Stay: Conto Campground National Park $18
We enjoyed a pleasant walk along the shore of the inlet at Augusta this morning before setting off on today’s adventures. 
As we drove we thought why not visit a cave as we came across Jewel Cave right on the 9:30 tour! It was meant to be…
This is the biggest show cave in Western Australia and has 3 massive chambers. We got to a depth of 42m below ground level. It is extremely well decorated with delicate hehectites, cave coral and pedulites.
A world record straw at over 5m long.
There is a very large stalagmite called ‘The Karri Forest’.
A beautiful example of a flowstone called ‘The Frozen Waterfall’.
The ‘Organ Pipes’ used to be in a chamber filled with water.
The cave is also famous for the discovery of several Tasmanian Tiger remains.
Our next destination was Hamelin Bay which is famous for its abundance of stingrays, but not today, as the water was too rough.
Further along we drove through Karri forest and stopped at Jarrahdene and did the Davies Mill interpretive walk.
The campground here was lovely but we preferred the openness of Conto campground.
We chose a spot and unhooked to drive along the beautiful coast to Cape Freycinet.
Back at camp Mark managed to get the fire going as everything is so damp. We had a yummy BBQ dinner. Later fellow campers Jake and Kate joined us for a chat around the fire.
As we drove we thought why not visit a cave as we came across Jewel Cave right on the 9:30 tour! It was meant to be…
This is the biggest show cave in Western Australia and has 3 massive chambers. We got to a depth of 42m below ground level. It is extremely well decorated with delicate hehectites, cave coral and pedulites.
A world record straw at over 5m long.
There is a very large stalagmite called ‘The Karri Forest’.
A beautiful example of a flowstone called ‘The Frozen Waterfall’.
The ‘Organ Pipes’ used to be in a chamber filled with water.
The cave is also famous for the discovery of several Tasmanian Tiger remains.
Our next destination was Hamelin Bay which is famous for its abundance of stingrays, but not today, as the water was too rough.
Further along we drove through Karri forest and stopped at Jarrahdene and did the Davies Mill interpretive walk.
The campground here was lovely but we preferred the openness of Conto campground.
We chose a spot and unhooked to drive along the beautiful coast to Cape Freycinet.
Back at camp Mark managed to get the fire going as everything is so damp. We had a yummy BBQ dinner. Later fellow campers Jake and Kate joined us for a chat around the fire.
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