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The Naracoorte caves were featured on in September this year. The story was filmed down in the Naracoorte caves and SBS spoke to Environment Institute member��Dr Liz Reed about the important work being carried out in the cave systems.

Dr Liz Reed, Dr Lee Arnold and Professor Robert Hill were PIs on a $2 million Linkage grant awarded this year. Other Environment Institute members listed on the grant are��Professor Alan Cooper; Associate Professor Jeremy Austin; Dr John Tibby and��Adjunct Professor Nigel Spooner.

Dr Reed said "it was likely that the remains of more than 130 species - including long extinct species like the marsupial lion and giant kangaroo - have fallen through a hole in the earth above over half a million years."

Dr Reed says the research project aims to shed more light on their history than ever before.��“One of the key things we’re using are the 3D technologies and virtual technologies, so we’ll be mapping these caves using 3D scanners, which will give us a really precise image of the caves,” she says.

“We also have amazing dating technologies at our disposal... for example, some of our techniques, you can actually date the last time a grain of sand saw sunlight.”

“Some of this stuff even blows my mind, because it’s so new.”



The interview and story was also featured on SBS Radio in and .

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