Best described as a ‘hidden gem’, the Gunns Plains Cave State Reserve is home to some of the most remarkable Tasmanian caves. On a guided cave tour you will see impressive calcite shawls and flowstones, and an array of formations showcasing the rich colours and silver-speckled calcite crystals of the underground.
Glow worms dot areas of the cave like stars, and the underground river that formed the cave still flows underfoot as you venture along the walkway. Platypus sleep and nest in the river’s sandy banks, while freshwater crayfish, fish and eel live in its waters.
Gunns Plains Cave is one of the oldest Tasmanian cave reserves. It was proclaimed a State Reserve in 1918, some years after a hunter reputedly came across it when his dog fell into a hole that formed part of the cave. It became one of Tasmania’s early tourism attractions.