Borenore Caves are located in the Borenore Karst

KARST

Kilometer-square Area Radio Synthesis Telescope is a Chinese telescope project to which FAST is a forerunner. KARST is a set of large spherical reflectors on karst landforms, which are bowlshaped limestone sinkholes named after the Kras region in Slovenia and Northern Italy. It will consist of...

 Conservation Reserve, 17 kilometres (10.6 mi) west of Orange

Orange, New South Wales

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, New South Wales

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, Australia

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, on the Escort Way (which is on the route from Orange to Forbes).

Access is self-guided and suitable for casual visitors. Entry to the reserve is free.

There are over 40 caves, including:

• Arch Cave
• Tunnel Cave
• Verandah Cave

The Tunnel Cave is closed from May to October each year so that a colony of Common Bent Wing Bats, which hibernate there, are left undisturbed.

External links

• Borenore Karst Conservation Reserve - NSW Department of Environment and Climate Change
• Borenore Caves Reserve and Adjacent Areas - Aussie Heritage
• Tunnel Cave