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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Brook Mitchell

THE TRUTH ABOUT: That sinking feeling australia s limestone coast is drying up - The Untold Story

A free diver at Kilsby sinkhole
A free diver goes deep at Kilsby sinkhole, part of a vast groundwater network in the limestone crust that straddles the border between South Australia and Victoria. Photographs: Brook Mitchell/The Guardian Photograph: Brook Mitchell

Graham Kilsby, a fourth-generation farmer, is surveying the Kilsby sinkhole, a popular freshwater diving site on his property south of Mount Gambier.

The gin-clear waters provide visibility of up to 65 metres. But, as he inspects the sinkhole when Guardian Australia visits, alarm bells ring. Water levels dropped 1.5 metres between January and March 2025.

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