Monday 5 July 2021 – 311 453
Drew and I went running along the foreshore toward Yeppoon this morning – beautiful sunrise views over Keppel Bay!
After breakfast we drove the “The Caves” township.
Our first stop was the Bat Cleft Track in Mount Etna Caves National Park – a steep climb to great views and awesome limestone formations. The next stop was Cammoo Circuit – a disappointing walk, through rainforest that was destroyed by fire in 2018. The picnic ground here was lovely.
https://parks.des.qld.gov.au/parks/mount-etna-caves/about
https://parks.des.qld.gov.au/parks/mount-etna-caves/things-to-do
Capricorn Caves for the Cathedral Tour was next. These caves are dry, which means they are no longer forming decorations. The acoustics of this cave were astounding. After lunch we did a one-and-a-half-hour Capricorn Explorer tour. This took us through a variety of caves and tunnels; some into the hill and some all the way through. This was a really good tour for adventure without being to scary. It included the option of going through a tunnel where you had to go under a rock 40cm off the ground. This tour was definitely worth doing. It was a much smaller group than the Cathedral tour and far more informative. The Cathedral Cave was special in its own way and has amazing sound qualities.
https://capricorncaves.com.au/
https://capricorncaves.com.au/cave-tours/
Unfortunately, when doing the Zig Zag section out of the cave Drew’s glasses fell off and were stepped on. As a result, when we finished at The Caves we drove into Yeppoon to have the nylon eye wire repaired. The lenses have a few scratches, but they are functional until we get home.
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