WOW is all we can say after finally getting into a cave together today! Now we can really understand what brings people to this wonderful place. To see the beauty of what lies under the mountains here is astonishing. To think that back in the 1800’s these caves were explored by people who would take days to come up from Sydney to see them, and only to see by candle light. Our goal is to get to all into all the caves but the potholes, where you are harnessed in and repel down. Yeah there is no way Tony or I are repelling in caves, hahaha!
Today we did the Chifley Cave: It was discovered in 1880. The Chifley Cave was known as the Left Imperial Cave until 1952, when it was renamed in honour of the then recently-deceased former Prime Minister Ben Chifley, who grew up in nearby Bathurst. Two of the cave's chambers are decorated with coloured lights. The Chifley Cave was the first cave in the world to be lit by electric light, having been illuminated in 1880. The Jenolan Caves were the first public place in Australia to have electric lighting. People would travel for days from Sydney to just see the lights!
