Crystal Clear Sinkholes that Should Not Exist!

To learn to freedive in Australia check out: www.adamfreediver.com/upcomin...
What an adventure swimming and snorkelling in Ewens Ponds and Piccaninnie Ponds! With their incredible structure, crystal clear water, and almost alien algae, these places are so otherworldly! While I was in Mt Gambier snorkelled these spots a few times and really got the chance to explore their nooks and crannies.
Safe to say this is just another reason why Mt Gambier is South Australia is one of the most amazing dive locations on the planet. We are so lucky to have it so close to us!
To learn to freedive online check out: www.freedivingmanual.com
To learn to freedive in Australia check out www.freedivingfamily.com

[@ElectricFuture]

Cool, I’m really into strange bodies of water in random places for some reason. 🤷‍♂️

[@SIMUL4CR4]

Haha a cool channel I just subscribed to commenting on another cool but seemingly unrelated channel I just discovered. The echo chamber is real! And I love it.

[@jakethedog2934]

Odd to see you hear haha

[@billiemae6530]

Samedt

[@Samurai78420]

Come to Florida. Best sinkholes and springs in the world.

[@elahinoor1166]

Watch Mr. Ballen and you probably won't😂

[@yaslmao4031]

it's amazing how it looks as if the place is small but when you compare a human beside the landscape you come to realize how big the area really is. such a beautiful place, thank you for sharing this with those who are unable to go

[@ainsleystewart4844]

Looks like a mountainside under water. This world is amazing

[@cordeliablum3556]

10:26 wow! Thats a cool shot!

[@DaanVerhoeven]

Gorgeous! Especially the night dive. And Ant. But Adam, your mask! It's killing me! What is it, a gift from Elton John?

[@lucid0019]

Rocket mmmmaaaaaaannnnn!!!

[@DaanVerhoeven]

@Rune sssst, niemand vertellen, anders moet ik nederlands praten!

[@opticalprime1078]

@@DaanVerhoeven ek spreek afrikaans dit is baie die selle

[@loganStrydom]

No u kan jy afrikaans praat?

[@opticalprime1078]

@@loganStrydom haha ja ek se net spreek en nie praat nie dat hulle verstaan

[@wouldntyouliketoknow9477]

I really want to scuba dive so bad, specifically cave diving. However I am too claustrophobic and have too much anxiety. I'm living vicariously through these videos!

[@AdamFreediver]

Happy to be your window into the wacky world of these caves! :)

[@bigshrimp6458]

Have you gone scuba diving before? It can be very disorienting and scary but I’m sure if you set your mind to your dreams you can overcome any fear

[@itsbambieee]

I'm really scared of diving but this is really cool. Feels like I wanna try it.

[@Tristen_Neufville]

Same here i was just thinking the same thing 💀

[@RickyVall3y]

You can do anything you put your mind to!

[@auntbecky7649]

I would definitely go to the pond cause there’s not really fear for me there, I’m scared of dark water and the creatures that live but it’s just crystal clear water and there doesn’t seem to be any large creatures and it’s gorgeous

[@madrayn463]

just watch out for gators xD

[@Neptune730]

You can do it. Take it slow, start in a pool with a mask, fins and snorkel. Just work on getting comfortable. It could take time but what do you have to loose and look at all you can gain. I was about 10 years old when I went to the beach in California. I was swimming in the surf with a mask and fins. I was afraid to put my face underwater and open my eyes. But I tried it once. I saw all the kelp, it was dark looking underwater. It scared the crap out of me. I could not look underwater unless it was in a pool. But I have wanted to scuba dive almost all my life. Because my dad did it and I would watch Cousteau on tv. I eventually took a scuba class and got over my fear. You can do it.

[@strangerontheinternet3998]

holy hell, i’ve lived in this state for 13 years and i had no idea someplace so magical existed here - i know where i’m going asap 🥺🥺

[@awareness-mb5do]

so much positivity !! thank you Adam for your inspiration. I just begin my freediving journey . much love!

