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Coves ore dork, cold, scory, domp, wet cnd often home to bots ond other creepy crowlies. Others moy see o cove cs on cdventure, Stockyord Gully Notionol Pork is home to o complex sytem of subterroneon sculptures thot con be likened to honeycomb, Corbonic ocid in ro n ond eround woier hos dissolved the underground limestone, leoving intriccte chonneis ond ccves, !./hen sections of the weokened imesione col ooses. i1 leoves / ide oce. -95 One of those open ngs is known os Stockyoi'd Tunnei.
do noi iouch cr ct mb cn rne ircg ie formot ons, Although there ore other coves in the oreo, the tunnel cove is the only one open io the pubiic, The others ore deemed unsofe ond hove been fenced off to keep people oui. ln the lunn*^|, wiih torch in hond, keep on ey-e oui for nciurol lnhcbiicnis I ke corob beeties, centicedes, bqts ond moybe even o yooby (fresh woier croyfish) who hos been woshed in with woter flow, Swoilows nest neor the openings ond ycu will hove no problem spoiting ihe mony beehir,res there too
Tne tunnel cove is open for genile exploro.lion by odveniure seekers ond ii's ihe moin drcvycorci for visiting the pork. The sof1, sond,,",thr"oirgh wcy is on ecsy 250m wolx ond o giec;t ccve for beginners, From ihe first corpork, foliow the signs thot will leod down o 300m poth to the upsireom entronce, Be sure to toke o torch, one for eoch person is
Feroi lrees hcve c cii-recJ th-o ccve entronces os the r home cnd I ts omozing to see ihe bees ct woi'k ond lheir hives cre sure to impress, Bees moy be pientifui ond oggressive n hot weother, Fiosn floods hove suddenly swepi through the creek bed thot is ihe f cor to ihe tunnel cove, l'l's oCvisoble to steer cleor of the ccive during
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Cooroiv. between Leemon cnd Eneobbo, From the Indion Oceon Rood, toke the Coorow/Gree Heod Rood for lSkm then turn left onto the grovel Cockleshell Gully Rd, When: Yeor round, Best to go on o dry doy to reduce risk of getiing cought out in o flosh fiood, More lnfo: Der:ortment of Conservotion ond lond Monogement 96527043 or 9652 19)l
continuol roin ond sicrmy weother, Quicksond moy fcrm neor the dov,instreom open ng when ihe creek is flowing, Besl to cvo d this ond use the upstreom entronce onlv, Steep cllffs ond drops-offs lie olong
theiop of the gully, Stoy on the morked poths io proteci,,rourself cnC the vegetoiion.
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if.*
(r
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.\.,
€s..# ffi?
.a€r tu -/
he though'i of gcing inside o void n the side of c ciiff cr undei'ground moy evoke fecr
besr The tunnel
is
doi'k onc cool, o
^^^.^+,^^+^^^:-r^ Le':-ri .- ---_-l).
ii-e -:po-rre.- Cf lOnSer\,.i.):- Oic-o ir'icr-ogen-eiI as<s'-:i )i o-
in some,
cnc
Coves ore dork, cold, scory, domp, wet cnd often home to bots ond other creepy crowlies. Others moy see o cove cs on cdventure, Stockyord Gully Notionol Pork is home to o complex sytem of subterroneon sculptures thot con be likened to honeycomb, Corbonic ocid in ro n ond eround woier hos dissolved the underground limestone, leoving intriccte chonneis ond ccves, !./hen sections of the weokened imesione col ooses. i1 leoves / ide oce. -95 One of those open ngs is known os Stockyoi'd Tunnei.
do noi iouch cr ct mb cn rne ircg ie formot ons, Although there ore other coves in the oreo, the tunnel cove is the only one open io the pubiic, The others ore deemed unsofe ond hove been fenced off to keep people oui. ln the lunn*^|, wiih torch in hond, keep on ey-e oui for nciurol lnhcbiicnis I ke corob beeties, centicedes, bqts ond moybe even o yooby (fresh woier croyfish) who hos been woshed in with woter flow, Swoilows nest neor the openings ond ycu will hove no problem spoiting ihe mony beehir,res there too
Tne tunnel cove is open for genile exploro.lion by odveniure seekers ond ii's ihe moin drcvycorci for visiting the pork. The sof1, sond,,",thr"oirgh wcy is on ecsy 250m wolx ond o giec;t ccve for beginners, From ihe first corpork, foliow the signs thot will leod down o 300m poth to the upsireom entronce, Be sure to toke o torch, one for eoch person is
Feroi lrees hcve c cii-recJ th-o ccve entronces os the r home cnd I ts omozing to see ihe bees ct woi'k ond lheir hives cre sure to impress, Bees moy be pientifui ond oggressive n hot weother, Fiosn floods hove suddenly swepi through the creek bed thot is ihe f cor to ihe tunnel cove, l'l's oCvisoble to steer cleor of the ccive during
Where: SiocrycrC Gu iy Notionol
::'. i )cc-e-'-re
S-rre:i
Cooroiv. between Leemon cnd Eneobbo, From the Indion Oceon Rood, toke the Coorow/Gree Heod Rood for lSkm then turn left onto the grovel Cockleshell Gully Rd, When: Yeor round, Best to go on o dry doy to reduce risk of getiing cought out in o flosh fiood, More lnfo: Der:ortment of Conservotion ond lond Monogement 96527043 or 9652 19)l
continuol roin ond sicrmy weother, Quicksond moy fcrm neor the dov,instreom open ng when ihe creek is flowing, Besl to cvo d this ond use the upstreom entronce onlv, Steep cllffs ond drops-offs lie olong
theiop of the gully, Stoy on the morked poths io proteci,,rourself cnC the vegetoiion.
There ore ch c ^ -
discover ct St::
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