powersloshin said..Sad photo, like looking at the corpse of your friend...
This is Cockies in 2016, never been as good as the years before

After heavy rain all through 2016 - 2017, the lake level rose very high. They opened the sea channel to presumably lower the lake level to stop flooding of low-lying areas of Beachport.
The subsequent water clarity and weed growth for the 2018 season was epic.