Engelbrecht Cave is a flooded limestone cave system beneath a residential suburb north of the city centre. It is one of the few places in the world where cave divers can begin a dive directly from dry land — the cave entrance sits at the surface, and the passages extend downward into the aquifer below. Experienced cave divers come from across Australia and internationally to explore the system.
For non-divers, guided walking tours are available through the dry upper sections of the cave, which feature impressive stalactites and the eerie sight of perfectly clear water disappearing into dark flooded passages below. The cave is also home to an endemic species of blind shrimp found nowhere else. Tours run several times daily; book ahead in peak season.
The cave takes its name from Johann Engelbrecht, who owned the property above it in the late nineteenth century. It became a formal tourist attraction after the cave's commercial potential was recognised in the 1920s.