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 – […]
Professor Flint is a singing palaeontologist with a story to tell and he will be telling it at the 2018 Capricorn Caves Fossil open day!
It is our story as Australians. It is the prehistoric story of this ancient land from the very first signs of life, to now.
It is a story that includes the first […]
With the end of January marks the end of the Summer Solstice in the Caves
It was a wonderful 4 weeks with a high number of guests making the special trip to see this incredible event. There were guests that come every year and we had quite a few international guests stopping by also along with […]
Free & low cost things to do in Rockhampton these school holidays!
Christmas school holidays are here & so the challenge begins on what to do to keep the kids occupied without spending a fortune!
We have put together the top 7 “must do activities” with kids that are no cost or low cost these school holidays
Enjoy […]
