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The Canberra Times
The Canberra Times
Tim the Yowie Man

FOUND: How canberra s red pond got its vibrant colour | Mind Blowing Facts

Rose Higgins strikes a pose at Canberra's red dam. Picture by Tim the Yowie Man

While on a recent walk in Cooleman Ridge Nature Reserve, Margitta Acker of Kambah was stopped in her tracks by the dazzling colour of a "pink lake" on the western fringe of the reserve.

"I got quite a surprise at just how pink it was," she exclaims.

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