Gunns Plains Caves

Gunns Plains Caves is a limestone show cave located at Gunns Plains in north-west Tasmania, within the Central Coast local government area, about 30 km south of Ulverstone. Discovered in 1906, the cave is managed as the Gunns Plains Cave State Reserve by the Tasmania Parks and Wildlife Service. It is notable for its extensive calcite formations, flowstone shawls, stalactites and stalagmites, and an underground river, accessed via guided tours.

Visitors can expect a guided tour through a single large limestone cave entered via a hillside entrance. The tour follows illuminated pathways and about 275 steps through chambers featuring stalactites, stalagmites, flowstone, shawls and an underground stream. The cave interior is cool at around 9 degrees Celsius year-round. Tours are led by a guide who explains formation and history. Above ground there is a ticket office, small visitor area, parking and picnic facilities surrounded by forested karst landscape.

Discovered in 1906 by Bill Woodhouse while hunting possums. The cave was subsequently developed for tourism and is now protected as Gunns Plains Cave State Reserve, managed by the Tasmania Parks and Wildlife Service. It has operated as a show cave for over 90 years and remains one of north-west Tasmania's longest-running tourist caves.