Blue Lake Lookout
Lookout · Limestone Coast, SA
Photo: S5A-0043, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Mount Gambier is a maar volcano complex of four craters — Blue Lake, Valley Lake, Leg of Mutton Lake and Brownes Lake — believed to have last erupted a little before 6,000 years ago and considered dormant rather than extinct (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Gambier_(volcano))
The Blue Lake, a 75-metre-deep crater lake, changes colour with the seasons, appearing steel-grey in winter and cobalt blue in summer, and is a source of the city's drinking water
Mount Gambier's Blue Lake is 75 metres deep and hosts fields of large stromatolites, an unusual aquatic feature for a lake of this kind.
Closest campgrounds
Blue Lake Holiday Park
Mount Gambier · under 1 km away in a straight line
Pine Country Caravan Park
Moorak · 2 km away in a straight line
Mt Gambier Central Caravan Park
Mount Gambier · 2 km away in a straight line
Mt Gambier Central Caravan Park - East
Mount Gambier · 2 km away in a straight line
Kalganyi Holiday Park
Mount Gambier · 5 km away in a straight line
More walks and nature nearby
Location from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Distances are in a straight line, so the drive or walk is longer. Check the park’s own site for track closures and conditions before you go.
