A significant portion of what is now Westgate Park was the site of the Fishermen's Bend Aerodrome established in the late 1930s but reduced in importance in 1953 with the opening of Avalon Airport.

[4] Meyer, who died in harness in 1981, hoped to create ‘a beautiful park straddling the Yarra River to complement his sculptural bridge’.

[5] In late 1985 Barbara Fih reported in the Melbourne Age that Westgate Park: has been completed to its first stage - basic earth forming and the shaping of lakes and lagoons has been done for the bushland setting.

Now the paths must be constructed, and the railway line for the small steam train which will carry people from the park to the river bank, where one day they will be able to catch a ferry to the opposite side.

The more featureless Salt Water Lake however is famous for turning pink seasonally as a result of high salt levels, high temperatures, increased sunlight as well as lack of rainfall, which lead to carotenoid-producing (which gives the distinct orange-pink color) halophile (haloarchaea and some algae) blooms.

[11] Due to its distance from residential property - and thus passive surveillance - but its proximity to the centre of Melbourne, Westgate Park is a favoured spot for raves.