During the 1972-73 holiday season, a shortage of water was experienced in the township of Robe due to the in-flux of a large number of tourists. In response to a request from the Engineering and Water Supply Department, the Mines Department carried out a brief salinity survey in an area approximately 5 to 7 km northeast of the town. The object of the survey was to determine the area extent of good quality groundwater in the Gambler Limestone in an area surrounded by a series of salt lakes. Good quality water was encountered in bore S.E.B. 1 to a depth of about 38 metres, drilled by the Mines Department in April, 1970. This bore is located adjacent to the Kingston road and approximately 1.6 km northeast of the intersection of the Robe-Kingston and Robe-Millicent roads.