List of caves in Australia
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Cave
A cave or cavern is a natural underground space large enough for a human to enter. The term applies to natural cavities some part of which is in total darkness. The word cave also includes smaller spaces like rock shelters, sea caves, and grottos.Speleology is the science of exploration and study...
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Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
New South WalesNew South WalesNew South Wales is a state of :Australia, located in the east of the country. It is bordered by Queensland, Victoria and South Australia to the north, south and west respectively. To the east, the state is bordered by the Tasman Sea, which forms part of the Pacific Ocean. New South Wales...
- Abercrombie CavesAbercrombie CavesAlso known as Abercrombie Karst Conservation Reserve.Abercrombie Caves lie between Bathurst and Crookwell in New South Wales, Australia.An example of a limestone arch formation that has been eroded by water action, it has developed from a sinkhole that became a blind valley. Several good examples...
- Ashford CavesAshford CavesThe Ashford Caves Karst Conservation Reserve contains an outcrop of coralline limestone. It is about 8 km west of the former Ashford coal mine, north of Ashford and not far from the Queensland border town of Texas, Queensland. Originally on a private property, the Ashford Limestone caves are...
- Bendethera Caves
- Clifden Caves
- Jenolan CavesJenolan CavesThe Jenolan Caves are caves in the Blue Mountains, New South Wales, Australia; 175 kilometres west of Sydney. They are the most celebrated of several similar groups in the limestone of the country being the oldest discovered open caves in the world...
- Tuglow Caves
- Wellington CavesWellington CavesThe Wellington Caves are a group of limestone caves located 8 kilometres south of Wellington, New South Wales, Australia.- History :The Wellington region was long inhabited by the 'Binjang mob' of the Wiradjuri people. While there is no direct evidence that they entered any of the caves at...
- Wombeyan Caves
- WyanbeneWyanbeneWyanbene is a geographic area between Braidwood and Cooma in Southern NSW, Australia. It includes a significant cave system and is adjacent to Duea National Park. The cave is at 35°47'42.25"S 149°40'56.48"E, at about 850m altitude...
Cave - Yarrangobilly CavesYarrangobilly CavesThe Yarrangobilly Caves are located in a 12 km long karst region along the Yarrangobilly River valley in the north of Kosciuszko National Park, New South Wales, Australia....
South AustraliaSouth AustraliaSouth Australia is a state of Australia in the southern central part of the country. It covers some of the most arid parts of the continent; with a total land area of , it is the fourth largest of Australia's six states and two territories.South Australia shares borders with all of the mainland...
- Kangaroo Island
- Kelly Hill Caves
- Lower South-East
- Tantanoola Caves
- Upper South-East
- Naracoorte Caves
- Alexandra Cave
- Blanche CaveBlanche CaveBlanche Cave, previously known as "The Big Cave", "The Old Cave" and "Mosquito Plains Cave", is one of 26 caves to be found in the Naracoorte Caves National Park, a World Heritage listed site...
- Victoria Fossil Cave
- Wet Cave
- Naracoorte Caves
TasmaniaTasmaniaTasmania is an Australian island and state. It is south of the continent, separated by Bass Strait. The state includes the island of Tasmania—the 26th largest island in the world—and the surrounding islands. The state has a population of 507,626 , of whom almost half reside in the greater Hobart...
- Gunns Plains CaveGunns Plains CaveGunns Plains Cave is a limestone show cave, near Gunns Plains in the midlands of north Tasmania, twenty kilometres from Ulverstone.-History:The cave was discovered in 1906 by a local Gunns Plains man, Bill Woodhouse, while hunting for possums. A possum eluded him down a hole which led him directly...
, Gunns Plains - King Solomons Cave, Mole CreekMole Creek, TasmaniaMole Creek is a town in the upper Mersey Valley, in the central north of Tasmania, Australia. At the 2006 census, Mole Creek had a population of 223. The town primary school also services the surrounding districts including Chudleigh and Caveside. The nearest high school and regional centre is...
- Marakoopa Cave, Mole Creek
- Newdegate Cave, Hastings
VictoriaVictoria (Australia)Victoria is the second most populous state in Australia. Geographically the smallest mainland state, Victoria is bordered by New South Wales, South Australia, and Tasmania on Boundary Islet to the north, west and south respectively....
