Amazing Cave

Grey River Argus, 17 April 1948, Page 3

Amazing Cave

INVERCARGILL, April 15.

A ramble among the bush-clad hills about 1000 feet above Lake Te Anau led to the discovery* by Mr Wilson Campbell, of Gore, a member of the Fiordland Travel Company, of a cave which dwarfs in size and magnificence that recently found near the side of the lake. Glowworms are among the attractions, but the most amazing feature of the discovery is a wall of blade-shaped stalactites, which extends over an area 150 yards long by 50 feet high.

The cave extends into the mountains for an estimated distance of three-ouarters of a mile, presenting a range of weird rock formations. Only a portion of the interior and network of subsidiary caves has yet been explored, and in the opinion of Mr Campbell, the mountain side is honey-combed, and a tremendous field of search is beckoning to a fit and keen investigator. . It is considered that no difficulty would be experienced in cutting a track to the cave, but it is a strenuous climb to the snot and is not a task for the elderly. Nevertheless, the prosnects opened up by the discovery are wide enough to warrant the hope that one day it will form one of the great attractions of the lakes district.