Tunnel Creek Exit

This is the exit - or turnaround - of Tunnel Creek. Tunnel Creek flows through a water worn tunnel beneath the limestone of the Napier Range, part of the 375 to...
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This is the exit - or turnaround - of Tunnel Creek. Tunnel Creek flows through a water worn tunnel beneath the limestone of the Napier Range, part of the 375 to 350 million-year-old Devonian Reef system. You can walk 750 metres through the tunnel to the other side of Napier Range, wading through several permanent pools and watching for bats and the stalactites that descend from the roof in many places.

The tunnel is up to 12 metres high and 15 metres wide in parts. Near the centre of the cave the roof has collapsed and is an excelent place to ovserve the colony of fruit bats
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