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‘Wine rack’

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‘Wine rack’

Cavers in the Xanadu cave system at Bullock Creek in Paparoa National Park are lined up like wine bottles. The rock formation is known as the ‘wine rack’.

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Carl Walrond, Caving – Caving equipment and culture, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/11520/wine-rack (accessed 8 June 2026).

Story by Carl Walrond, published 2 March 2009.