Hutt Lagoon’s photos might look carefree on Instagram, but taking them isn’t quite so perfect.
Instead, the reality of Australia’s most Instagram famous lagoon, if you want to get a scroll stopping photo, involves careful planning, traipsing through mud and a salt encrusted back which makes you not want to put a shirt on for a while.
While there’s a whole lot worse things people have gone through (both generally, and in pursuit of a photo), in the interests of bringing you The Other Side Of The Story, here’s what it’s like to visit Hutt Lagoon,