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Tag - Mount Gambier

Sinkholes, volcanoes and gannets

A mix of things today. The day started with a glimpse of weird Victoriana. We drove a short way to the east of Mount Gambier to the Umpherston sinkhole. This is, as the name suggests, a limestone sinkhole. The cave that was originally formed by the limestone dissolving eventually became so unstable that the roof collapsed, forming the sinkhole. Some of the sinkholes...

Meandering to Mount Gambier

This morning we escaped the campsite before 10am ensuring we weren’t sanctioned for being lazy …. We left Robe and headed half an hour down the road to a town called Beachport. This does pretty much what is says on the tin – it has a beach and it used to be a port. It is now though a lovely spot. We parked at the tourist information (combined again...