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Subterranean exploration
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From
Engelbrecht Cave
you can dive in limestone waterways under the city. However, an open-water PADI classification is not enough to dive these dark and dangerous waters - you need a CDAA (Cave Divers Association of Australia) qualification. Contact the Mount Gambier NPWS office at 11 Helen St (tel 08/8735 1177,
www.adelaide.net.au/~ecave
) for further information. They can also issue permits for snorkelling at the crystal-clear waters of
Piccaninnie Ponds Conservation Park
or
Ewans Pond Conservation Park
, both south of Mount Gambier near Port Macdonnell. At Piccaninnie Ponds, a deep chasm with white-limestone walls contains clear water that is filtered underground from the Blue Lake - it takes five hundred years to get here. Other useful information
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Australia,
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