One of the plans for the weekend was going to be heading down to Jindabyne / Snowy Mountains, and going for a long walk. Instead, we decided to head to a little place called Wee Jasper, and check out the Caves…
On the way, we saw, and tried not to hit lots of cows, or the cute little lambs!
Picnic lunched at the cave site, awaiting the next tour…
Tour started at 3pm. The three of us and a mother and her son were in the group. A small discussion about pirates with the tour guide Jeff, and then we were into the cave, where another group were already there… apparently from the 1:30pm group… that should have told us something, right??
Look at the caves, relearn about the bits and pieces in caves. Look at the pretties.
Then the other part of the group leaves. The five of us are now in the cave, and he gets us to sit down, on some plastic chairs near a stage that’s been set up for concerts. Talk about the acoustics, he can’t convince us to sing… and then Rish gets a lecture on how he shouldn’t have given up saxophone, and how some school students are great, but not all of them… while the boy gets restless….
Sometime in there, we wind up in the dark. With only the small amount of light from a hole at the top of the cave (one a cow can fall through, apparently) until the candles get lit. One at a time, to the fascination of the boy, who can’t believe the guide’s holding so many of them, with wax dripping off his hands. Nine candles later, to prove how the girls of the 1890s would have enjoyed the cave by candlelight, I think.
Even though the cave is a constant temperature, we’re getting colder and colder. *shivers*
I looked at my phone, which was on despite having no reception in the middle of the countryside (let alone in a cave) and it’s ten to five. ??? I think. How did that happen. No wonder the boy’s restless and we’re getting cold!
It’s about 6.15 when we finally emerge. The mother’s concern now being that she thought she’d be leaving her older daughter in the caravan for an hour. … not three!
One of those “experiences” that I don’t think you’d get elsewhere.
Who knew you could spend three hours in such a small cave?
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Thank you for sharing your adventure – the photos of the caves are great.
I just got an email back from the Mum and her kid after I sent them a pic of them in the cave
“I felt a bit uneasy about it in hindsight – no wonder the previous group bolted out as fast as they could!”