Runaway Cave

Today we went caving with Dave (Marnee's partner). This first cave we went to was Runaway cave. It seems that during the war, when the Japanese invaded the island, some of the locals ran away and hid out in the caves for the duration of the war.

What was most amazing (and I forgot to take a photo of it) was the electric lights that had been installed in the cave at some time in the past. What we thought was a cable to help us up and down the cave, turned out  to have have carryed power down to a switchboard, which controlled lights which had been cemented into the roof of the cave.

Steps into the pool and up the side of the cave could still be seen.

Once again it is very weird that a cave out in the middle of nowhere had power, so where did came from when it all worked.

There were steps into the pool at the bottom of the cave

The water was so clear you could see all the way to the bottom

Looking back up the cave to the exit, you can see both the power cable on the left,and a hose that disappeared down a crack we didn't  enter