- Buchan
- Buchan CavesBuchan CavesThe Buchan Caves are a group of caves that include Royal Cave and Fairy Cave, located in Buchan, Victoria, with limestone formations created by underground rivers cutting through limestone rock almost 400 million years ago...
- Fairy Cave
- Royal Cave
- Murrindal
- Shades of Death Cave
- Buchan Caves
- Byaduk Caves, ByadukByaduk, VictoriaByaduk is a township in the Shire of Southern Grampians in the Western District of Victoria, Australia.European settlement began around 1853 by Wendish or SorbianLutheran immigrants who gave it the name Neukirch after the town in Saxony....
- Glenelg River
- Princess Margaret Rose Cave
Western AustraliaWestern AustraliaWestern Australia is a state of Australia, occupying the entire western third of the Australian continent. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Great Australian Bight and Indian Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east and South Australia to the south-east...
- Yanchep
- Cabaret Cave
- Crystal Cave
- Yonderup Cave
- South West
- Jewel Cave
- Lake Cave
- Mammoth CaveMammoth Cave (Western Australia)Mammoth Cave is a large limestone cave 21 km south of the town of Margaret River in south-western Western Australia, and about 300 km south of Perth. It lies within the Leeuwin-Naturaliste National Park and is surrounded by Karri and Marri forest....
- Moondyne CaveMoondyne CaveMoondyne Cave is a karst cave in the Southwest region of Western Australia. It is located on Caves Road, eight kilometres north of Augusta.It has a pothole entrance, a vertical extent of 26 metres, and a length of 270 metres, with some large dry chambers....
- Ngilgi Cave (formerly Yallingup Cave)
New South WalesNew South WalesNew South Wales is a state of :Australia, located in the east of the country. It is bordered by Queensland, Victoria and South Australia to the north, south and west respectively. To the east, the state is bordered by the Tasman Sea, which forms part of the Pacific Ocean. New South Wales...
- Blue Water Holes
- Bungonia CavesBungonia CavesBungonia Caves is the name given to a series of caves near the city of Goulburn, New South Wales Australia.- Overview :The caves are sited within the Bungonia State Recreation Area adjoining the Morton National Park, about east of Goulburn and about south-west of Sydney, Australia.The caves are...
- Careys Cave
- Cave Island
- Cotter Caves
- The Big Hole and Marble Arch
QueenslandQueenslandQueensland is a state of Australia, occupying the north-eastern section of the mainland continent. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Australia and New South Wales to the west, south-west and south respectively. To the east, Queensland is bordered by the Coral Sea and Pacific Ocean...
- Camooweal Caves
- Five O’Clock Cave
- Four Mile East Cave
- Great Nowranie Cave
- Little Nowranie Cave
- Niggle Cave
- Undara
- Undara Lava Tubes
- Mount Etna Caves National ParkMount Etna Caves National ParkMount Etna Caves is a national park in Queensland, Australia, 544 km northwest of Brisbane. The parks caves are the roosting site for more than 80 percent of Australia's breeding population of Little Bent-wing Bats. It is also one of the few places in Australia supporting a colony of the...
South AustraliaSouth AustraliaSouth Australia is a state of Australia in the southern central part of the country. It covers some of the most arid parts of the continent; with a total land area of , it is the fourth largest of Australia's six states and two territories.South Australia shares borders with all of the mainland...
- Flinders Ranges
- Mairs Cave
- Wooltana Cave
- Mount Sims Cave
- Lower South-East
- Sheathers Cave
- Snake Hill Cave
- Murray River Area
- River Road Cave
- Punyleroo Cave
- Upper South-East
- Appledore Cave
- Beekeepers Cave
- Brownsnake Cave
- Cave Park Cave
- Little Victoria Cave
- Echidna Cave
- S102 Cave
- VDC Cave
- Yorke Peninsula
- Corra-Lynn Cave
- Town Well Cave
- Windmill Cave
TasmaniaTasmaniaTasmania is an Australian island and state. It is south of the continent, separated by Bass Strait. The state includes the island of Tasmania—the 26th largest island in the world—and the surrounding islands. The state has a population of 507,626 , of whom almost half reside in the greater Hobart...
