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on. Near Cheshire Creek, however, there is a thick bed of lime- 

 stone in which the caves already mentioned are situated. They 

 have been explored but are of no great extent, running for about 

 a quarter of a mile, principally as low passages, but with a few 

 more lofty chambers. The walls are encrusted with calcite 

 " formation" similar to that at the Jenolan Caves, and there are 

 a few stalactites, mostly dull in appearance and showing little of 

 the beauty of those at the Jenolan. The caves terminate in a 

 moderately lofty chamber from which most of the limestone 

 appears to have been dissolved out ; the roof and floor being of 

 black earth. There is a good deal of earthy mud in the caves, 

 but no bones appear to have been found. 



The cave limestone is almost entirely made up of fossil corals, 

 and is capped in places by a conglomerate of limestone pebbles. 

 It seems to die out before reaching Cheshire Creek where the 

 rocks are schistose in character. An observation in the caves 

 gave the strike as NI.W. — S.S.E., dip W.S.W. at a low angle. 

 The limestone at the surface may be followed along the strike for 

 a considerable distance. It crosses the Diamond Creek and after- 

 wards the Sofala road, retaining the same character all the way. 



Returning to Tobin's and travelling along the road in front, we 

 find at about two hundred yards away a road branching off on the 

 right hand side, nearly at right angles, which leads to Palmer's 

 Oakey and Sunny Corner. The main road bends to the west of 

 north, and the cave limestone is reached about one and a half 

 miles from the inn ; the road shortly after dividing, one branch 

 going to Sofala, the other to the Upper Turon. At the junction 

 of the Palmer's Oakey and Sofala roads the black slates are well 

 seen, dipping apparently nearly N.W. at about 20°, but it is 

 difficult to be quite sure about the true bedding planes. To reach 

 the other outcrops of limestone one has to follow the Palmer's 

 Oakey road for about half a mile, it running east and west, when 

 it bends to the north, crosses Diamond Creek and begins to rise 

 steadily. In a short distance we find a thick band of bluish 

 limestone crossing the road. This is similar in appearance to that 