[@AdamFreediver]

thanks buddy!!! hope you enjoy the wacky world of freediving!

[@animalover9000]

I love your happy personality and laugh, both are so contagious

[@zerovisdiver]

yeah, made me subscribe 🤣

[@inutero3516]

as a 17-year old student who suffers from PTSD after a school attack, videos like this ALWAYS calms me down and clears my brain fog for a while. I hope one day i will have the possibility to dive in such waters and truly enjoy life

[@GremlinJohnny]

im a year late but that is so nice :) glad you have found something to help, and I too hope to dive in such wonderful waters!

[@ericvrp2]

What a fantastic looking crack! That’s something you don’t hear very often.

[@camilaindriago1076]

Found it! Song played at the first pond is called Cityscapes by Vern Matz :) hope you guys can find it too

[@PherosD]

thank you!

[@camilaindriago1076]

@@PherosD Happy to know you found it :)

[@r.manolo261]

Thank you so happy i found your comment

[@camilaindriago1076]

@@r.manolo261 happy you did too!

[@sergelucca635]

i just asked the song. thanks man. :)

[@woomeebly]

I was put onto this by KZbin algorithm. It looks amazing! The clarity is absolutely crystal, and I love watching this. I'm a total novice, I love the water and try to swim at every opportunity. I have a short wetsuit, snorkel and fins and I live near a lake. Theres shallows and the clarity is pretty good. I also would love to travel and dive lakes too. (By the way, I subscribed.)

[@ScrimHyphen]

Mate. Thank you for sharing this. What a life you live.

[@AlienorchestraNetoslo]

out of this world, thank you Adam!

[@McommeM]

Crazy how it looks dark outside and so bright and colorfoul inside ! Love the blue/green color of algae and water it's so relaxing ..

[@susanacardenas3862]

So happy to have stumbled upon your channel!!! Keep it upp!!🤙🏽🔥

[@hopeh0pe]

Love the tracks you chose! Hope to find some now and add it to some playlists :)

[@jengraham1820]

Any luck? I'd love to know who they are

[@ariellelionessofYah]

As someone from Florida, this is definitely going on my list of places to visit! So gorgeous!

[@rubenmejias7302]

I found a few places. Freshwater lakes in. Dade and Broward. That were beautiful and clear. My only worry Alligators

[@SIMUL4CR4]

I'm from Adelaide, love free-diving and had no idea about this. Thank you!

[@andersonlee2755]

its incredible how much of this world we don't know and how much of it goes unseen this is truly beautiful

[@Alexis-mo3cm]

Just looking at the top, I’d never step anywhere near it. But after you dove in it was like my wonderland.... I’d love to spend all day down there

[@followyourheart33.]

Smiling from ear to ear. Amazing personality. So uplifting, positive and gorgeous. Amazing underwater world

[@billycollins4288]

The ponds were so beautiful! I'm so excited to get scuba certified so many places to discover. Hope all is well!

[@sulks]

I’ve watch enough MrBallen videos to know where this is going

[@naimajohn6017]

Ikrr🤣🤣🤣🤣 he finna be on the “TOP 3 places you cant go and people who went anyways”😅

[@DreamOfFireFlies]

LMAO. Found him over the weekend and after binging tons, I'm here ...

[@helenbunnehmummeh5154]

I thought watching this might somehow reset the psychological balance after binging so much Mr Ballen content!

[@emmypaasio9669]

Hahaha

[@HawkeyesCool]

yup

[@MrAdrian2391]

Just saw your video for the first time, and I am digging what you do, ill join your adventure on strange tides!

[@ZacharySchmidt]

Love your videos mate there awesome! Just started making spearfishing videos myself up in Queensland on the GBR

[@JangoDripDrop]

man its been a few years but this video is making inspiring me to go back out to free dive local spring caves

[@gisellejoseph5833]

So picturesque 😍🥰 definitely one of Earth's natural beauty❣

[@dariajezierska1036]

I didn't think it's gonna be that deep! Amazing!

