Today we spent the day caving at Naracoorte Caves. First we went to the Wet Cave. It was quite nice. There were puddles everywhere when we got to the end and that's why it got its name. After that we had the Victoria Fossil Cave tour. In the Victoria Fossil Cave we saw lots of stalactites and stalacmites and straws and our tour guide said that we would probably be able to use the straws as real drinking straws but we would get a $10000 fine if we did. She took us to where they found lots of fossils of megafauna like Diprotodon and Thylocaleo. They even had found some bones of a five metre snake. I could imagine how big the animals were.
After we finished in that cave we went to the Wonambi Fossil Centre where they had a display that showed what the area looked like when the megafauna were around and it was quite freakish for me.
Our next cave was after lunch. It was adventure caving in Stick-Tomato Cave. It was really just the Wet Cave but we went further in past the chains where you had to stop if you were just doing the self guided tour of the Wet Cave. The reason it is called the Stick-Tomato Cave is because in the olden days, kids used to throw down sticks into an opening and a native tomato bush grew in the opening.
Adventure caving was awesome. First we got knee pads, helmets and overalls on. Then we entered the cave. Our first crawl was an easy practice one. Then we went through another real tunnel and we went into a kind of cubby-house. My friend Huon and I found a kind of seat at the back and side of it. Then we asked Yaz our tour guide if we could go through a small gap in the wall and she said " yes" so we went through and even Daddy didn't get stuck. Another small hole in the wall called The Eye of the Needle was next and then The Keyhole, which was, of course, a keyhole shaped hole. To get through the keyhole we had to put our arms out in front of face, and push off the ground and push off the roof but I couldn't get there because my legs were too short so Emily pushed my legs up and I went sliding down the other side! After that, was a place called The Slot and that it was, a slot. We had to go sideways through it. Tim and Emily went first and I came next. We had to go in single file. The adults had to put their knee up on a rock to get through but Huon and I didn't need to because we were so small, we just had to bend! The Slot was my favourite part. We finished there and walked back to the entrance and took a group photo and then went back to the visitors centre where they gave us a certificate of participation.
Our next cave was after lunch. It was adventure caving in Stick-Tomato Cave. It was really just the Wet Cave but we went further in past the chains where you had to stop if you were just doing the self guided tour of the Wet Cave. The reason it is called the Stick-Tomato Cave is because in the olden days, kids used to throw down sticks into an opening and a native tomato bush grew in the opening.
Adventure caving was awesome. First we got knee pads, helmets and overalls on. Then we entered the cave. Our first crawl was an easy practice one. Then we went through another real tunnel and we went into a kind of cubby-house. My friend Huon and I found a kind of seat at the back and side of it. Then we asked Yaz our tour guide if we could go through a small gap in the wall and she said " yes" so we went through and even Daddy didn't get stuck. Another small hole in the wall called The Eye of the Needle was next and then The Keyhole, which was, of course, a keyhole shaped hole. To get through the keyhole we had to put our arms out in front of face, and push off the ground and push off the roof but I couldn't get there because my legs were too short so Emily pushed my legs up and I went sliding down the other side! After that, was a place called The Slot and that it was, a slot. We had to go sideways through it. Tim and Emily went first and I came next. We had to go in single file. The adults had to put their knee up on a rock to get through but Huon and I didn't need to because we were so small, we just had to bend! The Slot was my favourite part. We finished there and walked back to the entrance and took a group photo and then went back to the visitors centre where they gave us a certificate of participation.
That was the end of our caving day.
When we returned to the caravan I had a play with Huon because they were staying in the campground too.
It was my favourite day so far on the trip.
Sounds great fun!
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