Lucas and Orient Caves-Jenolan Caves 17th April 2007

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Orient Cave-17.4.2007 (4)ed

ORIENT CAVE-Jenolan Caves
The Orient Cave was discovered by James Wiburd, Jack Edwards and Robert Bailey in 1904 and was opened for public inspection on 28th December 1917. There are three richly decorated chambers in the Orient Cave and their visual impact will leave you breathless with the rich display of colour and the massive size and extent of it's decorations. To maintain the beauty of the cave, it was steam cleaned in 1968, a world's first.
The Orient Cave, along with the Temple of Baal and Ribbon Caves are entered though a man made tunnel 120 metres in length known as the Binoomea Cut which was constructed in 1954.
Average inspection time 1½ hours
Number of steps: 358
Fitness level: average