The Bat Cave is viewed via infra red camera, and not actually entered.
This way the endangered Bent Wing Bats are observed without disturbing their habitat.
What did I learn from viewing these bats? Bats are not blind at all!
This is a sink hole more or less left in its natural state, unlike the Unphertson Sink Hole in Mount Gambier.
Some ivy grows over the sink hole, but not removed for heritage value. Apparently, locals in past decades retreated to the caves to keep cool in the summer months and some of the exotic plants remain to retain some of this history.
The park has a kiosk that serves some yummy food at reasonable prices. On the day we toured the caves we had lunch at the kiosk, I had pumpkin soup with cheese scones for $5.50 and Andrew had an egg and bacon wrap for around seven dollars. On Wednesday, we also had lunch there before we moved on to our next destination.
This time we both had Warrigal Pie. I think we paid around $6.50 each for this. It was the most delicious pie made with a rice base topped with a savoury custard and steamed Warrigal greens all prepared in the kiosk kitchen. It was fine cuisine at very reasonable price and a pleasant surprise.
