Wonambi Fossil Centre

Fossil display at Naracoorte Caves explaining the animals trapped here over hundreds of thousands of years.

The Wonambi Fossil Centre helps make sense of Naracoorte Caves before or after you go underground. Its displays explain how the caves became pitfall traps, dens, and roosts, preserving a huge record of Australian animals over more than 500,000 years.

It is especially useful with children, but adults get the point too: the caves are not just pretty limestone chambers, they are one of Australia's great fossil archives.

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