Piccaninnie Ponds Conservation Park is one of the prettiest cave diving and snorkelling sites in South Australia. To protect this ecosystem, divers and snorkellers must obtain a permit to enter this unique and fragile environment. Over thousands of years, water has been filtering through the limestone and formed the pond's features. Piccaninnie Ponds Conservation Park is one of the world’s famous cave and chasm systems found along the Limestone Coast 491 km south-east of South Australia's capital Adelaide. Local pioneer divers have been visiting since 1962. Back then, an abundance of aquatic plants, fish, turtles, water birds and less visible invertebrates would have made this an oasis in the swamp. Today, you can drive nearly 6 hours from either Melbourne or Adelaide along the Great ...
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