, beverages, health supplements and Andy formula products.
    Not much else at port Gregory as it more of a little fishing village as it is encircled by 5 klms of exposed reef, used by whalers many years ago.
    Fishing and swimming is the best to do there.    Read more