- Exit Cave, Ida Bay
- Honeycomb Caves, CavesideCaveside, TasmaniaCaveside, Tasmania, Australia, is a small rural town situated at the base of the Great Western Tiers, around south of Mole Creek and less than an hour's drive from Launceston....
- Wet Caves, CavesideCaveside, TasmaniaCaveside, Tasmania, Australia, is a small rural town situated at the base of the Great Western Tiers, around south of Mole Creek and less than an hour's drive from Launceston....
- Growling Swallet, Junee Florentine Valley, Mount FieldTasmaniaTasmania is an Australian island and state. It is south of the continent, separated by Bass Strait. The state includes the island of Tasmania—the 26th largest island in the world—and the surrounding islands. The state has a population of 507,626 , of whom almost half reside in the greater Hobart...
Western Australia
- Kimberly
- Mimbi
- Tunnel CreekTunnel CreekTunnel Creek is a creek located within the grounds of Tunnel Creek National Park in the Kimberley Region of Western Australia. Along with Geikie Gorge and Windjana Gorge, Tunnel Creek is part of an ancient barrier reef that developed during the Devonian Period...
- Cave Springs Cave
- Old Napier Downs Cave
- Wangahinnya Caves
- Mid West Gascoyne
- Drovers Cave
- Mystery Cave
- Old River Cave
- Gooseberry Cave
- River Cave
- Arramall Cave
- Stockyard Gully Caves
- Stockyard Bridge
- Stockyard Tunnel
- Stockyard Cave
- Aiyennu Cave
- Beekeepers Hole (also known as Uniwa Cave)
- Weelawadji Cave
- Nullarbor
- Old Homestead CaveOld Homestead CaveOld Homestead Cave is a wild cave on the Nullarbor Plain in Western Australia. It was, at one point, the longest explored cave in Australia following a three week long expedition in 1990. Although it has long since lost this title it still stands at an impressive 28km long.Originally named after...
- Abrakurrie CaveAbrakurrie CaveAbrakurrie Cave is a wild cave on the Nullarbor Plain in Western Australia. It is reported to have the largest single cave chamber in the southern hemisphere, and that stencils in the cave are the deepest penetration of Aboriginal art of any cave system in Australia.-External links:* State Library...
- Cocklebiddy Cave
- Weebubbie Cave
- Thampanna Cave
- Kellys Cave
- Koonalda
- Pannakin Plain Cave
- Stegamite Cave
- Horseshoe Cave
- Balladonia Cave
- Old Homestead Cave
- Perth/Peel/Yanchep
- The Catacombs
- Concinna Cave
- Gibb Cave
- Gidgee Karupa (Spear Cave)
- Kings Park Caves (Tunnelled and extended during WW2 for Catalina FBY base)
- Loch Overflow
- Mambibby Cave
- Mandurah Caves
- Minnies Grotto
- Rottnest Island Caves
- Surprise Cave
- Wanneroo Karst
- Yanchep Cave
- Pilbara / Cape Range
- Anomaly Cave
- Bell Cave
- Canyon Cave
- Owl Roost Cave
- South West
- Bride
- Calgardup
- Giant's
- Nannup
- Tiger
- Quinninup Lake Cave
- Snake Pit Cave
- Cowarumup Cave
- Meekadorabee Cave
- Easter Cave
- Labyrinth Cave
- Old Kudardup Cave
- Deeondeeup Cave
- Milligans Cave
- Wallcliffe Cave
- Beenup Cave
- Blackboy Hollow
- Witchcliffe Cave
- Strongs Cave
- Devils Lair and Nannup Cave
- Dingo Cave
- Arumvale Pipe and Arumvale Cave
- Golgotha Cave
- Northcote Grotto
- Ketelack Cave
- Lost Pearl Cave
- Mill Cave
Australian Territories
- Christmas IslandChristmas IslandThe Territory of Christmas Island is a territory of Australia in the Indian Ocean. It is located northwest of the Western Australian city of Perth, south of the Indonesian capital, Jakarta, and ENE of the Cocos Islands....
- Lava Tubes
External links
- The Australian Karst Index
- The Australian Speleological Federation
- Cave Exploration Group (South Australia) Incorporated
- The Victorian Speleological Association Inc.
- {http://www.sss.org.au The Sydney Speleological Society}