Buchan Caves Adventure

We stayed for 2 nights in Buchan (Monday 23rd & Tuesday 24th July) and had a great adventure, the photos will speak for themselves.

We had the campsite to ourselves. There was nobody else staying in the campsite...possibly had something to do with the sub-zero temperatures.

The place was full of kangaroos, here you can see them hopping past the camp kitchen 

We did a tour of the underground limestone caves,
it was tight fit at some points.
You can see Liam and Jay walking through in this photo.

The caves run under the campsite, throughout the national park. You go underground at one end and walk through the series of caves and climb staircases to exit above the hill.
The limestone stalactites and stalagmites form when water drips into the caves and slowly (over 1000s of years) droplets of water form these amazing structures.

There are some beautiful bushwalks around the campsite, with some very interesting things to see.

Liam was looking for fossils in the stream when he was surprised to find a dead kangaroo that had been munched on - Liam suspects it was the work of a tiger quoll, which are also found in the area, but we did not see any.

In this photo you can see where the earth's plates have moved (1000s of years ago) to cause a ridge which is highlighted by the 2 different types of trees growing on either side of the ridge.

There were many photo opportunities on our walks.



We had a great time in Buchan and thanks to Sarah and Paul who recommended we visit there, it has been one of our favourite spots so far.