We embarked on a road trip to Adelaide last week. Some 700 and something km’s were covered in one day with a preggie and a toddler on board. Daring some might say, but such things don’t seem to hinder our ambition or sense of adventure. On our way we pre planned a stop over at the Naracoorte Caves. A destination along the Limestone Coast (in South Australia) known for it’s…er, caves, would you believe?

When one thinks of caves they might have images of dark, creepy, bat and spider infested holes which should only play home to Batman. Naracoorte Caves are fully wicked. In an awesome kinda way. They’re pretty spectacular and have less of the creepy factor. In fact this spot has been listed as a World Heritage Site. Admittedly it’s mostly ‘cos of the many mammal fossils discovered here. The silly old dinosaurs would hop along and flop right down into the caves and get stuck and ultimately find their deaths there and then we came along and said a huh upon their remains being discovered. You can be educated at length about this (in a more scientific manner) at the Wonambi Fossil Centre on the site.

We wanted to get down to the dark depths of Batman land however and found ourselves on a guided tour headed for the Alexandra Caves before we knew it.

Rocks and stuff, they’re actually very interesting

The straws. The stars and most fragile part of the caves.

The bottom half of the next picture is actually a reflection in the water. Pretty neat huh?

Little Vick getting a hands on education about the stalagmites

The Wet Cave:

There are half a dozen caves to explore and numerous guided tours throughout the day. This is really a top spot to take the kids. It captivated Little Vick and us big kids rated it highly too.

The best thing, it was nearing 40 degrees outside so the caves provided the most brilliant air conditioning you could get. It was soooo cool, I could have happily turned into a Bat-girl!