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In July 1865 Adam Lindsay Gordon performed the daring riding feat known as Gordon ’ s Leap on the edge of the Blue Lake.

A commemorative obelisk erected there has an inscription which reads: This obelisk was erected as a memorial to the famous Australian poet.

From near this spot in July, 1865 Gordon made his famed leap on horseback over an old post and rail guard fence onto a narrow ledge overlooking the Blue Lake and jumped back again onto the roadway.

The foundation stone of the Gordon Memorial Obelisk was laid on 8th July 1887.