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Chillagoe's Caves - QLD

Balancing Rock

Pompeii cave formations

Chimneys to the north

Cave entrance

Flowstone

Limestone outcrop

Cave spider

Cave,Sinkhole

Position

DEG: -17.168676 144.518883

DMS: 17º 10' 7.23" S 144º 31' 8.01" E

UTM: 55 K 8100097mN 236071mE

Altitude: 384m

Address & Contact

Bolwarra Rd
Chillagoe QLD 4871

Phone: N/A

Email: N/A

Web: https://parks.desi.qld.gov.au/parks/chillagoe-caves/journeys/cave-tours

Information

Closest to town. Caves include: Donna, Trezkinn, Bauhinia and Pompeii plus Royal Arch Cave. Short walks to the top of the limestone outcrops with views back over the town to the smelter chimney.

Visitors can explore Donna, Trezkinn and Royal Arch caves on ranger-guided cave tours, which run daily except Christmas Day. Tickets must be purchased in advance from Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service staff based at The Hub in the Chillagoe township. These three caves can only be accessed via a ranger-guided tour.

Other caves can be accessed via self-guided cave tours.

The Parks website has full details of what to expect at each cave including walk time, distance and challenges that may be present.

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Weather

Closest Weather Station

Mareeba at 02/12:00pm EST

Distance from Chillagoe's Caves 97.23km E

Temperature	Feels Like	Rel. Humidity	Dew Point	Pressure	Rainfall	Wind Direction	Wind Speed	Gusts
22.0°C	21.3°C	51%	11.4°C	1016.1hPa	0.0mm	WNW	6km/hr 3knots	11km/hr 6knots

Closest Climatic Station

Walkamin Research Station

Distance from Chillagoe's Caves 96.61km E

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Mean Max. °C	29.9	29.1	28.0	26.5	24.9	23.6	23.2	24.7	27.1	29.3	30.5	30.7
Mean Min. °C	20.3	20.5	19.6	18.1	16.2	13.9	13.0	13.4	14.8	16.7	18.5	19.8
Mean Rain mm	222.6	248.9	210.0	51.5	26.3	18.0	11.1	11.2	8.4	22.3	74.2	124.1