Australia: The Land Where Time Began

A biography of the Australian continent 

This lake, at the southern end of the Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park, is the deepest natural lake in Australia, more than 200 m at its deepest point. About 15,000 years ago a large glacier gouged out the valley17 km long by 2-3 km wide, water filling the valley when the glacier melted. About 1.5 km from the western shore is Mt Olympus, 1430 m high. Almost sheer from the edge of the water on the eastern side is the Traveller Range, about 850 m high, but the highest point is Mt Ida at 1253 m.

Sources & Further reading

Hellen Grasswill & Reg Morrison, Australia, a Timeless Grandeur, Lansdowne, 1981