Adelaide, Down to Mount Gambier.

We finished having a look around the peninsula and headed for Adelaide, or the outskirts anyway. We camped at Hahndorf and used that as a base for having a bit of a look around. Hahndorf is a German village just east of Adelaide and is a beautiful spot. We enjoyed the area, including Mt Barker a lot. The authentic German cuisine and beers were great.

We had a good look around Adelaide city and headed down to Mt Gambier to have a look at the blue Lake and well.................we've never been there before! 

Mt Gambier is a lovely town with the main attraction being the Blue Lake and a sink hole in the middle of town. Both spectacular. We settled down for a few days at the showgrounds as it was cheap and had massive lush green lawns to park on.

During December to March, the lake turns to a vibrant cobalt blue colour, returning to a colder steel grey colour for April to November. The exact cause of this the warming of the surface layers of the lake during the summer months to around 20 degrees C, causing calcium carbonate to precipitate out of solution and enabling micro-crystallites of calcium carbonate to form. This results in scatter of the blue wavelengths of sunlight. All very spectacular.

The sinkhole in town is like a fairy tale setting and quite spectacular. You can walk all the way into the hole where there is a lawn at the bottom and small water course running.

Whilst we were in Adelaide we were able to secure our next working adventure. Tracey was able to secure us jobs at Innamincka, a place we love and are excited to spend some time at. I will be carrying out maintenance tasks and bar work and Trace will be reception, cleaning and bar work. It's for 6 odd months and will start at the end of March. Not much out there, just the hotel at the end of the Strzelecki Track and on the Cooper Creek, we are really looking forward to it.