The Blue Lake

Tour the Blue Lake and learn the mystery of the colour change. Drive or walk around the Blue Lake and enjoy the spectacular view.

The Kanawinka Geopark

The craters complex includes the Blue Lake Valley, Lake Brownes Lakes, and the Leg of Mutton, which are one of 57 International Geoparks.

Coonawarra Wine Region

The Coonawarra Wine Region in one of Australia\//s premium red wine regions. With 23 cellar doors available, prepare your taste buds for a flavour adventure.

National Parks

Limestone Coast features ancient fossils of Naracoorte Caves, Wetlands of Bool Lagoon, Coorong, and underwater sites of Ewens and Piccannie Ponds, with historic Dingley Dell home of Adam Lindsay Gordon.

Golf

Limestone Coast has 17 magnificent courses, offering a variety of playing conditions.

The Blue Lake

Distance from Hotel: 6.5 kms Drivetime: 10 mins
The Blue Lake, the source of water supply for the city and surrounds is just one of the lakes within the three craters of the extinct volcano.
Each year in November, it mysteriously starts its colour change to the unbelievable turquoise blue. From March each year it gradually makes the change back to its more sombre winter blue which is still a magnificent sight.

Engelbrecht Cave

Distance from Hotel: 3.2 kms Drivetime: 5 mins
Engelbrecht Cave is one of many caves beneath the streets of Mount Gambier, but is the only one that is accessible by divers.
Tours operate daily to take you down to see where the divers enter the water to explore the water filled caverns. Watch a video on how divers safely explore this huge complex of caves.

Cave Gardens

Distance from Hotel: 4.6 kms Drivetime: 7 mins
Situated in the centre of the city this sinkhole was the original source of water supply for the early settlers.
Famous for its roses, the Cave Gardens is a great place for a picnic. Its beauty and significance can be appreciated from the viewing areas.
Walk down into the cave and venture out onto the suspended viewing platforms for an awesome view into the cave which directs storm water run-off from the city streets down under the city where it is believed to eventually enter the underground water system.

Umpherston Sinkhole

Distance from Hotel: 7 kms Drivetime: 10 mins
Once a cave formed through dissolution of the limestone, this sinkhole was created when the top of the chamber fell to the floor of the cave, creating the perfect environment for its sunken garden.
Originally beautified by James Umpherston around 1886, it is open at all times, from dusk each evening the area comes alive with possums as they venture into the floodlit gardens to feed.

Centenary Tower

Distance from Hotel: 8.3 kms Drivetime: 13 mins
Walk to the Historic Centenary Tower, which was opened in 1904 to commemorate the first sighting of Mount Gambier by Lt. Grant on the Lady Nelson in 1800. Being the highest point in the district, it commands magnificent views of the Crater Lakes, the city, surrounding district including a coastal outlook. The walking track is bitumen, with rest points, and is a section of the circuit tract around the crater of the Valley/Browne\//s Lakes.

Distance from Our Hotel

Location Distance (in Kms)
Town Centre 5.00
Mt. Gambier Airport 15.00
Coonawarra Wine Region 30.00
Blue Lake and Craters 4.00
Adelaide 0.00
Melbourne 0.00