Murrawijinie Cave
| Murrawijinie Cave | |
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 Murrawijinie Cave | |
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| Location | Nullarbor, South Australia, Australia |
| Coordinates | 31°21′52″S 130°52′30″E / 31.36456°S 130.87505°E[1] |
| Entrances | 3 |
Murrawijinie Cave is in the Australian state of South Australia within the gazetted locality of Nullarbor[1] on the Nullarbor Plain.
This cave[2] is open to the public but safety precautions should be taken before driving off the Eyre Highway. The entry is approximately 10 kilometres (6 mi) north of the Nullarbor Roadhouse along a rough track.[3]
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.[3]
One of the entries has hand stencils on the walls drawn in ochre by Indigenous Australians.[4]
Since June 2013, the cave has been in the protected area known as the Nullarbor Wilderness Protection Area.[5]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "Search result for "Murrawijinie Caves (Cave)" (Record no. SA0048008) with the following layers selected - "Suburbs and Localities" and " Place names (gazetteer)"". Property Location Browser. Government of South Australia. Archived from the original on 12 October 2016. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
- ^ "Nullarbor Plains Journey - Eyre Highway". Spiritland. Retrieved 18 October 2014.
- ^ a b "Nullarbor". 2012. Retrieved 18 October 2014.
- ^ Catherine Lawson (25 April 2012). "Highway One: Across the Nullarbor". Australian Geographic. Retrieved 18 October 2014.
- ^ "Protected Areas of South Australia September (Map) 2015 Edition" (PDF). Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources (DEWNR). 30 July 2015. Retrieved 15 April 2015.