Farewell to a very comfy park and the lovely seaport village of Port Campbell. It is time to head for South Australia and leave this fantastic Victorian Ocean Road behind us. Thanks for awesome memories!

A bigger drive today, although only 250 km it took us around 4 hours to get to Mt Gambier.   We passed into South Australia from Victoria and missed it, but then there was the sign!   Welcome to the Limestone Coast and limestone it sure as hell is.   Some of the paddocks heading into Mt Gambier are littered with small to large to humungous limestone rocks.   As can be sign by the photo this road looks like some parts of NZ.  

Mt Gambier is halfway between Melbourne and Adelaide, sited on the side of a dormant volcano and, like Auckland, is set amongst many other volcanoes.   There is a labyrinth of caverns and caves which are not accessible to the public except for one where cavers and divers have full access to this most incredible place.   

Our caravan park is located on the Blue Lake which is an amazing crater lake, changing colour every November, to a brilliant turquoise blue, then changes back in March, to a steely blue/grey.   There are various explanations which is too complicated for me.   All to do with clarity of the water. Google it if you are that keen!   Suffice to say we missed it at its best, but it still is pretty spectacular.

This is the city's main water supply.

Not only volcanoes in this amazing place, but sink holes too!  

Sinkholes start out as caves and when the top of the chamber collapse inward, the sinkhole is born. Right in the centre of town too!   The 'Cave Gardens’ are pretty good but after visiting the Umpherston Sinkhole Gardens, nothing can compare.   This is/was privately owned and created by one very amazing fellow, James Umpherston, in the mid 1860’s.   This is the most amazing terraced creation of gardens from the top of the sinkhole to the bottom. Do not miss it if you are in the area.

The weather is cold, overcast and pretty bleak.   Tomorrow is supposed to be better.