Holiday time is a great opportunity to share these experiences with your family.  In the NSW school holidays and on long weekends, we schedule many extra tours. 

1. April 14 to 17, 2014
2. Easter Long Weekend
3. April 22 to 26, 2014 (including ANZAC Day

We have activities for people of all ages, including guided tours of many spectacular show caves and adventure tours. And don't forget our children's tours, for ages 7 to 11.

For grownups and older children, there is our NEW 'Fossils Unearthed' tour and a fascinating tour EVERY night, such as the intriguing 'Legends, Mysteries & Ghosts'.  

Our cafe serves light lunches, snacks and drinks.  In the evening, you can enjoy a delicious dinner at Chisholm's Restaurant. Stay the night - we have many options to suit all budgets.

www.jenolancaves.org.au/holiday-time/?sdid=5

1. Rest is essential for good health. Let's be honest - sometimes outings with kids are more tiring than going to work. An overnight stay is your well-earned recovery time, after a day of discovery.
    
2. You have a long drive home. Don't risk nodding off behind the wheel or hitting wildlife.
    
3. Provided you stay on the path, it's fun to bring torches and use our bush tracks to spot wombats, wallabies, kangaroos, platypus and other native animals that are more active in the evening!  Also, we run evening cave tours from 8 to 10 pm. Afterwards, simply falling into bed is blissful!
    
4. We offer accommodation for all budgets. Families like our cottages and backpacker lodge, which are economical and self-contained.  But we also offer serviced family guestrooms in our motel and hotel.
    
5. It is a unique experience to stay in our hotel, Jenolan Caves House.  Built between 1897 and 1926, it still retains much of the elegance for which it was famous in the late Victorian era.  It is on the NSW State Heritage Register.

www.jenolancaves.org.au/accommodation/weekend-getaways/

You don't have to be a photographer.  It's easy! If you are over 18, find a photo (your own work) from your trip to Jenolan Caves. 

1. 1st prize - $100 JENOLAN CAVES GIFT VOUCHER. 
2. 2nd prize - 'MAGIC OF JENOLAN' CAVE TOUR PASS for 2 adults, worth $82.

TO ENTER THE COMPETITION, CLICK ON THIS LINK. 

PhotocompposterendingMarch31.pdf

Central Tableland vineyards produce 'cool climate wines', which often show more herbaceous flavors than warm-climate wines and also more earthy or mineral-like character mixed in with the fruitiness.

This month, we shine the spotlight on Mortimers of Orange which has supplied our restaurant with delicious vintages for many years.  At Chisolm's, Mortimers offers the following tempting cool climate wines:

• Chestnet Garth Sparkles, a 'bright sparkling wine with a crisp dry finish'
• Autumn Sauvignon Blanc, 'fresh and zesty with passion fruit aromas over a crisp palate of green apple and subtle asparagus'
• Cabernet Sauvignon, with 'mint and violet aromas over a red berry fruit mid palate'

www.jenolancaves.org.au/dining/chisolms-restaurant/wine-menu/

Wearing a helmet and headlamp, explore seldom seen off-track areas to see the bones of extinct animals. Find the limestone invertebrates that help make up our bedrock in the remote parts of the show cave system. Your trained guide will interpret these fossils and bones, revealing their timeless secrets on an amazing subterranean quest.

The new tour will run twice daily, on 9 days only, during the April NSW school holidays.

www.jenolancaves.org.au/the-caves/fossils-unearthed/

Instagram is a fun and quirky way to share your life with friends through pictures.   

Our Instagram page is so bright and colourful that you might need to put on your sunnies first!  If you have not already registered on Instagram, you might as well do so.  Then, on our Instagram page, click 'Follow'.  Click 'Follow' on other pages that you like.  That way you will never run out of beautiful photos to inspire you.

instagram.com/jenolancaves

LinkedIn is a social networking website designed for the business community.

It differs from Facebook.  Facebook is great for family and friends, jokes and photos. But LinkedIn has become a knowledge base, where colleagues and potential colleagues/clients can share information that might help in the workplace.

Whatever your profession, LinkedIn can provide you with hundreds of relevant Internet articles.  You will never again run out of reading material. LinkedIn is useful for job hunting also.

Jenolan is a mix of tourism, hospitality, history, functions, learning, science, technology and more.  So, our new LinkedIn page contains articles that relate to things such as new imaging techniques, native fauna, cave exploration, fitness & more.  Please 'Follow' us.

www.linkedin.com/company/jenolan-caves-reserve-trust

Pre-book, arrive early and pick up your FREE ticket from the Guide's Office.

We hold church services twice a year only - at Easter and Christmas - organised by a group of dedicated Christians on Jenolan's staff.

Note that it is 252 steep stair steps to reach the Cathedral Chamber.

