Mole Creek Caves — Attraction in Mayberry

What an incredible experience. First things. There are to cave tours (1) Glow Worms Tour and (2) Great Cathedral Tour - I would encourage you to do both in succession! I made my booking by phone and spoke with Shannon, then was met at the rangers visitors centre by Ben and Dave. We only booked the glow worm tour not knowing about the Great Cathedral Tour. We ended up doing both! My chat with Ben at the visitors centre was great as we talked about our mutual respect and love for Fungus! Ask Ben if you meet him, it will be fascinating! We received our access pass from Dave and then made our way (800m) up to the cave entrance where we met 4 other tour guests. Shannon arrived after completing another tour at about 2pm (our tour time) and we made our way in. Shannon's beautiful nature, and love for the cave was obvious. The cave path is easy to navigate with everyone having to duck their heads (even short people) a couple of times. The cave has been formed over millions of years from limestone with speleothem (limestone stalactites and stalagmites), A speleothem is a geological formation by mineral deposits that accumulate over time in caves. There are a couple of places in the cave where the reverberation of your voice makes even the worst singer sound amazing. What to see: There are amazing formations of limestone stalactites and stalagmites as well as an underground river (short creek) and glow worms. There are a number of occasions where the guide will turn out the lights and you will get to experience the grandeur of the cave structure. The highlight for me was a surprise (so I won't give it away, but if you get Shannon and do the Great Cathedral Tour, (and she is in the mood) you definitely will not be disappointed. This is a great attraction for young, middle aged and older people. Easy to navigate and very interesting.. Allow an hour...

What an experience! The guided cave tour of the Mole Creek Cave is an experience not to be missed if in the area. Tickets are reasonably priced for a good hour's worth of stalactite formation viewing, cave traversing and gaining interesting knowledge of the historic cave system.

We were blessed with Angela as our guide and highly recommend hopping on a tour with this charasmatic, passionate guide. Could listen to her for hours talking about facts and cave trivia as she has a pleasant voice and is great with the kids. She was very patient with the group members. Another tour group passed us with a guide of a much harsher disposition and gave off a "ballbreaker" vibe with the rules as she passed us and made me thankful to the heavens we were given the superior option.

The formations themselves are a geological marvel. The calcite that sparkled in the light stole the show for me. Yes the pitch black glow worm roof was a 'wow' moment but I am a fan of crystals and the like. It is about 9 degrees Celsius deep within the cave so I recommend a jacket for the temperature sensitive. It is not a challenging trek so people of all walking ability can participate, but there is a bit of ducking and careful maneuvwering required for the lower formations that meet the walkways.

Overall I would recommend this experience to nature enthusiasts, groups or couples wanting to take an interesting diversion during...

Words are insurmountable but I'll try; grateful to have been able to see such a unique part of Earth's natural history. Tasmania is a truly special place!

Our guide was Aaron. He has an endearing respect for the environment and an infectious enthusiasm for the related scientific disciplines. I learned a lot of new information not readily available in casual online reading about the geology of the area. He explained everything so anyone could understand it. Can't give this bloke enough kudos.

Unfortunately the tour was spoiled after overhearing kids from our group bragging about, quote: "stealing a stalactite" whilst walking through the carpark. Their alleged parent/guardian did not reprimand this behaviour, despite the fact Aaron spent time educating the group about the anthropological damage that was sadly ubiquitous throughout the cave.

The age of entitlement is real, and incredulous. An irreplaceable piece of natural history obliterated for a 'souvenir' that has already outlived the vandal by incomprehensible passages of time because of assumedly poor adult supervision. To then say nothing about why this is not the right thing to do. What a sad world we live in.

Anyways, highly recommend booking ahead, bringing a jacket, supervising kids, and reading up on the area before your visit to make it more fun! And for the parent/guardian from our group, stepping on stalagmite...