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The Best Caves & Sinkholes on the Limestone Coast
UNDERGROUND

The Best Caves & Sinkholes on the Limestone Coast

Where to descend into the region's karst country

The whole region sits on dissolving sea-floor limestone, and the result is a landscape riddled with the underground. From World Heritage fossil caves to sunken gardens in the middle of town, here are the best places to look beneath the surface.

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    Umpherston Sinkhole
    Mount Gambier

    Umpherston Sinkhole

    A sunken garden draped in ivy, floodlit after dark.

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    Victoria Fossil Cave
    Naracoorte

    Victoria Fossil Cave

    The cave whose ice-age bones earned Naracoorte its World Heritage listing.

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    Engelbrecht Cave
    Mount Gambier

    Engelbrecht Cave

    A cave system tunnelling right under the streets of Mount Gambier.

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    Cave Garden (Thugi)
    Mount Gambier

    Cave Garden (Thugi)

    A collapsed cavern turned terraced garden in the city centre.

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    Tantanoola Caves Conservation Park
    Millicent

    Tantanoola Caves Conservation Park

    A glittering single-chamber dolomite cave by the highway.

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    Naracoorte

    Blanche Cave

    Grand, light-filled chambers that have welcomed visitors since the 1880s.

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    Naracoorte Caves National Park
    Naracoorte

    Naracoorte Caves National Park

    The World Heritage cave complex at the heart of it all.

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From the active fossil dig at Naracoorte to a sinkhole behind the main street, the Limestone Coast offers more world-class karst per kilometre than almost anywhere in Australia.

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