"Mount Gambier" a Mount Gambier Travel Page by Kate-Me

Mt Gambier is a town of approximately 40,000 people in far south South Australia, just across the Victorian border.
It has much to offer the visitor and is also a very attractive place to live.
The town's architecture is very nice and unique. Many of the houses and buildings are built of locally sourced limestone, called Mt Gambier Stone.

The area is very heavily forested, due to softwood pine plantations.
The variety of scenery in and around just this one town alone is excellent.

It is only 20 kilometres from the coast and several beaches and approximately the same distance from the famous sinkhole diving ponds of
Picanninny and Waurn Ponds.

Only 20 minutes away also is the large volcano of Mt Shank, with its summit walk to the large crater within it.

Within the township are several lakes, including the famous Blue Lake, which is a brilliant blue from November - March each year and a deep navy blue or brown for the rest of the year. What makes the Blue Lake such a brilliant colour is still a relative mystery though scientists have put forward several theories.
The lake is almost bottomless - over 100 metres deep, and supplies the whole area with water, with no noticeable change in water level.

There is also Valley Lake, a little smaller, but always green.
Then there is Browne's lake, which is always brown, and little more than a puddle insize compared to the others
All 3 are adjacent to each other, which makes the colour differences even more interesting.

Here's a better view of the Blue Lake...an aerial one