Cave 3

Day 152 Wellington

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January 14th 2008
Quiet morning and then looked at the Cathedral Cave which is part of a complex by the caravan park. The caves are millions of years old with lots of stalagmites and stalactites. This cave has one of the largest stalagmites in the world being 15 metres high and a circumference of 32 metres around the base. It is a little cooler this evening thank goodness. ... read more

Oceania » Australia » New South Wales

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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