The Janolan Caves BY MARIAH

From Ballarat we spent the night at Echuca on our way to the Jenolan Caves and the Blue Mountains. From Echuca we drove 7 1/2 hours to Bathurst and stayed at the Great Western Motel. We got up early and drove down a switch back road to the Jenolan Caves. There are 11 different caves. Each one has a 1-2 hour tour. The cave that we toured is the main, and most popular cave called Lucas Cave. Our tour was 1 1/2 hour long. We walked for a little while then came to cathedrals, big openings. Our guide then showed us formations and told us when that part of the cave was found. You could see where people from a long time ago sat and slid down. ( back then they were given a potato sack) people a long time ago only used candle light to see the caves. Now there are some lights, although still dark so it has the cave effect. After the guided cave tour we did a self guided tour through a more open cave. We held these black phone type things in our ear so we could hear all the information, it was like having a tour guide. When we finished the caves we hiked around a bight blue lake.

Cheers,

Mariah