Random thoughts and observations
I’ve had trouble getting motivated to write here for a while. It’s not that I’ve been unproductive or away from the computer … the main reason is probably that I’m spending a lot of time updating content. I’d love to be logging on here telling you about my latest adventure; that I’m half way through [...]
This picture shows the Glenelg River near the Princess Margaret Rose Cave in Western Victoria about 25km from Mount Gambier. The picture to the left shows my princess Margaret in the cave that was named after the Queen’s sister. We visited there today and really enjoyed the experience, right on our doorstep, just 20 minutes [...]
We visited the Umpherston Sinkhole in Mount Gambier today. Once a cave formed through dissolution of the limestone, the sinkhole was created when the top of the chamber fell to the floor of the cave, creating its “sunken garden” effect. The sinkhole was created when the top of the chamber collapsed downwards. Now the topsoil [...]
I was talking to a tourism industry leader last week and asked him what was South Australia’s top tourism attraction for interstate and international visitors outside Adelaide. He surprised me by saying it was Kangaroo Island. I thought it should have been Mount Gambier’s Blue Lake, but imagined it was probably the Barossa Valley. He [...]
The final picture in today’s travel series is of Blackfellows Caves between Carpenter Rocks and Port MacDonnell near Mount Gambier.
