HISTORY ~ “Wear tennis shoes to avoid possible death”

By | June 22, 2022

Those visiting the “Fish River or Binda” caves, now Jenolan Caves, in the 1880s were encouraged to wear tennis shoes to avoid possible death. Not the most positive tourism message.

According to “The pictorial guide to the Blue Mountains of New South Wales and to the districts between Parramatta and Bathurst including the Jenolan Caves” of 1885.

“๐—•๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ณ๐˜‚๐—น ๐—–๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฑ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—ป ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—•๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ต๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐˜„ ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—ง๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜€ ๐—Ÿ๐—ฎ๐˜„๐—ป ๐—ง๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฆ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—บ ๐—˜. ๐—ช๐—˜๐—•๐—• & ๐—–๐—ข., ๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐˜† ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜† ๐—ฎ ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜๐˜† ๐—ณ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น, ๐—ถ๐—ณ ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜ ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ฒ.”

PHOTO: “This painting is one of the first known images of the Grand Arch at the Jenolan Caves. In 1861, the caves were still relatively unexplored and were known by various names such as the Fish River Caves, the Bindo Caves or McKeownโ€™s Caves. It wasnโ€™t until 1884, when a parish map of the area was being prepared that they were officially named Jenolan Caves, after nearby Mount Jenolan.

This image below was created by George Ferris Pickeringโ€™s in 1861, and depicts quite a different scene to what visitors see today. Pickeringโ€™s painting is of significance because it shows how the Grand Arch may have originally looked for thousands of years before tourism in the area boomed in 1880s.
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Fish River or Binda" caves

The Grand Arch

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