Part 4 - Cavepeople

Our Thursday started out with a new experience for some of the Q family in that the mountains were in a cloud. It wasn't actively raining but "fogging" (as one local described it). It was cold but we were prepared with jumpers. There wasn't much hope of seeing great scenery outside so we decided to head to the Jenolan Caves. It's quite a trip there and as we travelled the fog made me feel like I was in the middle of a murder mystery in the woods somewhere in England. I don't know if this photo quite conveys the feeling:

Our trip took us quite a way west before heading way down the mountain. Matt has been studying a lot of Australian history this year so we took this snap to show him just how far those explorers got on that 1813 trip:

The trip down the mountains involved a very windy and steep road. Not surprisingly the centre double lines indicated that overtaking was a complete no-no. Someone in a small silver Subaru car decided to overtake us nevertheless. We then watched in horror as the same people overtook a semi-trailer going uphill with no view whatsoever of anyone coming the other way. Thankfully no-one was coming the other way.

Eventually we ended up at the caves and it's quite an interesting road which goes through the entrance to the caves to get to the other side where there the parking and houses are:

Once we parked the local wildlife soon appeared on our car roof eager for the morning tea we were getting out of the boot. These rosellas are quite agressive and bite so we didn't feed this one:

After our morning tea we heading down to buy tickets for a guided tour of one of the caves and met up with someone who was staying at the same motel. He commented on how much wildlife he had seen on the drive down and enquired if we had seen any. We mentioned the rosella but said we hadn't seen too much other wildlife but then Hubby added, "Except for the wildlife in motor cars."

We all enjoyed the caves. Matt said it was his favourite part of the holiday. So here's some pics of those limestone stalagtites and stalagmites. The single pillar is appropriately named, "Lot's Wife" and the last pic is of the "Crystal City":