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I’ve already mentioned the beautiful volcanic lakes, but hadn’t shown them yet. They’re called Blue Lake and Valley Lake. They’re super close to each other — just a few hundred metres apart. And yeah, they’re properly deep. Blue Lake goes down to about 77 metres. And it really is blue! Depends on the weather, of course, but the locals reckon in summer it turns a really bright blue.
There are parks, playgrounds, resorts and that sort of thing all around and between the lakes. It’s a pretty touristy spot. People head out there to wander around the lakes and check out the caves (I’ll get to those in the next album). I flew the drone around and snapped some photos and videos too. Sadly, I couldn’t get a perfect top-down shot of both lakes — I didn’t want to fly too high ‘cause there’s an airport nearby.
The Centenary Tower was built on top of Mount Gambier. They started it in 1900 and opened it in 1904. It was built as a monument to mark the discovery of Mount Gambier in 1800 — exactly 100 years earlier.
By the way, the mountain (and later the town next to it) got its name from Royal Navy Lieutenant James Grant, who named it after Admiral Gambier, his boss. It’s a classic old British tradition — naming towns and landmarks after your favourite bigwigs, lords, kings, queens and so on. That’s how places like Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Adelaide and a bunch of others got their names. Mountains don’t care what they’re called, but sucking up to the boss never hurts!
Photos: https://www.flickr.com/
Video: https://youtu.be/
(This video’s also included in the photo album.)
Кратерные озера и Башня Века - второй альбом из Маунт Гамбиер
Я уже упоминал красивые озера вулканического происхождения, но еще не показывал. Озера называются Голубое (Blue Lake) и Долинное (Valley Lake). Они очень близко, буквально в нескольких сотнях метров. Озера реально глубокие. Глубина Голубого до 77 метров. Кстати, оно действительно голубое! Это зависит от погоды, конечно. Как говорят местные, летом онo становится вообще ярко-голубым.