This trip began with pangs of disappointment but ended with the discovery of one of Australia’s best, but little known, road trip adventures.
Kendall Hill, EscapeDisappointingly, there are no balloons or brass bands waiting for me at the South Australian border when it reopens – after 251 days – to its Victorian neighbours on December 1. But that’s the only let-down on a revealing road trip to the Limestone Coast.
The surprises start at Mount Gambier, just over state lines, South Australia’s second-largest city and one of its most dramatic. The city basically clings to the side of a volcano, which seems unwise but the effect is striking. At the summit is the Blue Lake, surely Australia’s most beautiful water supply. Fed by an aquifer, every year in late November the crater lake’s colour changes magically from grey to a blinding Caribbean blue. …