Friday, October 4, 2013

KAWAKAWA

A while ago I purchased a voucher entitling us to visit the Kawiti Glow Worm Caves just outside Kawakawa.  The voucher expires next week so it was lucky that my vertigo had improved yesterday and we set off on a lovely sunny morning.

This photo taken from the car on our short trip (about 35 minutes).


The rock wall by the entrance to the caves



The actual entrance  - there is an excellent boardwalk right through the caves.

One of two eels that we saw.


No photographs were allowed in the caves - the following is from the "net".  We were lucky enough to have a guided tour on our own and thoroughly enjoyed it.

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One walks right through the caves and there is a delightful bush walk back to the carpark with lots of large rocks.




I have just purchased a new backpack - it suits Doug doesn't it!!!!









Doug had been there previously (in the late 1950's) but I have driven past the turnoff many times but never been into the caves.  It was well worth a visit.

We then decided to visit Kawakawa which is a further 5kms.  More on that tomorrow.

10 comments:

  1. I have visited caves and found them both interesting and eerie. Seeing an eel would have freaked me out.

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    2. With the guide explaining everything it didn't seem at all eerie. The glow worms shining were amazing. It was like a cathedral with the stalagmites and stalactites.

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  2. It all looks very mysterious.

    I've just been to pick-up Wills and Kellogg; they'll be with us for just 3 days, then back to Oz.

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    1. I am sure you will have a great time even though it is short. A pity after flying all that way that they are not able to stay for a month or so.

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  3. Love the picture of all the little blue glow worms. What a lovely day out. So glad that your vertigo is subsiding

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    1. Yes, starting to feel better now. It was a wonderful day. Unfortunately, I got really down yesterday after visiting Max. It can be a very depressing place at times.

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  4. What an interesting visit - going into caves is exciting. The best ones I have visited have been in Lascaux, France which have wonderful prehistoric cave paintings from 18,000 to 10,000 b.c.

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    1. Nothing like that here but it was wonderful in the whole day was. More to follow.

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    2. Very near where I live, Rosemary.

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