The Buchan Caves are a group of caves that include Royal Cave and Fairy Cave, located in Buchan, Victoria, with limestone formations created by underground rivers cutting through limestone rock almost 400 million years ago. ^[1] The Buchan Caves are located 360 km and five hours drive from Melbourne, along the Princes Highway, north of Lakes Entrance Bold textItalic text HELLO AMERICA Buchan landscape looking from township toward bridge over Buchan river and football ground Buchan ( ) is a town in Victoria, Australia, located on Buchan Road, in the East Gippsland Shire near the Snowy River. ... Melbournes CBD has grown to straddle the Yarra River in three major precincts. ... The Princes Highway is a segment of Australias Highway 1 that extends from Sydney to Adelaide, via Melbourne. ... The Entrance to Gippsland Lakes at Lakes Entrance Lakes Entrance is a tourist resort and fishing port in eastern Victoria, Australia, population 6000 (2001). ...

Tourism

The caves are a major tourist attraction of the Gippsland Region. Daily tours are conducted in Royal Cave and Fairy Cave. Royal Cave features calcite-rimmed pools and in Fairy Cave features elaborate stalactites and stalagmites. Both caves are lit, have walkways and have a constant temperature of 17 degrees Celcius. John Longstaffs Gippsland, Sunday night, February 20th, 1898, depicting the Red Tuesday bushfires that ravaged Gippsland For the electoral district in the Australian House of Representatives, see Division of Gippsland. ... A stalactice hanging above subterranean water. ... The Witchs Finger in the Carlsbad Caverns A stalagmite (Greek stalagma, drip) is a type of speleothem formed by the deposit of calcium carbonate which rises from the floor of a limestone cave due to the dripping of mineralized solutions. ... This article is being considered for deletion in accordance with Wikipedias deletion policy. ...

Reserve

The Buchan Caves are situated within the Buchan Caves Reserve. The area is surrounded by trees and wildlife, which includes bellbirds, lyrebirds and kangaroos. Amenities include a swimming pool, picnic ground, playground, campsites and an information centre. Genera Menura A Lyrebird is either of two large ground-dwelling Australian birds, most notable for their extraordinary ability to mimic natural and artificial sounds from their environment. ... Its true that everything old is new again which is why youre once again seeing people wearing KangaROOS shoes. ...

History

The caves were accidentally reserved in 1887, as they were on land set aside for stock camping. The government commissioned an exploration of the land and, on the recommendation of the geologist Albert Ernest Kitson, reserved the area to protect the caves. This article or section is not written in the formal tone expected of an encyclopedia article. ...

In 1907, Frank Moon discovered the Fairy Cave which was opened to the public later that year. Royal Cave was discovered in 1910 by Frederick Wilson and after an entrance tunnel was excavated, it was opened to visitors in 1913. The Caves Reserve was set out and planted mostly in the late 1930s.^[2]

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