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"Naracoorte Caves"
Acrylic on Board 1300x940 $2400.
painting by Peter Kreet. |
Recently on a painting trip to the Flinders Ranges in South Australia I stopped over at Naracoorte to view the famous caves there. They are reputed to contain the fossil remains of ancient Australian animals some 500000 years old. At the time I had no idea of their importance or why it had been listed as a world heritage site.The cave system has a number of hidden entrances and the native wild life would fall down these opening to the cave floor were they died. The internal environment of the cave atmosphere is such that their remains were fossilised, so that today a visitor may view the remains of tree climbing kangaroos, giant kangaroos and any number of animals now extent in Australia. It is possible to explore the cave system and view the fabulous domed ceilings, extensive stalagmite and stalactite deposits as well as the fossil collection. If ever you are in that part of the world it is well worth a visit. Personally I was able to produce several interesting paintings.
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