Blogs from Jenolan Caves, New South Wales, Australia, Oceania

The Jenolan Caves are limestone caves carved out by underground rivers over millions of years. We did a tour called the River tour which winds up and down through the caves, and even goes down to the bottom levels where the water is continuing to carve out more caves. It was actually quite beautiful! After visiting the caves we stoped by a place called featherdale which is like a mini zoo, but has the animals wandering around the grounds so you can get up close and personal with wallabys!... read more

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Now that our report cards are written and marking is pretty much finished, we took one of our last weekends and headed south-west to the best caves in the world. Our friends Carolyn and Terry organized the entire weekend and it was quite the treat to not worry about planning, driving or navigating! We left school at 3:30 on Friday afternoon and arrived at Caves House just in time for dinner. The only accommodation at the caves is Caves House, and it was terrific. We indulged and booked rooms that had ensuite baths. The hotel is 110 years old and must have been very extravagant in it's time. Today, it shows its history, but is well maintained. The dinner on Friday night was fabulous - a wonderful way to celebrate the end of reports! It's too ... read more