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Buchan ..Caves Victoria Australia

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Buchan Caves

4.0 km of galleries.

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The descent

The entrance, at 93 m.

The real relief above Buchan Caves, measured on the Copernicus model every 30 m, and the cave going down at the same vertical scale.

depth not publishedEntrance392 m1.0 kmvertical × 7.3depth not publishedEntrance392 m1.0 kmvertical × 15.9

The depth is the one published by those who explored it; the shape of the galleries is a sketch, not a survey. No depth has been published for this cave yet.

4.0km

Galleries

surveyed length (Wikidata)

93m

Entrance altitude

from the 30 m relief model

16°C

Inside, all year

the yearly average outside, at the entrance

203m

Rock above

the highest point within 1.5 km

Inside and outside

16 °C inside, all year.

Deep inside, a cave keeps the average temperature of the year outside: about 16 °C here, in January and in August. In January the afternoon reaches 30 °C at the entrance, 14 °C warmer than inside: take a jacket. The best months to escape the heat are from December to February.

outside, at the entrance (93 m)inside
  1. 30°15°Jan
  2. 28°14°Feb
  3. 26°13°Mar
  4. 22°11°Apr
  5. 17°8°May
  6. 14°6°Jun
  7. 14°6°Jul
  8. 15°6°Aug
  9. 18°8°Sep
  10. 22°9°Oct
  11. 25°12°Nov
  12. 27°13°Dec
Inside: 16 °C all yearEscape the heat: Dec–FebWettest: Jun

Outside: afternoon and night averages for 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) brought to the altitude of the entrance. Inside: the yearly average, which deep parts of a cave keep. Near the entrance it follows the weather a little.

Karst in Victoria, Australia

Buchan Caves is a cave in Australia. It has 4.0 km of surveyed galleries. The entrance is at 93 m. It lies within Buchan Caves Reserve.

Read more on Wikipedia

Getting there.

Plan the visit

Guided tours, a bed nearby, a car.

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From above.

The ground above the cave, with the relief shaded, the line of the section and what people have mapped around the entrance.

The ground above Buchan Caves (Sentinel-2) N 1.5 km

Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 (EOX, CC BY 4.0), 6.0 × 6.0 km, north up. The line is the section above. Points © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Around the entrance.

  • 6other cave entrances within 3 kmFederal Cave, Royal Cave, Fairy Cave and 3 more
  • 2viewpoints within 3 kmBuchan Valley Lookout
  • 12car parks within 2 km
  • 3information boards and visitor centres within 3 km
  • 1bus stops within 2 km
  • 5campsites within 8 kmBuchan Caves Camping Reserve, Stonehenge Farmstay Camping Ground and 3 more
  • 9hotels and guesthouses within 8 kmBuchan Motel, Callemondah House B&B, Buchan Valley Log Cabins and 6 more
  • 3restaurants and cafés within 3 km
  • springs within 2 km
  • sinkholes within 3 km
  • caving clubs and spots within 15 km
  • marked hiking routes within 3 km
  • climbing crags within 3 km
  • named waterfalls within 4 km

Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit, around the entrance. A low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet. © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).

In our other atlases

What else is around Buchan Caves.

The river at the entrance, the waterfalls, the lakes, the mountains and volcanoes above, the canyons, beaches and islands nearby — from our other atlases.

Riveryas1 rivers at the entrance
Buchan River118 km
Peakyas7 mountains within 10 km
Mount Johnston · 6.8 kmThe Citadel Rocks · 6.8 kmRocky Knob · 7.5 kmMount Victoria · 7.7 kmMount Dawson · 8.7 kmMount Tara · 8.8 kmMount Mcleod · 8.9 km

Figures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, NOAA, OpenStreetMap). Links open when each site is online.

Month by month

The weather outside, at the entrance.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Afternoon302826221714141518222527
Afternoon302826221714141518222527
Night151413118666891213
Rain (mm)587059705086615852738671
Rainy days10999911111111121210
Sun hours/day8.47.57.36.35.54.75.46.27.17.77.98.6
AfternoonAfternoonNightRain (mm)Sun hours/day
Jan303015588.4
Feb282814707.5
Mar262613597.3
Apr222211706.3
May17178505.5
Jun14146864.7
Jul14146615.4
Aug15156586.2
Sep18188527.1
Oct22229737.7
Nov252512867.9
Dec272713718.6

Averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, brought to the altitude of the entrance (93 m) with the standard lapse rate. Not a forecast.

Photographs

Inside and around.

Caves Hotel ruins Stevage
Steve Bennett (stevage) · CC BY 3.0
Caves Hotel ruins 2 Stevage
Steve Bennett (stevage) · CC BY 3.0
Trail leading in the direction of Fairy Cave - Buchan Caves
Mattplaysthedrums · CC BY-SA 4.0

Recent years

Wet years, dry years.

Rain of each month as a share of the 1991–2020 average. A dry year means a lower river and hotter rock; a wet one, more water in the gorge.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2020188%161%115%103%64%42%125%110%62%235%62%114%
2021168%88%193%23%165%115%72%118%207%118%217%150%
2022218%262%188%154%84%63%60%154%128%219%168%145%
202390%41%144%74%114%62%42%54%57%220%171%201%
2024162%48%43%105%67%74%113%83%155%79%122%56%
2025127%151%146%72%70%54%169%63%78%108%194%87%

130% or more: wet month 70% or less: dry month

Caves nearby.

Buchan Caves

Australia

  • —Depth
  • 4.0 kmGalleries
  • 93 mEntrance altitude
  • 16 °CInside, all year

Yarrangobilly Caves

Australia · 199 km

  • —Depth
  • —Galleries
  • 977 mEntrance altitude
  • 11 °CInside, all year

See the guide

Wombeyan Caves

Australia · 390 km

  • —Depth
  • —Galleries
  • 727 mEntrance altitude
  • 14 °CInside, all year

See the guide

Where these figures come from

Name, type, published depth and length, visitorsWikidata (Q4982534) · CC0
The relief above, the entrance altitude, the section and the 3D modelCopernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA
ClimateNASA POWER, 1991–2020
Entrances, springs, sinkholes, opening hours and what is around© OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL
ImagesEOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons
Rivers, waterfalls, lakes, mountains, canyons, beaches and islands nearbyCoastya, Lakeyas, Peakyas, Cascadyas, Islandyas, Riveryas

Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.

The family

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