Grade 4

• Time

  15 - 30min

• Quality of markings

  Clearly sign posted

• Gradient

  Very steep

• Distance

  0.7km one-way

• Steps

  Occasional steps

• Quality of path

  Formed track

• Experience required

  No experience required

Get driving directions

Yarrangobilly Caves: Thermal Pool walk is in the northern area of Kosciuszko National Park. To get there:

From the Monaro Highway:

• At Cooma, take the Snowy Mountains Highway and continue for approximately 110km
• Turn left into Yarrangobilly Caves Entrance Road
• Follow the unsealed road for approximately 6km to Yarrangobilly Caves
• Continue past the visitor centre and turn into the first road on the right and follow to the end

From the Hume Highway:

• At Gundagai, take the Tumut exit and follow Gocup Road to Tumut
• Continue on Snowy Mountains Highway south for approximately 75km
• Turn right into Yarrangobilly Caves Entrance Road
• Follow the unsealed road for approximately 6km to Yarrangobilly Caves
• Continue past the visitor centre and turn into the first road on the right and follow to the end

Park entry points

• Thermal Pool carpark See on map

Road quality

• Yarrangobilly Caves entrance and exit roads are graded gravel. They're suitable for 2WD and 4WD vehicles up to 12.5m in length, however the Roads and Maritime Service (RMS) advise that the roads are unsuitable for caravans.
• RMS recommends snow chains are carried by all vehicles driving in the park in winter, including 4WD and AWD, in case of extreme weather. Visit the Life Traffic website for road conditions.

Parking

Parking is available at Thermal Pool carpark. Please note park entry fees apply for vehicles without a Kosciuszko National Park day pass or NPWS All Parks annual pass.

Bus parking is available – contact the visitor centre on (02) 6454 9597 for access.

There’s a picnic area adjacent to the pool, as well as change rooms and toilets.

• Yarrangobilly Caves: Thermal Pool walk factsheet

• Discover geology at Yarrangobilly Caves Every rock tells a story! Come and experience Yarrangobilly Caves on a special guided tour through geological time. This is a fun tour for all the family.
• Jersey Cave Step back in time on a guided tour of Jersey Cave. You'll be awed by some of the most colourful and diverse decorations at Yarrangobilly Caves in Kosciuszko National Park.
• Jillabenan Cave Jillabenan Cave may be the smallest and most accessible of the Yarrangobilly Caves in Kosciuszko National Park, but it’s packed with incredibly delicate formations.
• South Glory Cave Take a leisurely self-guided tour through the lofty chambers of South Glory Cave, and absorb the wonders of the largest cave in the Yarrangobilly area of Kosciuszko National Park.
• WilderQuest Yarrangobilly caves for big kids These school holidays, join this WilderQuest caving adventure at Yarrangobilly caves, in Kosciuszko National Park. You'll get to test your skills with some fun activities and build a natural shelter.
• Yarrangobilly Harrie Wood Cave tour Yarrangobilly's Harrie Wood Cave has reopened after being closed for the last 11 years for cave research. Join this specialised guided tour in Kosciuszko National Park to find out more.

• WilderQuest Bug hunt: Yarrangobilly Caves Come on a fun adventure to explore Kosciuszko's natural world through a magnifying glass. We'll examine the bugs around Yarrangobilly Caves and find out where they're hiding.

Animals

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  Common wombat (Vombatus ursinus)

  A large, squat marsupial, the Australian common wombat is a burrowing mammal found in coastal forests and mountain ranges across NSW and Victoria. The only other remaining species of wombat in NSW, the endangered southern hairy-nosed wombat, was considered extinct until relatively recently.

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  Eastern water dragon (Intellagama lesueurii lesueurii)

  The eastern water dragon is a subaquatic lizard found in healthy waterways along eastern NSW, from Nowra to halfway up the Cape York Pensinsula. It’s believed to be one of the oldest of Australian reptiles, remaining virtually unchanged for over 20 million years.

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  Platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus)

  One of the most fascinating and unusual Australian animals, the duck-billed platypus, along with the echidna, are the only known monotremes, or egg-laying mammals, in existence. The platypus is generally found in permanent river systems and lakes in southern and eastern NSW and east and west of the Great Dividing Range.

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  Superb fairy wren (Malurus cyaneus)

  The striking blue and black plumage of the adult male superb fairy wren makes for colourful bird watching across south-eastern Australia. The sociable superb fairy wrens, or blue wrens, are Australian birds living in groups consisting of a dominant male, mouse-brown female ‘jenny wrens’ and several tawny-brown juveniles.

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  Superb lyrebird (Menura novaehollandiae)

  With a complex mimicking call and an elaborate courtship dance to match, the superb lyrebird is one of the most spectacular Australian animals. A bird watching must-see, the superb lyrebird can be found in rainforests and wet woodlands across eastern NSW and Victoria.

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  Swamp wallaby (Wallabia bicolor)

  The swamp wallaby, also known as the black wallaby or black pademelon, lives in the dense understorey of rainforests, woodlands and dry sclerophyll forest along eastern Australia. This unique Australian macropod has a dark black-grey coat with a distinctive light-coloured cheek stripe.

Plants

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  Billy buttons (Craspedia spp. )

  Billy buttons are attractive Australian native plants that are widespread throughout eastern NSW in dry forest, grassland and alpine regions such as Kosciuszko National Park. The golden-yellow globe-shaped flowers are also known as woollyheads. Related to the daisy, billy buttons are an erect herb growing to a height of 50cm.