Mt. Gambier’s 3 Famous Vacation spots You Must Not Miss

Mt. Gambier is best-known for its many holiday attractions like sinkholes, lakes, caves and craters and the number 1 place to be if you are a a nature lover who wants to take a trip to Australia. The place has created larger lodging and dining selections suited for either first-class as well as price conscious travelers.

Blue Lake, considered globally for its color that changes annually. This made Mt. Gambier widely known. The lake offers magnificent view enfolding the 3 inactive volcanic craters. Making it the city’s most important source of water, the lake is seventy meters deep and can contain up to 36,000 million liters of water. Not only this, the lake is known to exhibit amazing view of its color which changes from steel blue to turquoise in March. To fully enjoy the view of the lake, go to the very well known underpass between it and the Leg of Mutton Lake. For a more satisfying view of the lake, visitors are taken by the Aquifer tours in the place inside a glass panelled lift down the well shaft made of dolomite rock which passes through a tunnel.

One more must-see attraction that Mt. Gambier offers is the Umpherston Sinkhole which is likewise known as The Sunken Garden. This was termed after James Umpherston who developed the sinkhole back in 1886. The sinkhole which was shaped through the dissolution of lime stones and can be visited all the time but perfect during night time since the place gets more beautiful as the possums frolic into the landscape. The alluring water features and cascading huge vines which covers the cavernsbeneath provides the place a comforting ambiance.

One of the most popular attractions in Mt. Gambier is the Naracoorte Caves namely: The Alexandra Cave and the Victoria Fossil Cave. In Alexandra cave, tourists have many opportunities for taking pictures and exploring extraordinary cave formations. Roughly, you will spend forty-five minutes in touring the cave with your family and kids. Meanwhile, the Victoria Fossil Cave passes through many breathtaking chambers in order to go to the Fossil Chamber. A tour of this cave will give you plenty of ideas about the background of fossils and World Heritage values of the Naracoorte Caves. You should be informed however that this tour is not designed for young children due to long walks up and down the caves’ chambers.

Although there are still many other tourist destinations in Mount Gambier, the places cited above are without a doubt the most popular.