Willi Willi Caves information

Managing authorities	NSW National Parks & Wildlife Service;
	Localities around Willi Willi Caves:

Willi Willi Caves
Willi Willi Caves
Location	Willi Willi, New South Wales, Australia
Coordinates	30°57′19″S 152°26′36″E / 30.9552995°S 152.443456°E
Geology	Limestone

Willi Willi Caves Nature Reserve covers 8 ha and is located on the Mid North Coast of New South Wales on the lower slope of a ridge in the upper Macleay River catchment, 35 km to the west of Kempsey.

Willi Willi Caves Nature Reserve protects part of a limestone karst system.^[1]^[2]^[3]

The Australian Speleological Federation (ASF 1985) lists some 37 entrances in the reserve with the Willi Willi Bat Cave being the main feature. This cave is basically one large chamber with a number of branching tunnels connected to it and is used as a maternity cave by the common bent-wing bat.^[4]

^ New South Wales. National Parks and Wildlife Service (2002), Willi Willi Caves Nature Reserve : draft plan of management, NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service, ISBN 978-0-7313-6965-2
^ New South Wales. National Parks and Wildlife Service; New South Wales. Dept. of Environment and Climate Change; New South Wales. Dept. of Environment and Conservation (2004), Willi Willi Caves Nature Reserve : plan of management (PDF), NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service, ISBN 978-0-7313-6593-7
^ Dunphy, Myles; Cridland, Walter (1932), Map of the Willi Willi - Sebastopol Caves locality, retrieved 7 March 2015
^ Hall, Leslie S.; Greg Richards (2003). "Flying Around Underground: Cave Bat". In Hamilton-Smith, Elery; Finlayson, Brian (eds.). Beneath the Surface: A Natural History of Australian Caves. UNSW Press. p. 116. ISBN 0868405957. Retrieved 7 March 2015.

[1] New South Wales. National Parks and Wildlife Service (2002), Willi Willi Caves Nature Reserve : draft plan of management, NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service, ISBN 978-0-7313-6965-2

[2] New South Wales. National Parks and Wildlife Service; New South Wales. Dept. of Environment and Climate Change; New South Wales. Dept. of Environment and Conservation (2004), Willi Willi Caves Nature Reserve : plan of management (PDF), NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service, ISBN 978-0-7313-6593-7

[3] Dunphy, Myles; Cridland, Walter (1932), Map of the Willi Willi - Sebastopol Caves locality, retrieved 7 March 2015

[fau-4] Hall, Leslie S.; Greg Richards (2003). "Flying Around Underground: Cave Bat". In Hamilton-Smith, Elery; Finlayson, Brian (eds.). Beneath the Surface: A Natural History of Australian Caves. UNSW Press. p. 116. ISBN 0868405957. Retrieved 7 March 2015.

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