'I feel sick': Disturbing theory investigated after creek turns pink

Mystery surrounds what is causing a creek in Melbourne’s north to turn bright pink over the weekend.

Edgars Creek, at Coburg North, turned an almost fluorescent pink on Saturday, but authorities aren’t sure what’s behind the worrying phenomenon.

Victoria’s Environmental Protection Authority wrote on Facebook Saturday that it’s investigating the bizarre occurrence.

“EPA officers are investigating the cause of the strange discolouration which happened near Adnette Court,” the department said.

Melbourne woman Tara DeGraft-Hayford told The Age she first thought it was a plastic sheet placed over the creek.

“It looked quite thick and so bright, almost like some kind of soap - but not. It was weird,” she told the publication.

On Facebook, people questioned whether the lake had been polluted.

“It looks horrific,” one woman wrote.

“Pity any species using this habitat for survival aquatic and terrestrial.”

Others questioned whether it was toxic.

“I am about to burst into tears,” another woman wrote.

“How can anything like this happen in today's modern world let alone Melbourne's Northern Suburbs? I feel sick to the pit of my stomach seeing this.”

While it’s a somewhat unusual site it’s not the only body of water in Victoria to change into a shade of pink.

Melbourne’s Westgate Park has resembled fairy floss in the past but it’s due to a natural process.

Parks Victoria’s Mark Norman explained back in 2017 that the Westgate Park lake turns pink due to the green algae at the bottom changing colour after a high level of salt.

He added it turns pink most summers.

EPA Victoria has been contacted for comment over its investigation into the lake discolouring in Melbourne’s north.

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