Took our time getting to Mount Gambier. The Princes Highway is quite badly broken up most of the way, it’s drizzling with rain, the sky is dark grey and altogether not a great day on the road.
We stayed at the Big 4 at the top of the hill next to the lake. I kept thinking that we had been here before, but the only photos I have are from 1976 and 2002! That 1976 trip was Judy and I in our brand new Ford Escort, the latest sensation on the roads then and it turned a few heads in some of the country towns.
We stayed at the Big 4 at the top of the hill next to the lake. I kept thinking that we had been here before, but the only photos I have are from 1976 and 2002! That 1976 trip was Judy and I in our brand new Ford Escort, the latest sensation on the roads then and it turned a few heads in some of the country towns.
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| Blue Lake. Mount Gambier |
Apart from the obligatory snap of the Blue Lake, we also went to revisit the Umpherston Sinkhole gardens. In 2002 it was a nice little park a short way out of the town. Today it is a nice, much smaller park, totally encroached on three sides by the giant Jubilee Sawmill facility. Mt Gambier is in what is know as the Green Triangle, which refers to the massive stands of radiata pine that you drive through for hours at a time.
Anyhow, the Umpherston Sinkhole gardens look pretty much the same in todays snaps as they did in 2002. Once the pride and joy of Mr Umpherston back in 1884, it was complete with lake and boating parties and magnificent gardens. Sadly after he died it passed through many hands but is now owned and maintained by the local council.
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| Umpherston Gardens, 2002 |
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| Umpherston Gardens 2026 |
