The Cave Hotel
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Map: LPI Mt Wilson 89304N GR: 576 851 Comments: The Cave Hotel is a deep cave located on the northern side of Bell's Line of Road between Mt Charles and Mt Bell. The western wall is elaborately decorated. Marks that look like 'emu toe prints' have been carved into the rock by the Aboriginal people who once lived in the area. White people didn't use the Cave Hotel until about the 1870s. Some accounts suggest that the Cave Hotel provided shelter for travellers avoiding the toll on Mitchell's Victoria Pass. Others suggest the cave was used to sell alcohol to travellers. Regardless, the cave was important to, and well used by, people from both cultures. A rock surface outside the cave bears the inscription:
THE CAVE HOTEL
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