Karst cave.
| Location: | Devil's Boots, Rockville, Aorere Valley, 8 kms from Collingwood, Golden Bay. |
| Open: | daily, after appointment. |
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| Classification: |
Karst cave.
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| Light: | none, electric torches provided. |
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| Address: | Grant McLellan, Plain Road, Rockville, Collingwood, Tel: +64-3-5248131. |
| Last update: | $Date: 2008/07/01 20:28:53 $ |
| ~1850 | discovered by the Lash family. | |
| 1884 | earliest signature in the cave by W.D. Lash. |
The Te Anaroa Caves were discovered by the Lash family, who bought a farm in the area and called it Rockville. The original Te Anaroa Cave was later completed by two more discoveries, Te Anaroa Cave 2 and the Rebecca Glowworm Cave.
The caves are known for many beautiful speleothems, very bright and clear stalagmites and stalactites, curtains, straws and columns. Extraoridnary are the rare gypsum flowers. Other highlights are fossilized scallops in the limestone, layed open by erosion, and cave sediments with penguin bones. The cave contains some graffitti from past cave explorers. The earliest signature is by W. D. Lash, dated 1884.
The cave has paths and wooden stairs, but good walking shoes are essential. There is no electric light, but lamps of various types are provided by the guide. But still it is a show cave, just one of the rougher ones...
The name Te Anaroa Cave is Maori for Long Cave.
Such descriptive names tend to be rather common and so there is a second tourist
cave named
Te Anaroa Cave
on North Island.
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