Undara Archway Lava Tube tour

A bit of a sleep in today, although we were both stirring before our alarm at 8am. A much slower morning than usual as our tour wasn't until 10:30. We packed up, had a feed and waited by the wifi in the main area until our Archway tour started. Only small groups which is good, with a max of 20. A few waitlisted people were hoping for no shows with no luck. A few people we've spoken to at various campsites were hoping to do Undara or Cobbold (where we're headed today), but said they were both booked out by the time they looked into it. Lucky I enjoying planning haha. Sonya was our tour guide, this is her first season here, she was lovely and very knowledgeable. The lava tubes are over 190000 years old and there are 72 volcanoes within this national park, with even more in the general area. Undara has the longest lava tube in the world at around 160kms. First we walked into the Stephenson cave, it was huge and very impressive. Next we headed out to see the Archway, where the tube roof had collapsed thousands of years ago, creating the 'arch'. The next cave was the Ewamian, named after the local Indigenous people. Sonya asked if anyone could sing as the acoustics are great in this cave and as turns out! One of the ladies from South Australia could, after being dobbed in by her travelling partner. We turned the lights off and she sung a beautiful Irish song for everyone, it was unreal! We headed back to the mini bus not long later, made ham and cheese wraps before heading to our next stop.Read more