I had booked a cave tour (Royal Caves, excluding Fairy Cave) for 10am this morning. Luckily our group was fairly small, especially for a weekend.
Interestingly this cave complex was not found by accident but because the Victorian government sent out a search party so to speak. They wanted to find a cave system for the purpose of tourism. The guys went out with dynamite and blew up holes in the ground that looked likely to be cave entrances . This cave complex has now been operating for over 100 years!
After tour it wasn’t quiet lunch time yet to hit the local pub -so I thought id head to Lake Tyers- a pub on the waters edge .
I detoured via a pretty amazing old rail bridge- wooden one. Stoney Creek Trestle bridge.
Had a burger, chips and cider at the pub- on the deck and did a short walk before the drive to Lakes Entrance.
After I unpacked in a motel (lots of rain due this night) ; i had a walk through the lookouts around Kalmina. The views across the ocean and lakes are great and I look forward to a boat trip in the next few days!
