The good news was that we never saw a ranger, so that was another free night’s camping! After a brief look at the local beach, we went to a place called CaveWorks. This area is renowned for its limestone caves, and we took the opportunity to visit Lake Cave, the only live, or wet, cave in the area. This means that water is still seeping through and dripping off of the various straws, shawls, stalactites, etc. and that are growing at one inch every 60 years. Mind you, after I’d walked down the very steep 400 odd steps, I was beginning to regret the visit (I won’t bore you with how long it took me to get back up again!!), but the Cave was stunning, with the lake reflecting the wonderful structures. They are very concerned
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