This long weekend has seen him and me hop into the car and head for the hills. Or more accurately head for the border. We have come over to Mount Gambier for a couple of days. It is about 4 & 1/2 hours drive from home, coming in at around 450 kilometres.
We are staying at a lovely B&B. I will add some photos when I get home and can upload them to the laptop. I only brought the ipad with me.
We got here yesterday afternoon. We just drove around and had a look, then after dinner we went to a place called Umpherston Sinkhole. There is a huge hole in the ground, that some guy planted out with all sorts of flowers at the end of the 1800's. There are possums that live there and come out to be fed.
Today we went back to see it during the day. It is really amazing. Then we went to Englebrecht Caves. It is a very popular place for cave divers because it has dry caves, caves half filled with water and some that are fully filled. Then it was out to Tantanoola Caves to see Stalactites and Sta legmites. Three very different caves all within a few k's of each other. Then we spent the afternoon around the lakes here in Mount Gambier. The one they call the 'Blue Lake' is 70 metres deep.
Here is a link to the tourism site, it is an amazing place.
http://www.mountgambiertourism.com.au/visit_see_info.asp?subcat=4&cat=2I hope that works, it's the first time I have done it from the iPad.
Tomorrow, we will do a little sightseeing then start the trip home. We usually take the long way home from anywhere we go, just to see what's along the way. I will put up some pics and perhaps a link to photobucket when we get home.
