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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| From Snowy Ride |
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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| From Snowy Ride |
This veil looks very delicate.
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| From Snowy Ride |
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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| From Snowy Ride |
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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