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Dannevirke’s Fantasy Cave

Dannevirke’s main street boasts a Fantasy Cave, maintained by a tight core of 13 cave-dwelling locals with an impressive array of skills, supported by an army of volunteers. Beginning in 1989 as a Christmas-themed grotto, the Fantasy Cave has grown into a display of southern Hawke's Bay history and a fairytale wonderland which attracts visitors from around the world.

Dannevirke mural.

Dannevirke mural.

Dannevirke mural.

Cave entrance.

Cave dwellers provide horsepower

Cave fairies.

Hans Christian Anderson.

Peter Peter Pumpkin eater kissed the girls and made them cry.

Dave Turney with windmills

Railway detail Showing the New Viking

Jack in the Santa seat talking to a bear.

The cave dwellers (from left) Bruce Spencer, Sylvia Peffers, Dorothy Hyde, Dave Turney,Pat Herbert, Malcolm Peffers, Heather Cullum, Liz Edwards, Ces Edwards, Lilian Russel.

Visitor board.

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