Murrawijinie Cave

Murrawijinie Cave

Marrawijinie Cave is cave located within the Nullarbor National Park on the Nullarbor Plain, in South Australia.

This cave[1] is open to the public but safety precautions should be taken before driving off the Eyre Highway. The entry is located approximately 10 kilometres (6 mi) north of the Nullarbor Roadhouse along a rough track.[2]

The main entry is a doline, a collapsed cave, another two entries are close by which is typical of the Nullarbor's karst topography. Hawks and Swallows use the caves as nesting sites.[2]

One of the entries has hand stencils made from ochre drawn by Indigenous Australians on the walls.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Nullarbor Plains Journey - Eyre Highway". Spiritland. Retrieved 18 October 2014.
  2. 1 2 "Nullarbor". 2012. Retrieved 18 October 2014.
  3. ↑ Catherine Lawson (25 April 2012). "Highway One: Across the Nullarbor". Australian Geographic. Retrieved 18 October 2014.

Coordinates: 31°21′58″S 130°52′43″E / 31.36611°S 130.8786°E / -31.36611; 130.8786

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