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A Mount Gambier councillor has called for a second, less well-known area next to the city's famous Umpherston Sinkhole to also become a tourist attraction. The bottom of the Umpherston Sinkhole ...
Mount Gambier's Sunken Garden Credit: getty Among the most impressive of these sites is the Umpherston Sinkhole, also known as The Sunken Garden. While it's unknown exactly when the roof of the ...
Sinkholes definitely aren't just the stuff of movies and you’ll have front-row seats to Australia’s most spectacular one in Mount Gambier. Umpherston (Balumbul) formed when the limestone roof ...
Operations at two of SA’s most iconic tourist spots have been taken over by a local council, with jobs lost in the transition – but staff can reapply for their positions. Mount Gambier Council ...
Sinkholes dot the landscape around Mount Gambier. Some have become diving hotspots, especially when they connect to underground caves. The 50-metre-wide Umpherston Sinkhole on Mount Gambier's ...
The most wonderful is Umpherston Sinkhole for its size and vegetation-draped sides, and because you can walk into its base, which is planted with gardens. The adventurous can snorkel in the clear ...