Once inside, you can sit, relax and hear the Easter message. After catching your breath, join in well-known Christian songs and enjoy a beautiful solo, in the acoustically perfect chamber. Our soloist will be Annelise Van den Elzen.

www.jenolancaves.org.au/underground-church/?sdid=27

The Crystal City is a large, amazing formation of crystal rim pools.  It is a main feature of the Imperial Cave. In dry years, these shallow pools are beautiful but empty. But in heavy rain, water seeps into the cave, filling the pools. As the water overflows, calcium carbonate is caught on the rim, forming crystal and ensuring that the fragile walls continue to grow imperceptibly higher over the years. The water is very pure and still, so you can't see it in the image.   

The Imperial Cave is a memorable experience for people of all ages, including children. There are 358 stair steps, but as the path is mostly level, broken by short sets of stairs, it is the best cave for less mobile or elderly visitors. We consider it our easiest tour - only 1 hour, but full of variety.

www.jenolancaves.org.au/the-caves/show-cave-tours/imperial-cave/

They revisited areas in the Imperial Cave, where they had detected ghostly voices on a previous visit.  A wealth of EVPs (electronic voice phenomena) were recorded - voices, singing, footsteps, rusling of clothing, doors closing, etc. The recordings revealed the “hello” of a child and a very posh woman’s voice, in an English accent, saying “Chif…ley”. A voice said “she looks like Rachel”, referring to a film crew member. There were many children’s voices, some of them saying “help”.  One said his name was “Thomas”.

They also visited one of our most 'haunted' locations, the 'Caretakers Cottage', almost hidden behind trees on the hill above our main car park.  Usually occupied by staff (who have had some terrifying experiences) the cottage is not even part of our 'Legends, Mysteries & Ghosts' tour.  We might have to rectify that!

On YouTube, you can view some of their Jenolan footage from 2012.  We hope that the complete episode will air later this year.

www.jenolancaves.org.au/the-caves/show-cave-tours/legends-mysteries-ghosts-tour/

CHILDREN will discover the exciting backyard that is the Blue Mountains and Jenolan Caves, through a Saturday Disney mini-series. The program will be aired nationally over six different episodes.

The three presenters and four crew members spent three nights and four days in the region last week. Their adventures included cave tours, an abseiling Plughole Adventure, platypus spotting at Jenolan Caves, children’s activities at Fairmont Resort MGallery at Leura, including Segway Tours Blue Mountains. The group also visited Scenic World at Katoomba, Nana’s Teddies and Toys at Blaxland and filmed some world-famous Blue Mountains locations.

Men

1st	David BYRNE	03:25:18
2nd	Martin DENT	03:28:30
3rd	Alexander MATTHEWS	03:28:31

Women

1st	Hanny ALLSTON	03:41:24
2nd	Jane GORDON	04:13:27
3rd	Julie QUINN	04:15:18

See the 6 Foot Track website for the full list of results.

www.sixfoot.com/

The CSIRO visited Jenolan recently, to trial a new aerial version of the Zebedee 3D imaging scanner. This was successfully flown in the Devil’s Coach House Cave and the Cathedral Chamber - possibly a world first.

It is hoped that the aerial scanner will be further refined and used to produce 3D modelling of cave chambers to a level of amazing detail.  Computer scientists are working with science education experts from 3P Learning to develop immersive learning environments for their latest platform IntoScience, that will mirror real-life places, such as Jenolan Caves. 

Find out more about this innovation.

Gray Line Australia is a 100% Australian family owned company, established in 1931, with a fleet of over 120 vehicles. Gray Line has premium sightseeing vehicles, all of the highest standard.

To book a coach/cave tour package, please contact Gray Line direct on (02) 9657 4747.

www.graylinesydney.com.au/sydney-day-tours/jenolan-caves-and-blue-mountains-day-tours

Your wedding, vow renewal or commitment ceremony is the most important day of your life. We make your dreams come true. We offer one of the most unique venues anywhere. You can choose the perfect location for your ceremony, either above or below ground. At historic Jenolan Caves House, your wedding reception will be romantic and memorable.

www.jenolancaves.org.au/weddings-corporate/unique-weddings-receptions/

150 years ago, fine gentlemen and corseted ladies viewed the vast caverns of Jenolan by candlelight.  But now, tourism is no longer about sightseeing.  Consumers demand interaction, technology, engagement, adventure and immersion in unique cultural experiences.

That is why we have won so many awards. We use imagination and technology to reinvent and refresh the way you experience Australia’s most spectacular (and the world’s oldest) caves. Highlighting our heritage and culture has proven to be one of our secrets to success. 

www.jenolancaves.org.au/gold-win-at-qantas-australia-tourism-awards/

Stay at Jenolan Caves House!  Enjoy the relaxed pace of country towns, charming heritage villages and cafes.

www.jenolancaves.org.au/visitor-info/exciting-selfdrive-itineraries/

If you bring two full-paying adults (or a family) to Jenolan Caves, from outside the Greater Blue Mountains Area, present your Rewards Card at our ticket office, and we will give you a FREE ticket to a guided tour of one of our spectacular show caves. See all the deals.

www.jenolancaves.org.au/visitor-info/specials/rewards-card/