Umpherston Sinkhole
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Umpherston Sinkhole is to experience one of the most stunningly beautiful marriages of man and nature.
The sinkhole is no ordinary hole in the ground, It is a natural wonder in its own right, forged from millennia of acidic groundwater eroding the porous Gambier Limestone.
An Australian icon of the most bazaar type, the Sinkhole was established as a recreational garden for the people of Mount Gambier and visitors to the region to enjoy.
You will discover a mix of philosophies at the Sinkhole: the Enlightenment ideal of the ordered garden (carefully tended hedges, raked gardens) blending with the Romantic notion of nature in its untamed beauty (the water-etched limestone, the jaw-dropping scale of the sinkhole itself).
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Aerial view of the sinkhole
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Umpherston Sinkhole
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Beautiful gardens
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- *Be dazzled by the water features and the enormous cascading vines that conceal the caverns beneath. *Feed the semi-tame possums that come out at dusk. *Relaxing amongst the greenery or learn more about the Sinkholes interesting past.
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Umpherston Sinkhole is a gobsmacker! Nothing like it for size, grandeur and uniqueness. The story of this amazing attraction is posted for all to peruse. My grandkids LOVED the (very fat!) possums that emerge each night for a free feed ... Read More
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