Locally famous as The Mount, this city, the second largest one in the state, is situated between Melbourne and Adelaide on the slopes of an extinct volcano. The volcano with four craters within its basin has one of the craters holding the waters of The Blue Lake. The lake is approximately 197m deep. The city has been named after a strange color phenomenon supposed to be caused by calcite particles in the water. These particles, during warm weather, turn the water to an intense cobalt blue. The district plays abode to rich resources from meat production to arable crops and pine forests.
