Caves
Cathedral Cave - opened for guided tours since 1885. Cathedral Cave is famous for its huge stalagmite known as Altar Rock which is 32 metres in circumference at its base and over 15 metres high. Gaden Cave - opened for guided tours since 1909. Gaden Cave is noted for its unusual and beautiful cave coral. It is named after the shire president at the time that the cave was discovered. Phosphate Mine - opened for guided tours since 1996. Apart from viewing the old workings, visitors can see 800,000 year-old deposits containing fossil bones. Other Caves (not open for tourism) - Lime Kiln Cave and McCavity - Lime Kiln Cave is the name given to the dry part of a large cave system, most of which is completely water-filled. McCavity is the under-water section of the cave which was discovered by members of the Sydney University Speleological Society. Water Cave (Anticline Cave) - this is a small doline cave leading to water. It is in the process of being re-opened. Big Sink - this is an old collapsed doline. It appears to be the route through which fossil-bearing sediments washed into the chambers below. Mitchell's Cave - this is the site from which the first Australian fossils for scientific study were collected by George Rankin
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