General meetings of late have been less invigorating than we would like them to be. The meeting coming up on the 4th of September will break that trend with a significant presentation from John Webb. John is a highly experienced researcher from La Trobe university and has a wealth of knowledge to share with us. …
Category: Caving News
Apr 05 2024
White nose bat research.
At the recent VSA meeting we were addressed by a researcher from Melbourne University. Anna Langguth is studying a fungus that attacks bats and causes the potentially deadly “White Nose Syndrome”, killing bats by interrupting winter hibernation. This fungus originated in Europe but recently has been found in USA, where it has caused the death of over 6 million microbats …
Feb 04 2024
Revised Bat Census Form Updated
Nicholas has updated the Bat Census form which has been added to the Resources Documents page.
Oct 21 2023
New posts
Members are encouraged to create posts on this site. Any news and photo’s are welcome You must login with user name and password, then select new post from the top tool bar. Give it a go. it is not hard.
Nov 11 2022
Nargun No.52 November 2022
Thanks to our editor Nadine. All the latest news and photo’s from places near and far. You can see what other members have been doing and what is planned. Bo suggested at the meeting that the web site could be used to advertise trips and allow members to enlist on trips. This system was used …
Jan 24 2022
VSA Caving Course 2022
VSA is happy to announce a comprehensive course with 40 hours for beginners and intermediate cavers. Theoretical and practices classes will be run from Monday 2sd to Sunday 15th of May. The course will cover technical and scientific aspects from Victorian caves, as well as general concepts to have a wider spectrum. …
Oct 26 2021
VSA Trip Form
Greetings to the VSA Cavers!!! We are excited to announce our new Trip Form that you should use to collect relevant information during your trip. Therefore, you will contribute to build a better caving database that we all can benefit from. Please, find the link in the publication tab and just below the PDF format. …
Oct 26 2021
Edwards Ridge Survey Trip
The next explore-and-survey trip to new caves near Portland will begin on Saturday 30 October (travel out evening Friday 29th, immediately after Vic regional travel re-opens). Trip duration will be up to 4 days – shorter attendance is OK, of course. Progress, until Covid interrupted the project in July, had been substantial, with …
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