Wellington Caves in Wellington, New South Wales | Camp site

Wellington Caves

Locality: Wellington, New South Wales

Phone: +61 2 6840 6480

Address: Caves Rd Apsley 2820 Wellington, NSW, Australia

Website: http://www.wellingtoncaves.com.au

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25.01.2022 National Science week is 15th-23rd August. At Wellington Caves we work with many people of different scientific fields throughout the year. You can find out more when you visit. Especially on tour of Cathedral Cave or in our Discovery Lab. Please book in advance, on line, via our web site. wellingtoncaves.com.au Places are limited.

24.01.2022 *Locals in the Limelight* Janelle is the soap maker and creator at Janelle’s Soaps & Succulents. Janelle is located her home town of Wellington in NSW, where she dabbles in a bit of golf, swimming, kayaking & reading. Janelle is also a crazy succulent lady! There is a soap to suit everyone within the large range, including Natural, Goats Milk, Essential Oil, Fragrance Oil and Exfoliating soaps. They are all made for you to use and enjoy. Janelle's Soaps are available in sto...re at the Wellington Caves. #Janellessoaps #supportlocals #wellingtonnsw #wellingtoncaves #discovertheunderground #LoveNSW See more

24.01.2022 FrogID is a national citizen science project that is helping scientists to learn more about what is happening to Australia’s frogs. All around the country, people are recording frog calls with nothing more than a smartphone. Why Frogs Count Australia has over 240 known species of frog, almost all of which are found nowhere else in the world. Some species are flourishing, like the Striped Marsh Frog. But others have declined dramatically since the 1980s, and four have become e...xtinct. Help the scientists There’s no way scientists can count Australia’s frogs on their own. The country’s too big and there’s too many frogs! That’s where you come in. With FrogID, citizen scientists just like you can help us put frogs on the map! Go to www.frogid.net.au and find out more! #welovefrogs #wellingtoncaves #discovertheunderground #citizenscience #WellingtonNSW #LoveNSW See more

24.01.2022 Megafauna Mondays- Megalania Behaviour Because few fossils of Megalania have been found, we know relatively little about how it would have lived. A few tantalising skull fragments reveal a crest, leading scientists to suggest that male Megalania may have fought with each other using their heads like wrecking balls. The fact that several of the few ribs found have old healed fractures lend weight to this theory, and at least reveal that like was not always easy for this top-l...evel predator. Extinction Like most of the Australian megafauna, Megalania went extinct around the time of the end of the last ice age. During this time Australia was becoming drier and the animals they preyed on less abundant. See more

18.01.2022 Check out this amazing artwork of our Cathedral Cave #ChalkWalk

17.01.2022 Megafauna Monday-Diprotodon Diprotodon were unlikely to have fought violently with each other. Complete Diprotodon skulls are rarely preserved as fossils because they are unusually thin and fragile, being taken up mainly with large nasal sinuses rather than brains. So however diprotodonts settled their neighbourly disputes, it was not by head butting each other! Image file from Sharp A (2014). "Three dimensional digital reconstruction of the jaw adductor musculature of the e...xtinct marsupial giant Diprotodon optatum". #wellingtonnsw #wellingtoncaves #megafauna #Diprotodon #discovertheunderground #LoveNSW See more

17.01.2022 School holidays are upon us! Please note that current restrictions are still in place with only the Cathedral Cave and Discovery Lab operating. Cathedral Cave tour tickets and Discovery Lab tickets need to be pre-purchased online prior to arrival. Head over to the 123Tix website to purchase your tickets today before they sell out. https://www.123tix.com.au/events/wellingtoncaves Your accommodation needs can be booked online also, we have Suites, powered sites and campsites fo...llow the link to make your booking or call 02 6840 6480 https://bookingsau.newbook.cloud/wellingtoncaves/index.php #wellingtoncaves #discovertheunderground #discoverylab #loveNSW #wellingtonnsw #happycamper

17.01.2022 Megafauna Monday - Diprotodon Why did they go extinct? The exact reasons for the extinction of the Diprotodon are still unclear. It is unlikely that the extinction was the sole result of the arrival of humans, climate change may have also been a significant factor. During the Pleistocene, Australia experienced droughts that were much worse that todays and much of inland Australia was barren and waterless. Reference The Australian Museum, The Victoria Museum and Prehistoric gi...ants the megafauna of Australia by Danielle Clode #wellingtonnsw #wellingtoncaves #megafauna #Diprotodon #discovertheunderground #LoveNSW

15.01.2022 September 27th 2020 marks the 40th anniversary of the first World Tourism Day this is to highlight the important role tourism plays all around the world. 2020 is also the 142nd year of tours for the Wellington Caves. The first guided tour of the Wellington Caves was in 1878 this was led by James Sibbald, the first caretaker of the Caves. #worldtourismday #wellingtoncaves #wellingtonnsw #discovertheunderground #LoveNSW #destinationnsw

15.01.2022 Digging up History -1957 Camera crews are getting set up to film a Vegemite sponsored advertisement at the Wellington Caves #wellingtonnsw #wellingtoncaves #LoveNSW #DiggingUpHistory #discovertheunderground

