Why visit?
Lake Tyrrell, Victoria’s largest salt lake, is a shallow, salt-crusted depression seven kilometres north of the town of Sea Lake in the Mallee district of north-west Victoria. Before COVID-19 curtailed overseas tourism, the area had become a tourist mecca, particularly for Chinese visitors, who came to photograph the lake's mirror-like surface during winter, when groundwater percolates to the surface and inflows arrive from the Avoca River/Tyrrell Creek system.
There is evidence of the indigenous occupation of the area over the last 45,000 years. The Boorong Aboriginal people of the area are known for their interest in star-lore and the name 'Tyrrell' is derived from the local Wergaia word for 'sky'.
