Buchan Caves, East Gippsland....

If you’ve ever spent any time on this site getting lost in my scintillating rubbish (honestly, you should get yourself a life) you may recall that I’m quite partial to a bit of cave exploration. As in, somebody else has done all the hard work of:

• finding a cave;
• taking out tonnes of dirt;
• putting in lots of steps, walkways, rails and lights;
• thoughtfully placing the exit near the gift shop,

so I can just wander in and have a mooch around in an exploratory kind of way.  And I say exploratory in a loose way because you’re hard pressed to find a cave that you can just wander into by yourself - oh no! You must join a tour and be ushered on towards the finish line in a pre-determined amount of time.  Ahh, progress....

This might be where the cave ogre leaves the bones of those he's devoured. Or they could just be sticks.

Buchan Caves Reserve in East Gippsland is just one system of hundreds of caves (allegedly) in this neck of the woods that are chocka block full of incredible limestone formations. Royal Cave and Fairy Cave are both open to the public via tours, and there’s a bunch of walks to be done in the immediate area. There’s accommodation and picnic areas, a kiosk and even an underground breeding habitat for platypus. You’re never gonna see that though so don’t even bother looking for it. Very secretive, the platypus folk. Might be a cult.​

Anyway, you may now enjoy this small sample of my poor substitute for our visual experience.