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The facility includes light refreshments, visitor servicing, an accessway into the cave system including viewing platforms at the lakes in both passages, toilets and range of open spaces with varying degrees of shelter for picnics and associated activities. The City of Mount Gambier also offers guided tours of the dry sections of both cave ...
Cave Garden / Thugi, formerly known as the Cave Gardens, is a garden located in the centre of Mount Gambier, South Australia, that contains a 30 m (98 ft) deep cave. The cave was initially used as a water source for the town.
Little Blue Lake is a water-filled sinkhole (“cenote”) in the Australian state of South Australia located in the state's south-east in the locality of Mount Schank about 20 kilometres (12 mi) south of the municipal seat of Mount Gambier. It is notable locally as a swimming hole and nationally as a cave diving site.
Mount Gambier is the second most populated city in South Australia, with a population of 31,308 as of the 2021 census.The city is located on the slopes of Mount Gambier, a volcano in the south east of the state, about 450 kilometres (280 mi) south-east of the capital Adelaide and just 17 kilometres (11 mi) from the Victorian border.
The Kilsby sinkhole is a sinkhole located near Mount Gambier in South Australia. Since the late 1960s, the naturally occurring karst sinkhole has been used for recreational diving as well as civilian and police diver training. By visiting the Kilsby Sinkhole website, public can now access the site via a pre booked Sinkhole Tour or Snorkelling Tour.
Local government area in South Australia City of Mount Gambier South Australia Location of the City of Mount Gambier in blue Population 26,276 (2016 census) • Density 85.31/km 2 (221.0/sq mi) Established 1876 Area 308 km 2 (118.9 sq mi) Mayor Lynette Martin Council seat Mount Gambier Region Limestone Coast State electorate(s) Mount Gambier Federal division(s) Barker Website City of Mount ...
The visitor centre is a 2,500 m 2 (27,000 sq ft) rectangular building that lies north of the Gardiner Expressway, and south of Garrison Common. [84] The contract to design the building was awarded to Patkau Architects , in collaboration with Kearns Mancini Architects in December 2009. [ 85 ]
The Boandik (or Bungandidj) people occupied the area before the colonisation of South Australia. [2]Centenary Tower (2013) When Stephen Henty of Portland happened upon the dormant Mount Gambier volcano in 1839, the Valley Lake and the Blue Lake were considered a good source of water for future settlers in the new colony of South Australia.