
The Princess Highway runs south from
Adelaide along the rugged, wind and salt parched southeast
coast. The dunes, lagoons and lakes of Coorong National Park
form an important wetland.
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Vast areas of grassland support native
species like kangaroos, wombats, echidnas and emus. Cattle and
sheep ranches or "stations" may be up to a million square
kilometers in size.
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Near Robe, a trail meanders through coastal
dunes and past windsurfing beaches. The size of the dunes area
exceeds those in Oregon. |

Mt. Gambier, a thriving city appear like
an oasis on the slopes of an extinct volcano, with
a blue crater
lake and two sinkhole gardens.
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