Blue Lakeland of South Australia c1937

Blue Lakeland of South Australia c1937 - silent GRG7/77/3
Courtesy of the South Australian Tourism Commission
This film comes from a series of motion picture films commissioned or obtained by the Tourist Bureau and its successors for publicity purposes. Copyright all rights reserved. Original film 16mm.
A tour of Mount Gambier and the surrounding area. The film opens with a shot of the Centenary Tower, then shows a panoramic view of Mount Gambier, a tour of the lakes, and a shot of Gordon's Leap. It then cuts to Dingley Dell, near Port McDonnell and shows a portrait of Australian poet Adam Lindsay Gordon and some of his belongings.

[@AerachEile]

You’re almost ready to accept Mr. Announcer Voice as being the guy in the film (unlikely as it seems) until “…they water-ski, on Browne’s Lake…”. Um, no that’s the Valley Lake.

[@andemaiar]

It sure has changed a lot! And yet, not at all.