Today we visited numerous lookouts overlooking the crater lakes in Mount Gambier. The amazing thing is that the lakes were all formed through volcanic activity three to four thousand years ago - that's not very long ago......
We also visited the local Visitor Information Centre and two of the sinkholes in the city - one is 20 metres from the main street and is called "The Cave". You can walk into these sink holes and both of them have gardens either in or around them. The other sink hole is called the Umpherston Sink Hole.
Sink holes are formed by the action of water flowing through the limestone and gradually eroding large deep holes.
Doug & Sue are having new tyres put on their van on Monday so we will stay in Mount Gambier for an extra day and leave for the Grampians (Hall's Gap) in Victoria on Monday - it's only a two - three hour drive.
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| Farmland to the south of Mount Gambier |
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| Blue Lake |
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| The Cave sinkhole |
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| Historical display |
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| Possum at the Umpherston sinkhole at night |
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| Umpherston sinkhole |
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