AN ANNOTATED LIST OF AUSTRALIAN SHOW CAVE AREAS

Name of Area	Management Authority	Number of Visitors
		1968	1969	1970	1971	1972
NSW
Jenolan	Dept Tourism	157,678	161,663	166,204	182,827	185,432
Wombeyan	Dept Tourism	20,968	22,777	23,330	27,448	29,005
Abercrombie	Dept Tourism	7,453	7,766	8,176	10,996	9,896
Yarrangobilly	NPWS	Figures not available
Wellington	Wellington Shire Council as trustees for the NSW Dept of Lands	Figures not available
Careys Cave, Wee Jasper	Gooradigbee Shire Council (first opened 1968)	1,775	5,278	3,396	4,218	4,176
VICTORIA
Buchan	Buchan Caves Advisory Comm for the Vic. Dept Crown Lands & Survey	53,078	52,956	53,795	61,780	66,161
Murrindal	Tours are conducted by a small private group under licence from the Department of Crown Lands and Survey	Figures not available
Princess Margaret Rose, Glenelg River	Forests Commission of Victoria	Figures not available		13,000	17,000	22,000
SOUTH AUSTRALIA
Naracoorte	NPWS	NA	29,906	31,347	33,586	35,524
Kelly Hill, Kangaroo Island	NPWS	5,700	6,500	8,400	9,300	13,000
Tantanoola	District Council of Tantanoola under licence from NPWS	30,950	32,275	32,750	33,500	36,800
QUEENSLAND
Olsen's Cave, near Rockhampton	Privately operated by T & R Olsen	Figures not available
Cammoo Caves, near Rockhampton	Privately operated by Mr & Mrs Eckert	Figures not available
Chillagoe	National Parks Branch, Dept Forestry, (now NPWS)	4,228	6,129	5,960	6,642	8,400
WESTERN AUSTRALIA
Yanchep	National Parks Board	27,083	37,667	41,565	42,819	41,311
Jewel, Mammoth & Lake Caves	Augusta-Margaret River Tourist Bureau	Figures not available
Yallingup	Busselton Tourist Bureau	Figures not available
TASMANIA
Hastings	Dept of Tourism	15,176	18,062	19,190	22,228	23,931
Mole Creek	Dept of Tourism	13,854	15,608	18,690	20,919	22,487
Gunns Plains	Private operated under lease from NPWS	3,080	5,289	3,345	4,455	5,332
NORTHERN TERRITORY
Cutta Cutta (Katherine)	Privately operated under concession from Northern Territory Reserves Board until 1975; now operated by the Board	Figures not available