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New operator for Engelbrecht Cave

December 11, 2009

Engelbrecht Cave has a new operator.

Rhiannon Sims, who worked in the tourism industry on the Gold Coast until recently, and who also worked as a trainee at the Engelbrecht Cave two years ago, has signed a temporary lease agreement with Mount Gambier City Council. Read more

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Cave diving mecca

September 19, 2009

Cave diving
A Mount Gambier tourism leader has claimed the city should begin marketing itself as the cave diving mecca of Australia, following many thousands of dollars being pumped into the economy from the burgeoning sector. Read more

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Scientists get close to the bone

August 5, 2009

Leading Australian palaeontologists will descend on the Naracoorte Caves on the weekend of August 15 – 16 to give the public a behind the scenes look at how scientists are using the fossil record to study climate change and extinctions. Read more

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Caves face climate change threat

August 3, 2009

The Federal Government has warned the World Heritage-listed Naracoorte Caves could be damaged by climate change.

According to the report — prepared by the Australian National University — the mammal sites at the caves were among 17 World Heritage-listed sites under threat. Read more

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Ghost hunters scout haunted cave

May 18, 2009

Ghost busters

Ghost hunters Shauna, Tash and Jo in the Engelbrecht Caves.

A recent intriguing photograph of a ghostlike figure taken by a tourist inside the Engelbrecht Caves sparked such interest that Brian Kemp, who operates the popular tourist facility, is seriously considering night ghost-hunting tours in the caves. Read more

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