September School Holidays In Rockhampton
School holidays in Rockhampton are upon us yet again, the final break in the school year before the Christmas holidays.
Capricorn caves has yet again put together an action-packed school holiday program that the whole family can enjoy
Bonus 30-Minute Bone Sorting Experience With Every Fossil Tour
For these school holidays only, with every […]
Fossils in Queensland
Capricorn Caves Prehistoric Past
When I first started volunteering at the Queensland Museum I was given a box full with hundreds of thousands of very tiny fossilised bones known as ‘microfossils’. These fossils belonged to a range of small-bodied vertebrate species such as frogs, lizards, birds, possums, bandicoots and rodents, just to name a […]
Mycorrhizal Fungi -The hidden world beneath our feet
Did you know that our collective future could well depend on our coming to understand the role fungi plays in our environment?
Mycorrhizae (pronounced my-co-RIZ-ee) are defined as fungi that grow in association with the roots of a plant in a symbiotic relationship. Mycorrhizae manage the “underground economy”, making […]
My career over the last 30 years in tourism
It doesn’t seem like 30 years ago when I drove up the Bruce Highway from Brisbane in a little red Ford laser, mattress strapped to the car roof with my ten year old daughter, more like a hippie from the sixties than the new owner of Olsen’s […]
The Fossil Open Day 2018!
The Capricorn Caves fossil open day 2018 was a collaborative success!
An event of this size is no small achievement and requires a lot of preparation in the lead up to the day, especially if it is to run smoothly!
The staff at Capricorn caves are hugely invested in seeing the fossil open […]
Cathedral Cave Tour
Come out to the Caves for our most popular tour! No booking is required with 7 guaranteed tours per day every hour from 9am to 4pm. A leisurely walk through 9 caves, and leaves you with lasting memories of ancient geology and history. An exciting way to end the tour is navigate your […]
Peter is the go-to animal man at the Caves!
As well as being a tour guide at the Caves, Pete and his wife Jodi also operate “Little Aussie Encounters”
Jodi & Peter travel around the CQ region attending schools, child care centers & shopping centers and educating & providing youth a real hand on learning experience with […]
Fungi is not something we learn much about in school, if anything at all. Even in an Environmental Science degree you do not delve deep into the wonderful and complex world of fungi. Throughout human history, there has always been a connection and understanding of fungi, some of this knowledge is only just starting to […]
The Capricorn Caves is a desired tourist location for many international visitors each year.
The 390 million year old cave system has a wide appeal from tourists interested geographically in the ancient past of the Caves as well as families from abroad seeking out a guided tours of the Capricorn Caves.
General Manager of the Capricorn Caves, […]
With the lead up to the “Capricorn Caves Fossil Open Day” there is no better time to get to know our very own palaeontologist, Róchelle Lawrence.
Róchelle has been integral in many momentous discoveries at the Caves and will be attending the Fossil Open Day on Saturday June 2nd!
Get to know Rochelle!
Football Team – All Blacks
Food – […]
