Western Springs Park (Auckland, NZ) | lake

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This is a public park, and former source of drinking water for this part of Auckland.

The area was called Western Springs to differentiate it from the Springs in the Auckland Domain to the east of town. The main source of the water that feeds the Lake at Western Springs is rain falling on the slopes of the far off volcanoes of Three Kings, Mount Albert and Mount Eden. It then runs underground for several miles through the lava flows, and emerges from the ground at a constant rate that is well filtered from the miles of scoria rocks.

Up until the 1970s this area was overgrown and the site of illegal dumping. Auckland City Council spend a great deal of time, energy and money to create this landscaped park which is now one of the best community assets in the city, as well as providing breeding grounds for many species of wildlife.