[@hellodere3929]

Nice Video Adam!💯

[@Larsheylicious]

So amazing 😍 you're my freediving inspiration.. Im also a freediver and hoping to visit some ponds and spring water soon. ❤

[@mariecollevati804]

Wow! Australia is truly magical!

[@tategall]

I holiday down in Portland a lot and alot I come up to Ewen Ponds for a dive and I have to say you NEED to come back on the right day. When you get the right day summer day you can throw 20c coins and can watch it fall all the way to the bottom the water is so clear. On these days all the fish are out and its amazing-same with Piccaninnie.

[@cptbarnaby3323]

Great content and that vis looks great

[@Pepxin]

Im glad youtube recommend this video to me, i dont even know how to swim but this is so stunning to watch!

[@jesterssketchbook]

the folk-rock really suits this somehow

[@vanili00]

Wow! Never knew mount Gambia had such amazing places to dive! Hello from Adelaide :)

[@bierelleve9088]

I never thought it would that beautiful😍

[@pearlsr1880]

Can someone please explain why this water is so clear? And where is there please? Wow!! So beautiful!! Thank you for sharing this very beautiful part of Australia!

[@jasonabassaavedra6358]

thanks man. i enjoy watching ur deep water exploration. keep breathing man

[@rubenmejias7302]

Really beautiful waters and incredible scenery

[@AdamFreediver]

Thanks Ruben!

[@Pmafofficial]

i am a big fan.your videos are really great.i support you 100%

[@tinacollins9213]

Looks stunning 😍

[@tavijoseph9026]

Love this. Wish I could experience this area.

[@felixmoresi1656]

i went to a pon like this and i was lost for words love this place and your gold swimsuit made me think you were wearing gold paint

[@sammychicken3457]

You've made it to our great state Adam. You beut. I recoken if I were to enter one of those I'd sink like a lead balloon. Lol Just saw the other day a Danish guys swim about 202 metres without taking a breath. Incredible. Thanx again for about vlog. Please stay safe on your travels.

[@Multiillumanati]

Enjoyed every second!

[@supaflip87]

Awesome ponds!! I wouldn’t imagine they were that nice by looking at them from above. How cold is the water?

[@siberianyoutube]

GREAT VID DUDE!!!!

[@aurettameier2720]

Watching this really gave me nostalgia and lonely feeling

[@Naut1188]

Definitely one of your most interesting videos

[@Cami5039]

It is wonderful in every sense of the word. 👍

[@opticalprime1078]

U need to upload again!! We need this positivityyyy

[@user-ng6zf5ke9p]

The underwater picture looks very beautiful👍

[@eNeVeFamily]

That is so amazing. It's like an underwater world in somebodies backyard.

[@yannickvanmaasdam6310]

thankyou :) this video made me feel unexpectedly relaxed in between learing for school. the music is great. im just wondering why there is such little life in these waters eventough they seem like a nice place to live.

[@benedictperez8679]

wooow. Great experience even just in the video. Hope to experience freediving. :) Do you have extra fins that I can use?

[@austinmccarthy9572]

Loved to see the yabbies!

[@annemacleod1421]

Was introduced to you by Riley & Elayna (Sailing La Vagabonde)… they said you laugh a lot… your personality is as buoyant as you are in the water! 🐑🐑🇳🇿🇳🇿👏🏼👏🏼NZ

[@HandyC]

Oh Wow, the KZbin algorithm pulled a perfect score with this one. Subscribed Been diving since 1999. learnt specifically to go to Oz (I'm British) EPIC......

[@mudrabbit84]

nindota diri oi! hope i could visit this kind of place in the world! thanks adam! salamat!

[@aetti31]

Nice video.... the little fish in the second pond are Nannoperca australis a rare endemic to the area.... no photage around cool you included this! Something for the fishnerds Thanks!