15.01.2022 Megafauna Mondays-Megalania Size Conservative estimates suggest a maximum length of just five metres and a weight of 140 kilograms not quite twice the size of the modern Komodo Dragon. Diet... Megalania was probably an ambush predator, only running short distances to bring down its prey. Being cold-blooded, it would have not required as much food as a large mammalian carnivore and its large size would have helped even out the fluctuations in temperature that trouble smaller reptiles. Photo Credit : Ian Eddison- taken at Wellington Caves See more

11.01.2022 Megafauna Monday - Megalania Megalania was the largest land lizard ever to live in Australia and it was the largest carnivore on Australia in the last two million years. It was closely related to modern goannas but was much larger. Exactly how big the Giant Goanna grew is a matter of great debate. Early calculations based on a single foot bone suggested he might have grown up to seven metres in length and weighed over half a tonne. The maximum sizes of megafauna tend to be like ‘the fish that got away’ they get bigger and bigger with every retelling.

10.01.2022 Megafauna Monday- The giant Diprotodon optatum was the largest of all the Australian Megafauna (Megafauna means "large animal life") and the largest marsupial ever. These solid, heavy built marsupials were the size of a small four-wheel drive. Up to 3.8m long, 2m at the shoulder and weighing up to 3000 kilograms. #wellingtonnsw #wellingtoncaves #megafauna... #Diprotodon #discovertheunderground #LoveNSW See more

10.01.2022 The Discovery Lab is a fossil finding session where you will gain an introduction in Geology, Hydrology Chemistry & Paleontology. You will find out about the extinct Australian Megafauna and then, in our purpose built Discovery Lab, conduct your own fossil find. Sift through 800,000 year old fossil rich sediment that has been extracted from our Phosphate Mine. These sessions are suited for the whole family with children requiring an accompanying paying adult. All tickets for... the lab must be pre-purchased online prior to arrival. www.wellingtoncaves.com.au #wellingtoncaves #wellingtonnsw #ifoundafossilatwellingtoncaves #discoverylab #lovensw

09.01.2022 Megafauna Monday Procoptodon Short Faced Kangaroo The Pleistocene Kangaroo Procoptodon goliah, the most extreme of the short-faced kangaroos, was the largest and most heavily built kangaroo known. Size- Up to 2.6m tall and weighed around 230 kilograms... Diet- The complex teeth of the Procoptodon tell us that it was a browser rather than a grazer, able to handle the tough leaves and stems typical of arid and semi-arid environments. Procoptodon had an unusually short flat face and forwardly directed eyes with a single large toe on each foot (modern kangaroos have 4 toes). Each hand had two long, clawed fingers (like grappling hooks) that would have been used to bring leafy branches within reach. Their shoulder blades were similar to humans were similar to those of humans, allowing them to raise their arms above their heads to grasp foliage (modern kangaroos cannot do this). See more

09.01.2022 Megafauna Monday-Diprotodon Diprotodon were the gentle giants of the Pleistocene browsing on the shrubs and trees of the open woodlands and forests like over-grown wombats. Diprotodon was the first mammal fossil named in Australia by Sir Richard Owen in 1838. It was the largest marsupial known and was widespread across Australia. They may have eaten as much as 100 to 150 kilograms of vegetation a day. #wellingtonnsw #wellingtoncaves #megafauna... #Diprotodon #discovertheunderground #LoveNSW See more

08.01.2022 This week Macquarie University conducted research on our local Red browed finch colony. Traping, leg banding and blood was obtained for mitochondrial DNA testing. This is due to other research which revealed genetic differences between eastern and central west NSW bird species such as the Eastern Yellow Robin. Of our local colony of Red browed finches, 20 now have silver leg bands. You may see them when you visit Wellington Caves

07.01.2022 Wellington Caves always loves a Citizen Science opportunity - the following Information is from the Australian Pollinator Week Wild Pollinator Count website linked below, " Australia has around 2,000 native bee species, all of which are important pollinators. We also know there are a couple of thousand butterfly, wasp, fly, moth, beetle, thrips and ant species, some of which are documented pollinators. Unfortunately, we don’t have a lot of information on the ecology of many ...of these insects, what flowers they pollinate, or where they are found. The Wild Pollinator Count gives you an opportunity to contribute to wild pollinator insect conservation in Australia. We invite you to count wild pollinators in your local environment and help us build a database on wild pollinator activity. Wild Pollinator Count dates for 2020 Spring: 8 15 November You can join in by watching any flowering plant for just ten minutes sometime in our count week. You don’t need to be an insect expert. You don’t need fancy gear. You may be surprised by what you see!" Visit the website for more information https://wildpollinatorcount.com/ #WildPollinatorCount #citizenscience #wellingtoncaves Wellington NSW

01.01.2022 Wellington Caves are looking for three outgoing, committed and engaging casual Caves Officers. These roles are responsible for undertaking guided tours of our show caves, assisting in the Caves Cafe and general customer service. Previous caves experience is not essential but an eagerness to learn and a passion for the environment is a plus. For any further information or to apply please click the link below. https://www.seek.com.au/job/50488840