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Το Tool Making Shelter είναι ένα βραχώδες καταφύγιο όπου ανακτήθηκαν 98 λίθινα τεχνουργήματα από ένα δείγμα 4 τετραγωνικών μέτρων το 2011. Με την πάροδο του χρόνου ανακτήθηκαν 1116 τεχνουργήματα από αυτήν την περιοχή. Η έρευνα δείχνει ότι δραστηριότητες όπως κάμπινγκ, μαγείρεμα και κατασκευή λίθινων εργαλείων γίνονταν ακριβώς εδώ πριν από χιλιάδες χρόνια.

Wells Cave is a narrow rock passage on the steep ascent route to Sugarloaf Peak. Reaching the cave involves scrambling up exposed rock faces before squeezing through the tight gap in the rock formation, making it one of the most challenging sections of the Southern Circuit. This section is recommended only for experienced walkers comfortable with heights and short sections of rock climbing. It’s also a good idea to make sure you have your headlamp ready before you enter.

Dayman’s Cave is a small rock overhang located just off the track near the upper slopes. The shallow shelter is a short detour that is often visited as a quick side stop on the climb. It offers a good sense of the mountain’s volcanic rhyolite formations and sheltered microhabitats.

Cave with wall paintings of the indigenous people of Australia

Arvid Blumenthal (* 19 March 1925 in Dundaga, Latvia; † 13 October 2006 in Australia), also known as Crocodile Harry, was a Latvian-Australian crocodile hunter, writer and well-known resident of the town of Coober Pedy. He was one of the models for the main character in the Crocodile Dundee film series. Blumenthal grew up in Latvia; in 1942 he joined the Latvian army in World War II and was taken prisoner by the US. After the war he emigrated to Australia, where he arrived in 1951. From 1956 he worked as a crocodile hunter in Queensland, killing more than 40,000 crocodiles and selling the meat. In 1975 he retired to Coober Pedy. His cave home there became a tourist attraction and film set.

The cave with it's carved steps on the ground looks a bit like a natural stage. Worth the 84 steps detour off the main track towards the water falls.

Gunns Plains Cave was discovered in 1906 by -- of all things -- a possum. While out hunting, Bill Woodhouse chased a possum down a hole and inadvertently found himself inside a massive chamber. The cave is one of only a few in Tasmania to contain water; an underground stream still flows through the cave, occasionally flooding and leading to closures. Although the cave is too cold for bats, it is home to giant freshwater lobsters, fish, eel, platypus, and millions of glow worms.

https://www.undara.com.au/ https://parks.des.qld.gov.au/parks/undara-volcanic/about "On the western slopes of the McBride Plateau, open woodlands give way to the vast open spaces of the savanna. Here in Undara Volcanic National Park, rich volcanic basalt soils, covered in a sea of seasonal grasses, conceal the Undara lava tube. This geological tunnel of global significance extends under a ribbon of remnant dry rainforest. ‘Undara’ is an Aboriginal word meaning ‘long way’. The park protects one of the longest lava tube cave systems in the world. About 190,000 years ago, a large volcano erupted violently, spewing molten lava over the surrounding landscape. The lava flowed rapidly down a dry riverbed. The top, outer-layer cooled and formed a crust, while the molten lava below drained outwards, leaving behind a series of hollow tubes. Semi-evergreen vine thicket grows in the moist, sheltered entrances to some of the lava caves. The roofs of some tubes collapsed, creating ideal conditions for dry rainforest to grow and wildlife to shelter. Rock-wallabies, insectivorous bat colonies and owls roost here in the cool. Birds shelter in the fruit-filled canopy and predators lurk in the tumbled basalt terrain to complete the food chain."