The lake is part of a dreaming trail that extends from the south coast near Augusta to the Great Victoria Desert country to the north east.

A granite memorial to Campbell can be seen at Pussy Cat Hill, a prominent feature and vantage point to view the entire lake area.

[3] In recent times, the increased soil salination has made the area unsuitable for grazing.

The nature reserve was gazetted on 15 March 1963, has a size of 42.08 square kilometres (16.25 sq mi), and is located within the Avon Wheatbelt bioregion, but does not cover the entire lake.

[4][5] The lake is recognised as a DIWA wetland as it is a drought refuge for waterbirds and a moulting area for the Australian shelduck.