About two decades ago, a witty traveller nailed up a sign renaming the Moki Tunnel as "The Hobbit’s Hole." The name stuck, and it’s now affectionately known by locals as that.
This narrow, 180-metre-long single-lane tunnel was originally built in 1935 with a height of 5 metres. In 1985, Colin Boyd of Inglewood Metal Supplies was contracted to lower the road by 2 metres to allow modern stock trucks and trailers to pass, giving it its current 7-metre clearance. The tunnel features a timber gabled roof and hand-carved walls.
The walls are also said to house fossilised remains of giant crabs, a reminder of the area's prehistoric past. Just a short drive north, there is a canyon layered with fossils of ancient sea creatures.