Caves and pubs

We woke to rain so the bush walks were postponed and we decided to go to the Mole Creek ( there are no moles in Australia) caves. We toured the King Solomon Cave for an hour. I like caves but feel rather clostrophobic and am usually pleased when I see the light of day at the end of the tour. My thoughts went to those young boys in Thailand when they got stranded in a cave....how scary. The short walk through the rainforest was pretty.

On the return journey we stopped at the Tiger Bar at the Mole Creek Hotel and had pies and burgers. And a beer. It it named after the Tasmanian Tiger which was here until mid last century when they were all shot. Now extinct. Shameful. The thylacine was a large striped carnivorous marsupial. Both males and female had a pouch for the young. A most unusual creature. Of course they still have ‘sightings’ here ( a bit like the Loch Ness Monster) and some people reckon they are still hiding in the forests. Wouldn’t that be great if there was.