major towns in the region, as well as to Adelaide and Melbourne. Princes Highway (Jubilee Highway) travels through the city east to west. to Melbourne via Dartmoor, Portland and Warrnambool to Adelaide via Millicent, Kingston SE and Meningie Riddoch Highway (Penola / Bay Road) travels through the city north to south. to Adelaide via Naracoorte and Keith to Port Macdonnell Before conversion of the Adelaide–Wolseley railway line to standard gauge in 1995, Mount Gambier was connected to Adelaide on the broad gauge network via Naracoorte, Bordertown and Tailem Bend. Normal commercial passenger services to Adelaide ceased on 31 December 1990, while limited freight services operated until the line was disconnected from the national network on 12 April 1995. Limestone Coast Railway operated tourist trains to Coonawarra, Penola, Millicent, Tantanoola and Rennick until it ceased on 28 June 2006. In 2015, the former railyards were converted into a park. Mount Gambier Airport is located a few kilometres north of the city via the Riddoch Highway. The city is served by Rex Airlines, which flies Saab 340 aircraft to Adelaide and Melbourne up to three times per day. Since March 2021, Qantas operates one daily flight to and from Adelaide and Melbourne using De Havilland Canada Dash 8 aircraft in QantasLink livery. Stateliner operate coach services to Mount Gambier from Adelaide. V/Line operates a daily interstate coach service from Mount Gambier to Warrnambool, connecting with a rail service to Melbourne. The Mount Gambier Visitor Centre (formally known as The Lady Nelson) is an agent for public passenger services tickets sales, and the services use the car park to arrive and depart from. Notable people Kasey Chambers (born there in 1976) George Crennan, Director of the Federal Catholic Immigration Office in Australia from 1949 until 1995 Gavin Wanganeen (AFL Footballer) (born there in 1973) Elizabeth Grant, (born there in 1963 and lived there until 1980). Dave Graney (born there in 1959 and lived there until 1978) Mark Yeates (AFL Footballer) (born there 1960) Robert Helpmann (Sir) (1909-1986) David Marshall (Australian footballer with the Adelaide Crows in the AFL, Glenelg in the SANFL, North Gambier in the WBFL) Tony Pasin Liberal politician Allan Scott (1923-2008, businessman) James Stein pioneer overlander and pastoralist, died and buried there 1877. John Tremelling Olympian. Josip Skoko Socceroo - 51 Caps. William Paltridge politician. Matthew Clarke Australian Footballer Nick Daffy Australian Footballer Lucas Herbert Australian Footballer Simon Feast Australian