[@philipp3547]

So glad i found your channel

[@zbeekerm]

Great viddy! You should go diving out in the Kimberly in WA! If you go to a remote enough place (like sections to f the Drysdale or Carson rivers you can see tons of freshies, and the black brim are so sheltered from humans they’ll come and start nibbling on you like one of those weird fish pedicures. They’re pretty dumb fish-an unbaited hook is all you need to catch them, but, lucky for them, they taste pretty rubbish.

[@aidantanis4478]

That's amazing! It's terrifying!

[@glennloveday4059]

I love that place swam there in shorts and tee shirt , in January

[@luckyotter623]

It's hard to believe these places are on this planet! The underwater landscapes look so alien and cool.

[@youniversalbeyoutifull2843]

wow amazing! I like underwater adventures

[@inspiritusgardenartdesign9534]

What a perfect place!!!

[@johnpaulmichaelechavez436]

Extraspectacular 😲💕

[@flaviustiberiu442]

That thumb is amazing dude I would go wit that natgeo aesthetic on every vid

[@nicolassaavedra4910]

Like the background music!!!

[@california_rebel]

I miss the water. Love this video

[@rohtopia]

Haha I knew it, exhales all the way :-) That fluoro green fairy floss in the 2nd pond! The night dive might be pretty cool at full moon though. Of course its short finned eels, didnt you say no long fins in there?

[@mrenage]

Hey, great videos and great to see a really special experience through the eyes of a free diver. As a cave diver I feel really fortunate to have experienced so many of the sites in this region. I do struggle to understand the animosity towards scuba divers from the free diving community though and would love to hear your perspective. Though our motivations are similar and likely different in some areas I certainly hold no reciprocation of that sentiment but would love to try and understand what it is about scuba that is a problem within some parts of the free diving community. Much respect.

[@mihaelam8339]

It's kind of like the difference between Superman and Batman maybe?

[@mrenage]

@@mihaelam8339 I get that. Both superheroes tho.

[@mihaelam8339]

@@mrenage True. It's just different. I'm no diver tho', but I find freediving fascinating and I would like to be able to do that too.

[@mrenage]

Me too!

[@koben4h424]

Love your vids😄😁🤩

[@creativejuicewithoutpulp]

Beautiful!

[@benburges4709]

wow.... so beautiful!

[@Same_ol_jee]

Would love to learn how to swim for this reason so beautiful

[@BentOnAdventures]

Beautiful! :)

[@NHGAFWYUTB]

Seems really similar to popular dive spots in Florida. A lot of them are on/near farmland in the middle of nowhere

[@lukasjakobsen5374]

WOW!! That looks amazing. Wish i was there :(

[@RichAloha]

Me too! :)

[@coleengailcurampes1596]

THIS IS SO COOL OMYGOD WHY AM I ONLY SEEING THIS NOW

[@amelieliu8307]

This is INSANE! just insane. wow.

[@chiimchim7987]

So neat. How do you get permit for first pond. Is picanini pond by permit too?

[@j333ack]

Come to high springs, Florida! We have world famous springs you’d enjoy

[@seemaali4780]

May God bless you and your family.. you are a wonderful person

[@sealifejamaica]

Really amazing video

[@buinhat4617]

natural aquarium =]]] I'm in love now

[@siberianyoutube]

MORE LIKE THIS PLS!!!!

[@tinajohnsonkcmo]

If you Google “Florida diving springs” you will see a lot of amazing springs like this one. Who knows, maybe someday you could visit.

[@stealhty1]

Beautiful place, as much as I fear deeths, thats some place I may venture to snorkle with your crew,moonless nights are usually pitch black, I wonder if these places were made by meteorite impacts just like Yucatan MX

[@arbazhussain221]

The second song is Shema by Duke of Norfolk. Hey Adam you should put the songs in the description next time.

[@jasonwember9927]

If you find yourself in the states, come to florida. We have a 100 of these crystal clear springs all over the state.

[@FishTankGirl]

Wow you are brave! All I could think about is the creature from the black lagoon😬

[@demigodss427]

unreal! soo cool!!

[@shanebarker30]

What an awesome video - did you see any fish ?

[@ExpatMoe]

Beautiful