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Cathedral Caves

Posted by Linerberry (Christchurch, New Zealand) on 6 December 2008 in Landscape & Rural and Portfolio.

At the North end of Waipati beach are Cathedral Caves access is only available two hours either side of low tide. A flashlight is essential to visit these caves, as they interconnect in total darkness almost 100 meters inside the main entrance. They consist of five caves along the Waipati Beach, with some as high as 20 meters. Wave-carved from the soft sandstone compressed between the harder sedimentary rock of this spectacular syncline formation, they are truly impressive when observed at low tide from Waipati Beach.

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Comments (24)

Anthony Lambert from Germany

Very nicely done Liners.Brilliant natural frame and a great view.

13 th December, WHERE I LIVE challenge day...Pass it on please

6 Dec 2008 6:10am

@Anthony Lambert: Thanks Anthony! Message already being passed on and my post is already there!!! Great idea:-)

djedfre from schaumburg, United States

that's really cool! (good challenge idea, too!)

6 Dec 2008 8:15am

maxine from New Zealand

Cool! very neat with the cave framing the view.

6 Dec 2008 8:17am

Kent from Kvänum, Sweden

Very beautiful photo. Incredible wonderful environment. Good job

6 Dec 2008 8:51am

Elena Kotrotsou from Drossia, Greece

great photo, love the frame!

6 Dec 2008 11:21am

Lorraine from Gatineau, Canada

I love the natural frame in this, beautiful ;)

6 Dec 2008 11:36am

JoeB from Brampton, Canada

L took the words that came to mind, so I'm just going to rearrange them. Natural beauty in a lovely frame.

6 Dec 2008 12:10pm

JJ from Jersey City, United States

what an amazing place, really highlights the power of nature to build these great caves

6 Dec 2008 12:46pm

Alun Lambert from cheshire, United Kingdom

lovely shot, looks a great place to explore

6 Dec 2008 1:54pm

bluechameleon from Vancouver, Canada

This is great...a good eye for this natural frame, love it :)

6 Dec 2008 2:09pm

Les from Lincoln, United States

What an impressive shot! I love the little bit of tree/shrub up on the left-hand side of the cave. Great perspective!

Got the 13th marked for the challenge. Shouldn't be a difficult day to remember. 'tis my birthday. ;)

6 Dec 2008 2:47pm

@Les: Fancy it being your Birthday!! Excellent:-)

Alphons from Kaatsheuvel, Netherlands

Wonderful looking-through. Marvellous composition and use of colours. Well done.

6 Dec 2008 3:51pm

grouser from Ludlow, United Kingdom

Yes beautifully done with that little bit of foliage sticking out of the hard rock frame

6 Dec 2008 4:13pm

zOOm from Paris, France

Impressive shot... and nature... !

6 Dec 2008 4:54pm

Eleftheria! from Athens, Greece

Beautiful!

6 Dec 2008 5:21pm

Fliss from Melbourne Beach, United States

Wow... this was cause of me the new challenge??? Ummm... best go tidy up my yard... funny thing... I was thinking somewhere along the same lines... to do one on where you live...
As for your shot... this looks like the type of place that I would LOVE... an adventure...

6 Dec 2008 9:01pm