This geographical feature, not far from Colac, is called a ‘nested maar’, and is only about 8,000 years old. Nearly 40 eruption points can be seen from the lookouts. You can also see nearby Lake Corangamite, said to be the largest permanent inland lake in Australia, which is three times saltier than sea water. The nearby Memorial Dial lookout offers a view down to Coragulac House (1873), a 26-roomed mansion with distinctive cone-topped towers.
This is the first in our Vulcan series of caches along the Volcanoes Discovery Trail, which we learned about while doing Derringer’s “What a Blast” cache. Brochures on the Trail can be obtained at the Colac, Hamilton, Port Fairy, Portland, Warrnambool, Tower Hill or Penshurst Visitor Information Centres in Victoria, and Millicent or Mt Gambier in South Australia.
Other maccamob caches on the Trail are:
A Leurid View
Puddle Jumper
Rouse About
Tumultuous
Peking market Place
Vol-Au-Vent
Big Rock Candy Mountain
Mahout
What A Blast (Derringer), Elemental Forces (Derringer), Centenary (Team Piggy) and Towering Inferno (Alex) are also on the Trail.
The general cache location is visible from the lookout, so please use discretion if there are tourists there, and wait for them to leave. The difficulty rating would be one star higher in those circumstances. As usual, please ensure the cache is well hidden from casual observation again before you leave. Please also close the ziplock bag to keep the log dry.
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