Princess Margaret Rose Cave

Princess Margaret Rose Cave is a limestone cave in Lower Glenelg National Park featuring multiple underground chambers decorated with stalactites, stalagmites, and helictites. The formations extend through different levels, creating an intricate underground landscape of stone passages.

Keith McEachern and Jack Hutchesson discovered this cave in 1936 while exploring the area using ropes to descend through a vertical shaft. Their discovery opened this hidden underground world to public access and exploration.

The cave carries the name of Princess Margaret Rose, granted after a local woman wrote to Buckingham Palace in 1939 requesting the honor. This naming reflects how such distinctions were sometimes awarded through direct personal appeals.

The cave stays cool year-round, so bringing a light jacket is helpful for comfort during your visit. Tours are guided along established routes with uneven surfaces, making sturdy shoes essential for safe navigation.

The limestone that forms these chambers originated from a shallow sea environment between 15 and 35 million years ago. You can spot the fossilized marine material embedded in the cave walls as you walk through.