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Horseshoe Cave; Kellys Cave; Koonalda (in South Australia) Old Homestead Cave; Pannakin Plain Cave; Thampanna Cave; Stegamite Cave; Weebubbie Cave (in South Australia) Perth/Peel/Yanchep The Catacombs; Concinna Cave; Gibb Cave; Gidgee Karupa (Spear Cave) Kings Park Caves (tunnelled and extended during WW2 for Catalina FBY base) Loch Overflow ...
This is a list of caves, and other karst features, in Western Australia. It includes all named features that occur in the Australian Speleological Federation Karst Index Database (KID). [ 1 ] The term " karst feature" is an umbrella term for topographical features formed from the dissolution of soluble rocks such as limestone , dolomite , and ...
Yallingup is a town in the South West region of Western Australia, 256 kilometres (159 mi) south of Perth. Yallingup is a popular tourist destination because of its beaches and limestone caves, and proximity to Leeuwin-Naturaliste National Park.
The Cocklebiddy area is noted for its caves, the most notable of which is Cocklebiddy cave – a single passage more than 6 km (3.7 mi) long, of which around 90% is underwater and only accessible via cave diving. In August 1983, a French team set a world record here for the longest cave dive in the world.
Caves Road is a 111-kilometre-long (69 mi) [1] scenic route in the South West region of Western Australia. It connects western Busselton with Augusta , running along or to the west of the Leeuwin-Naturaliste ridge, and is an alternative route to Bussell Highway .
Gabarnmung lies at a remote location on the traditional lands of the Jawoyn people, east of Kakadu National Park, and about 35 km (22 mi) west of Maningrida, Northern Territory. The rock shelter was constructed by tunneling into a naturally eroded cliff face that created a 19 m × 19 m (62 ft × 62 ft) sub-horizontal ceiling ranging in height ...
A picture painted by Augustus Earle around 1826 (see image at right) clearly shows Aboriginal people in front of a fire at the entrance to Cathedral Cave; although labelled 'Mosman's Cave', it is clearly the entrance to Cathedral Cave — and such is the first written record of the caves. "Mosman's Cave" by Augustus Earle, 1826. [1]
The property was later reclassified to free hold land and is today one of the largest privately owned cave systems in Australia. The attraction is open to the public and is one of the longest-running tourist attractions in Queensland. The Caves were made from limestone which were developed from corals from millions of years ago.