Mount Etna Caves National Park
A limestone hill beside Capricorn Caves. On summer dusks, hundreds of thousands of little bentwing bats fly out of the caves.
Mount Etna Caves National Park borders Capricorn Caves and protects breeding caves of the endangered ghost bat and the little bentwing bat, though the caves themselves are not open to the public. On summer evenings, roughly December to February, rangers run viewing sessions at a lookout overlooking the bats’ crevices, where you can watch huge numbers of bats streaming out to feed. Bookings are essential and places are limited. In other seasons, you can walk the short trails in the park to see the limestone landscape.
Opening hours
By guided tour schedule
Nearby sights
- Capricorn Caves
- Rockhampton Heritage Village
- Dreamtime Cultural Centre
- Mount Archer National Park
- Kershaw Gardens
- Archer Park Rail Museum
- Quay Street Heritage Precinct & Riverside
- Rockhampton Museum of Art