JENOLAN CAVES

On Saturday May 17th we went on an outing to the Jenolan Caves. They are 2 1/2 hours from Sydney, through the Blue Mountains. It was a cool day, crisp and clear when we left Sydney at 7:30 am. By the time we reached the Caves a storm was coming in and it turned cold with periods of light rain and wind. The Jenolan Caves are really something to see. There are a number of large caves with formations as you see below in all of them. We took the Lucas Cave tour which had a lot of steps and took 1 1/2 hours. The formations were exceptional. There is not room on this blog to put all of the pictures. To get to the caves we drove down a very steep, windy road to the valley floor and a large opening through the rock. On the other side was a large hotel,restaurant complex. Above the opening in the rock was the entrances to the Lucas Cave.
On the way home we stopped and took pictures of the decorated bus shelters in a couple of the towns as we drove through the Blue Mountains. They were really very unique.
Entrance to the caves.
Hotel at the caves.
Waterfall by hotel
River that carved the caves.
River

View of road from entrance to Lucas cave.
Our guide.
Walking through to the hotel area.

Ice castle.
Neat toadstools.
Jay & Elizabeth in Lucas Cave.
Formation
Stairs to nowhere.

Formation in Lucas Cave.
Bus shelter Decoration - Blue Mountains
Bus shelter
Bus shelter
Bus shelter