Murrawijinie Cave
Cave in Australia
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Murrawijinie Cave is in the Australian state of South Australia within the gazetted locality of Nullarbor[1] on the Nullarbor Plain.
| Murrawijinie Cave | |
|---|---|
Murrawijinie Cave | |
  | |
| Location | Nullarbor, South Australia, Australia |
| Coordinates | 31°21′52″S 130°52′30″E[1] |
| Entrances | 3 |
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]
Primarily, entry is accessed via doline (sinkhole); another two entrances 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 entrances 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]