Thursday, January 07, 2010

The Yarrangobilly Caves

The Jillabenan cave is the oldest of the five caves at Yarrangobilly. Jenny poses here with some stalactites that are encrusted with crystals.

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The long, thin straws shown in the centre of the following picture are estimated to be ten thousand years old.

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The older caves are frequently the smallest; Stalactite growth, like that Rimsy is appreciating in the picture below, may have blocked or filled in parts of the cave.

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This veil looks very delicate.

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Green smudges at the bottom of this shallow cave pool are all that remains of copper pennies cast here in the 1950's and '60's.

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After the tranquility of the cave, we fired the bikes up and headed south along the Snowy Mountains Highway. It is from this point that I will take up the next post.

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