← Part of 4WD - Wyperfeld and Murray Sunset NP - VIC (Australia)
4WD - Wyperfeld & Murray Sunset NP - Day 2
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Trail stats
- Distance
- 129.71 mi
- Elevation gain
- 1,168 ft
- Technical difficulty
- Moderate
- Elevation loss
- 1,342 ft
- Max elevation
- 307 ft
- TrailRank
- 12
- Min elevation
- 103 ft
- Trail type
- One Way
- Coordinates
- 3627
- Uploaded
- April 9, 2018
- Recorded
- April 2018
near Murray-Sunset, Victoria (Australia)
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Itinerary description
From Underbool the tour heads west for a short distance along the Mallee
Highway, turning right along Pink Lakes Road to Murray-Sunset National Park
and the Lake Crosbie and Lake Becking campgrounds.
There are plenty of opportunities here for picnics, short walks and enjoying
the spring wildflower displays, while the famous Pink Lakes are outstanding
subjects for photography, especially early or late in the day or in overcast
conditions.
The pink colour is due to the red pigment beta-carotene secreted by algae in
the lake. Commercial salt mining was carried out here from 1916 until 1979,
when the area was declared a State Park, and there are many remnants of the
salt harvesting activities littered throughout the area.
A short drive further north is Mt Crozier Campground, where an energetic climb
to the Mt Crozier lookout is rewarded with expansive views of the surrounding
desert with saltbush flats and grassland plains scattered with sand dunes.
Looping around the ancient dry creekbed of Rocket Lake, a vast area covered
with saline shrublands and surrounded by casuarina woodlands, the tour heads
west through the heart of the park to the Shearers Quarters Campground.
Highway, turning right along Pink Lakes Road to Murray-Sunset National Park
and the Lake Crosbie and Lake Becking campgrounds.
There are plenty of opportunities here for picnics, short walks and enjoying
the spring wildflower displays, while the famous Pink Lakes are outstanding
subjects for photography, especially early or late in the day or in overcast
conditions.
The pink colour is due to the red pigment beta-carotene secreted by algae in
the lake. Commercial salt mining was carried out here from 1916 until 1979,
when the area was declared a State Park, and there are many remnants of the
salt harvesting activities littered throughout the area.
A short drive further north is Mt Crozier Campground, where an energetic climb
to the Mt Crozier lookout is rewarded with expansive views of the surrounding
desert with saltbush flats and grassland plains scattered with sand dunes.
Looping around the ancient dry creekbed of Rocket Lake, a vast area covered
with saline shrublands and surrounded by casuarina woodlands, the tour heads
west through the heart of the park to the Shearers Quarters Campground.
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