The train which leaves Sydney at 9 o'clock in the morning arrives at Tarana at 4.15 in the afternoon. By coach or buggy from Tarana the little agricultural township of Oberon--distant about 18 miles--can be approached comfortably the same evening. At Oberon there is a well-kept hotel, which reminds one of the best village hostelries in the old country. Here it is customary to stay the night. Bidding good morning to your host after a moderately early breakfast, you can drive to the door of the Cave House just in time for lunch. The road from Tarana to Oberon is well made and metalled, and with a pair of good horses you can travel at a spanking pace. From Oberon to the Caves the road is also good, but not so wide as that from Tarana to Oberon. A considerable portion of it may be described in fact as an excellently kept bush track. The road down the Zigzag is, as already mentioned, a trial to the nerves of timid people. It is much too narrow, and ought to be widened by cutting still farther into the mountain side, building up the retaining wall more substantially, and paying greater attention to drainage. A cable tramway would then make the transit easy and pleasant. A light railway to Oberon would probably give as good a return as nine-tenths of the mileage on our railways, and if the tramway from there to the Caves would not pay immediately it would ultimately create settlement and traffic, and in the meantime be an important factor in increasing the traffic on the 140 miles of railway leading to it from Sydney. Until a short time ago the Caves were completely cut off from rapid communication with the outer world, but now they are in telephonic communication with the telegraph system of the colony. [Illustration: Coat of Arms] [Illustration: MAP SECTION OF NEW SOUTH WALES, SHOWING THE POSITION OF JENOLAN CAVES.] London: PRINTED BY EYRE AND SPOTTISWOODE, _Her Majesty's Printers_, DOWNS PARK ROAD, HACKNEY. Transcriber's Notes: Bloxland changed to 'Blaxland' throughout. Such places named after Gregory Blaxland (1778-1853), Fordwich, Kent. Wombean changed to 'Wombeyan' throughout. Coach-house changed to 'Coach House' throughout. Coodradigbee changed to 'Goodradigbee'. Page 89. Kunimbla changed to 'Kanimbla'. Page 149.