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National park in Western Australia
Photo: Stephen Edmonds, CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Leeuwin-Naturaliste National Park is a popular national park in Australia's southwest, just a few hours from Perth, the capital of Western Australia.
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A 300-metre long cave that is one of the more easily accessible caves of the park. It can be experienced on a self guided tour, and the cave is also one of the few caves in the region where one can see streams flow through.
As the name of the cave says, the cave is large and is Leeuwin-Naturaliste National Park's deepest cave, with a depth of 86 metres for a length of about half a kilometre. The cave requires you to go onto several tight spots and ladder climbs.
Best known for containing the world's longest straw in a tourist cave (i.e. one that can easily be visited) with a length of about with a stalagmite of over 20 t (metric).
Contains the largest megafauna fossil deposit in Australia and this cave can be accessed via a self-guided tour.
A small cafe next to the Cape Naturaliste lighthouse. The range is limited, but it's the only place to eat in Cape Naturaliste.
The park is approximately 270 km south of Perth. The park is accessible via the Bussell Highway and Caves Road from the nearby towns of Busselton, Margaret River and Augusta.
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