The Best Caves & Sinkholes on the Limestone Coast
Where to descend into the region's karst country
The whole region sits on dissolving sea-floor limestone, and the result is a landscape riddled with the underground. From World Heritage fossil caves to sunken gardens in the middle of town, here are the best places to look beneath the surface.
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NaracoorteVictoria Fossil Cave
The cave whose ice-age bones earned Naracoorte its World Heritage listing.
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Mount GambierEngelbrecht Cave
A cave system tunnelling right under the streets of Mount Gambier.
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Mount GambierCave Garden (Thugi)
A collapsed cavern turned terraced garden in the city centre.
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MillicentTantanoola Caves Conservation Park
A glittering single-chamber dolomite cave by the highway.
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Naracoorte
Blanche Cave
Grand, light-filled chambers that have welcomed visitors since the 1880s.
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NaracoorteNaracoorte Caves National Park
The World Heritage cave complex at the heart of it all.
From the active fossil dig at Naracoorte to a sinkhole behind the main street, the Limestone Coast offers more world-class karst per kilometre than almost anywhere in Australia.
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Image credits
- Naracoorte Caves National Park 1.jpg by Feral Arts , CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons