The town of The Caves is about 23 kl ms from Rockhampton. Most tourists do a day trip to The Capricorn Caves, but we are staying here for 3 nights. It's a lovely park, more like a national park than a caravan park. Very quiet and beautiful surroundings. We met a lovely older couple that were also camping here. The older gentleman was 82 years old and he had done some amazing things, including sky diving on his 80th birthday!
The Capricorn Caves is a dry cave system, unlike The Buchan Caves which are wet caves. We have previously visited the Buchan Caves and could definitely tell the difference. The Capricorn Caves are quite big to walk through and not very far underground. Their features differ, with the stalagmite's and stalactite's a lot smaller than Buchan Caves. The Capricorn Caves don't receive much rain so the columns take 100 years to grow only 1cm. The Capricorn Caves are actually privately owned and offer a few unique activities to do. Their main attraction is the Cathedral Caves which is just like a church. It has been set up so you can get married here. Lighting is beautiful and sound system is almost eerie. They also have an opera performance in the Cathedral Caves, which would be amazing. The tour was very interesting and well worth while.
Our next stop is a free camp at Flaggy Rock.
Campsite at Capricorn Caves
Entrance to the caves
Inside the caves
Inside the caves, this structure is called 'The Harp'
Ashton inside the caves
The Cathedral Cave
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