Jenolan Caves

Chris was disappointed when I said I had booked Oberon, despite the cabin looking nice on the internet and it was a good price. He moaned that it was half an hours drive from Jenolan Caves and that he had heard there was nothing in Oberon!
Well, this was our view as we drove up to the camp site... my heart sank and Chris put on a really smug grin...but the cabin was lovely and clean and the indoor tennis court over the road was great and saved us from complete boredom! It was also easy to buy supplies in the nearby shops...although Chris did regret going into a local pub, while waiting for take-away pizzas to cook...as the locals gave him funny looks...as if to say,"don't get many strangers in these parts..." It was the absence of a mullet and checked shirt that made him stand out.



Look...real Australian frost on the windows!

We got to the caves nice and early, saving $4.50 on parking, by being there before the attendent! We then played the teacher's card at the caves booking office....(asking for a teacher's pack and discussing possible visits.....) that gave us one of the caves for free!(saving us $65) ...oh, I do like a bargain!



The mock Tudor looking building in the background is Jenolan Cave's House...lovely open fires and hot chocolate...but it got a real slating in the opinion polls, of good places to stay: Some comments likened it to staying at Faulty Towers!



The first cave we visited was the Lucas, which had an impressive 944 steps and Enya on a Matsui CD player during the 90 min tour. Because that went well we risked a second cave in the afternoon, called the Chifley. Alex was a bit,'caved out' by then, but luckily this tour was only 60 mins.


If you look carefully you can see a formation called...The Cardinal, or The Bishop...or was it the Missionary? or am I thinking of something else?
The 3 stones together are called The Three Sisters (refer to previous blog when we visited there with my Mum and Dad when they were visiting)


The Dragon's mouth. ...and...Alex was very impressed, as you can see, with the glowing rock!


Apparently it is un.PC to say stalactites are the ones that come down because tights come down!!Stalagmites are the ones that go up and when the two meet, they form a Column! In case you were the slightest bit interested. No? Thought not.

Well, the final cave we visited on the Sunday really was special, The Temple of Baal; they spent loads on state of the art lighting, sound systems and nice footpaths!
This fomation was called, The Angel's Wing.
I was in rock formation heaven....I loved it!




My arty effort, titled, "Cave mouth and sky!"


Scary, windy roads with rotten wooden posts on the sheer drop side!