Mt Gambier 25 March 2007

Travelled down to Mt Gambier veering off the road for a farm garage sale at a beautiful 1860’s stone house with a1920’s extension! Worth the stop to see the house. Mt Gambier is quite busy and the main centre for the South-East district. It is famous for the sink holes and lakes formed from limestone, including the most legendary Blue Lake. Over a few days in November it transforms its colour to vivid blue that makes the sky seem pale and stays that way until late March, when it slips slowly back to a wintry grey colour – we are lucky to see it when it was such an amazing blue. Another remarkable sight we saw was the Umpherston Sinkhole which has been transformed into a beautiful sunken garden dating back to the 1880’s.
Stayed in a small caravan park on the outskirts of town which was very peaceful.