robertsonsgreataussieadventures: Lakes Entrance

Tuesday, 27 September 2022

Trestle Bridge and the Koala

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The fairy cave

Google seems to be best friend when we can get online. Great for finding local area attractions and things to see.

I found an interesting travel spot about 40-50kms out of town, called Buchan, (pronounced Bucken) and aren't the people there happy its not called Fuchan.

There is a set of Limestone caves there that can be toured through and sounds very interesting. Anything that the girls have never done before i think is a winner.

Buchan countryside

We head off for a 1pm tour but as we grab MacDonald's for a quick lunch on the way, they run way overtime by 12 minutes and we have to rush to get there. We miss the 1 pm main tour through a cave called the Royal cave. We have to book the next cave but what a great thing to have happen because the next cave is called the 'fairy cave'. Now because we have time up our sleeve we can take some great little photos of our girls under some awesome lighting conditions. Their are kangaroos sleeping here and there, so a couple of photos were taken and the girls were hopping around like Skippy. The most gorgeous colours are at Buchan at this time of year. I could easily spend a day photographing the streams and township etc...

30 feet away

20 feet away

Colourful trees of Buchan

The Beginning of our walk to the caves

Georgeous Lily

Beautiful Mia

Cool Tree

Onward to the cave and we wait for our guide "Heather' to arrive we have a quick chat with fellow cave goers on the cool steps at the entrance. All different travellers from around the world.

This Fairy cave is 500 meters long and the first part of the entry is straight down a very steep set of stairs which are all dripping wet and dark. The cave was discovered in 1906 and is as it was when found. I new i would be photographing dark areas so i definatley took the canon in for its low light capability. I shot the following photos on 5000 ISO for you photographers out there. That is quite extreme settings for those of you that are not photographers. And hand held at 25th sec.
Down we go as the tour guide tells us the story that has been going on for millions of years underground. drip drip drip the limestone travels down the stalactites. It takes about 100years to form only a 10 cm formation.
Not to mention the ocean floor shells that where stuck to the ceiling in a 10 meter high chasm. Now that's a long time in the making. Not just 7days. Sorry I'm an atheist.

Stalactites

Curtain Formation

Cage for protection

The girls loved the fairy cave and all the time while travelling through the twinkles and sparkles from the Strategically placed lighting made the girls stay on the lookout for a fairy or 2.
the tour took 45minutes and was worth every cent of a mere $30. What a beautiful place to visit. 10 out of 10

Off home for a rest.. the girls are pooped after walking half a kilometer through the underground wonderland.
A little video of our day for you.

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Lakes Entrance

Arrival at lakes entrance - My Sexy Wife!

Work catch up today.

Heather takes the girls to an antique coffee shop for a while while i can call some enquiries and do some office work.
In the afternoon we took the girls for a quick bike ride across the footbridge which is huge and expands across the Lake to the main beach.
Plenty of black swans in this area and they come right up to you for a feed and obviously some photos.

Lakes Entrance foot bridge- Race you to the other side Lily!

Oh No! more children coming...

Ahh! cookie and hot chocolate

A storm was brewing and gave me an awsome backdrop for the girls to have a photo with their bikes before we head back to the van.

A massive electrical storm keeps us indoors for the evening and wets the entire anex floor. Oh well rain had to come at some stage of the holiday..

If it keeps up tomorrow we will take the girls to the indoor swimming aquatic centre for heated pool swimming...
The people who run the van park couldn't be beter hosts and we feel we've known them for years. a chat soon turns into a half hour talk on life.. very nice indeed.