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Decisions, decisions - Waterfall Chamber or Crystal Passage?

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Head on to the Duck, or enter Bone Passage.

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The cold dark water of the duck beckons. Mind your head and prepare for a good soaking!

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Be careful here. This section of the passage can fill to the roof during heavy rain. However, the crawl in the water is short and you can soon stand up again.

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End of Crystal Passage.  Return to junction.

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Tim Lawson sampling cave sediments for the geomorphology survey

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Be sure to look in the small alcoves for the cave formations. Continue left to the end of Crystal Passage

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Calcite crystals - left again for the way on

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Gour pools with crystals.  Your journey up the passage continues to the left

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Straw stalactites - look to the left of the image for the way on

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Entering Pool Passage.  The cavers are contemplating the cold, static water!

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End of Pool Passage.  Return to junction.

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Entering the spectacular Crystal Passage

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Caver looking into Trench 1.  Beyond is the end of the passage, where we hope to open the original entrance into the cave

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End of Bone Passage.  Return to junction.

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The narrow entrance into Bone Passage.  Look to the left for some nice formations

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Trench 1, Bone Passage.  It is here where we have found archaeological material from our Iron Age ancestors! 

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Some unusual stalagtite formations.  Bottom left for the way on

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The small stalagmite grotto in Bone Passage.  Continue to the left for the excavations

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The ramp leading into Bone Passage.  Enter the passage to see where we have been recovering archaeological material from the Iron Age

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Terminal Chamber and the end of the cave.  You now have to return to the surface the way you came in!  Have a safe trip.

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The main way on continues down this rift passage with boulders poised in the roof.  Pass below the large boulder to get to the end of the cave

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In this section of the main stream passage one has a choice of low-level and high-level routes to explore. To continue on to the end of the cave follow the water

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This unusual formation is located in the upper series of the cave where a plant root has penetrated the cave roof and has become coated in calcite.  Be careful of your footing here - it is a 3 metre drop back to the stream!

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Traversing along narrow ledges in the roof of the cave above the stream passage, raw geology can be seen.  Here, the caver is looking at a volcanic dyke some 70 million years old!  From here you will have to climb back down to the stream

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The caver looks for the way on in Dwarrowdelf. Here, you have a choice of low-level and high-level routes. For the high-level route look to the sloping ledge for a foothold!

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Strange calcite formations in Waterfall Chamber

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Gour formations can be found at the sides of the main stream passage here.  For the way on look to the right of the image

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Pass the pedestal for the way on, or have a quick wade up Pool Passage.  Look to the right of the pedestal if you want to get muddy and wet!

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At the top of the waterfall, so watch your footing!

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Look for the gour pools hidden away on the right-hand side of the passage as you go downstream.  The way on is in the top left of the image.

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The darkness beckons behind the caver in Pedestal Canyon

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Through the Black Gate (a volcanic dyke in this case)

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Some interesting calcite formations await the visitor to the cave

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If it has rained recently, be prepared for a damp welcome.

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Watch your head on the roof pendants!

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Follow the caver downstream for the way on

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Last minute checks and then down we go…

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This is where it all begins - search and click within each picture for the way on into and through the cave.