Jewel Cave

Roadtrip 1, Day 4: Margaret River to Pemberton via Augusta

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April 10th 2008
It was time to leave Margaret River. As you head south from Maragaret River you drive past loads of different cave systems. The guidebooks said that Jewel Cave was the best so we headed for that one. I have to admit, it was pretty impressive. A massive place filled with stalagmites, stalagtites and even halectites, which are really weird - they defy gravity. There was even a fossilised possum ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Western Australia » Pemberton

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Aboriginal settlers arrived on the continent from Southeast Asia about 40,000 years before the first Europeans began exploration in the 17th century. No formal territorial claims were made until 1770, when Capt. James COOK took possession in the name... ... read more