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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.
Blue Lake / Warwar (The Blue Lake) is a large, monomictic, crater lake located in a dormant volcanic maar associated with the Mount Gambier maar complex. The lake is situated near Mount Gambier in the Limestone Coast region of South Australia , and is one of four volcanic crater lakes originally on Mount Gambier maar.
The lake is located approximately 20 kilometres (12 mi) south of the City of Mount Gambier, on the north side of Mount Salt Road (near Mount Schank) about 3.5 kilometres (2.2 mi) west of the Riddoch Highway, which is the main road between Mount Gambier and the coastal fishing township of Port MacDonnell.
Blue Lake / Warwar and Valley Lake / Ketla Malpi are water-filled volcanic lakes, but Leg of Mutton Lake / Yatton Loo and Brownes Lake / Kroweratwari [14] [4] are dry. Brownes Lake is used as a picnic area. [13] This area is part of the UNESCO-endorsed Kanawinka Geopark, and the city of Mount Gambier partially surrounds the maar complex ...
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English: Mount Gambier's BLue Lake, taken in late-December of 2016. Image is taken from a peaked viewing platform to the North-West of the lake. ... F-number: f/2.4 ...
The Limestone Coast is a South Australian Government Region which consists of land within the following local government areas located in the south east of the state: the City of Mount Gambier and the District Councils of Grant, Kingston, Robe, Tatiara and Naracoorte Lucindale and the Wattle Range Council, and the extent of "coastal waters" up to three nautical miles seaward of the low water ...
Ewens Ponds is a series of three water-filled limestone sinkholes in the state of South Australia located in the gazetted locality of Eight Mile Creek, on the watercourse of Eight Mile Creek about 25 kilometres (16 miles) south of Mount Gambier and 8.4 kilometres (5.2 miles) east of Port MacDonnell. [2]