Comments on: Custard Lake

By: Angus

Angus — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 13:01:11 +0000

i’d say it’s sulfuric acid

By: Happy

Happy — Wed, 21 Feb 2007 05:24:14 +0000

It’s a dump for radioactive waste !

By: scott morabito

scott morabito — Tue, 14 Nov 2006 03:47:06 +0000

If you zoom out you see a pic from another time of year. Everything is green and the custard becomes blue… mmmm blue custard!!

By: Gwenny

Gwenny — Sat, 04 Nov 2006 17:36:12 +0000

It’s a reflection of light on the surface. I’ve seen it before…

By: Duncan

Duncan — Fri, 13 Oct 2006 02:47:44 +0000

As others have said, it’s most likely a muddy dam, although it could be a salt affected dry lake. The colours of the salt pans are incredible, particularly in this area of South Australia, or even in the area of Western Australia’s wheat belt that are hard hit by salinity. From a plane you actually see dams/ salt lakes in the most fantastic shades of pink, green, blue (and not a natural blue) and other colour combinations.

By: Victoria

Victoria — Thu, 12 Oct 2006 04:23:30 +0000

It’s what we call in Australia “a muddy dam”. They’re all like that. A bulldozer digs a hole in the ground, hole fills with water, water mixed with dirt is …. yes, muddy water. I don’t know how the rest of the world keeps it’s dams so clear.

By: Alastair

Alastair — Thu, 12 Oct 2006 03:49:48 +0000

> Yorketown is the little town south of there

My mum grew up in Yorketown. I’ll ask her if she knows what the lake is. Or if she ever ran out of custard.

By: Taylor Green

Taylor Green — Thu, 12 Oct 2006 00:33:49 +0000

It could be sulfuric minerals as well causing that colour… but being from Canada I have no clue about the geology of Australia…

By: Graeme

Graeme — Wed, 11 Oct 2006 20:26:05 +0000

it could be a certain kind of algea.

By: Civchic

Civchic — Wed, 11 Oct 2006 16:53:53 +0000

http://www.smh.com.au/news/south-australia/yorketown/2005/02/17/1108500204824.html

Yorketown is the little town south of there..looks like it’s a salt pond that still has a bit of water in it, and the algae, hence the hue.