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    Post by Dragon Sat Jan 28, 2023 4:22 pm

    The Helensburgh Glow Worm tunnel is a disused rail tunnel in Helensburgh, New South Wales that has become a popular tourist attraction due to its haunted history, and most notably, its glow worm population.

    It is owned by Crown Lands and managed by a community group Helensburgh Landcare who, in early 2019, restricted access to the tunnel for the conservation of the glow worm colony.

    As of 9 February 2020, the tunnel was closed for an indefinite period due to excessive flooding and to help the glow worm population recover.


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    Post by Dragon Sat Jan 28, 2023 4:28 pm

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    The Metropolitan and Helensburgh tunnel have become a popular attraction for those who believe in the paranormal.

    Some visitors report eerie feelings and supernatural encounters upon returning from either tunnel.

    This is purported by a death that occurred in one of the tunnels on 13 June 1895.

    Robert Hails, a miner, died in a train tunnel after he was run over and split in two by a train whilst trying to pass through the tunnel on foot.


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    Post by Dragon Sat Jan 28, 2023 4:32 pm

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    After the Metropolitan Tunnel was restored, a colony of glow worms began to inhabit the inner part of the 24-metre (79 ft) stretch of excavated tunnel.

    These glow worms, also known as Fungus Gnats are famous for their bioluminescence.

    It is the blue-green light that the worms emit, that attracts many visitors to the tunnel.

    It is also this light that lures the glow worm's prey – small invertebrate, for example mosquitoes.


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    Post by Dragon Sat Jan 28, 2023 4:51 pm

    Glow Worms are delicate animals which are only found in Australia and New Zealand.

    Because the Glow Worms are so rare, tourism and deforestation create stress on glow worm populations, particularly in the Gold Coast area.

    Visiting our site is a sustainable, ethical way to see glow worms while contributing to their ongoing conservation.

    The Tamborine Mountain Glow Worm Caves and Glow Worm Tour were created in 2005 as the world's first glow worm sanctuary,


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    Australia’s Glow Worms: A Stunning Larva Light Show

    The glow worm, one of Australia’s most dazzling bioluminescent creatures, is actually the larvae of a fungus gnat


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