The opening below is 18 metres and every year water flows through the cracks and reshapes the earth with great displays of geological change. The two Caves (Great Nowraine and Little Nowraine sinkhole), connect each other through a water basin 100m below to provide life for pythons, frogs, bats, fungi and invertebrates. A powerful dreaming from the Nowranie Caves heavily respected by the Indjalandji-Dhidhanu people. In the dreamtime, there was a giant ridge tail monitor known as Wiliyan-ngurru who burrowed through the earth to create the caves. The monitor made it home for himself and his future generations. The ridge tail monitors in the area are known as descendants of Wiliyan-ngurru keeping the spirit well and alive in the Nowranie Caves. Nowraine waterhole is also another nice place to take in. Throughout most of the year there is good clear water and dense bird life around thriving off the resources. The waterhole eventually feeds into the Georgina River, one of the three major rivers of the Channel Country in Central West Queensland. We were fortunate enough to spot some bits of dolomite around that the Indjalandji-Dhidhanu peoples used as the sharp ends for their hunting spears.
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