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Mar 18 2014
Mole creek, Tas
I have just returned from Tasmania where I visited King Solomon’s cave.A conducted tour but a good cave all the same. The Column was dead straight and about 12 cm thick. Note the handrail at the bottom of picture for scale. It would be about4 or 5 metres tall. Also a nice straw about 2 …
Mar 10 2014
EXPONENTIAL POT update
VSA has been running one trip per year into this great cave since about 2009. The cave is highly protected due to its excellent state of preservation, so the trips are rare, carefully managed, and always have a genuine working objective. So far the main objective has been to check and improve the mapping of …
Mar 10 2014
An update from a caver friend in NZ.
A cavers holiday diary By Andrew Smith Greg came running from the car to my front door, close on his heals was Seb running to dodge the down pour. “Got the jug on” It was obvious that the mid day start was not going to happen. This was the setting for the first chapter in …
Oct 15 2013
Elk River trip report
I’m going to have to interrupt my recounting of our Indonesia adventures (Part 1 and Part 2 so far) to bring you up to date on this weekend in Elk River. We had an epic 17 hour trip underground to achieve the stated mission of extending the line in sump 9. My last trip into Elk was back in …
Sep 11 2013
Naracoorte Sep. 2013
On 7th Sept VSA met up with cavers from SA at Naracoorte for a weekend of caving and a sit down dinner on Saturday night. The park ranger took a party into Victoria fossil cave to see the bone dig and display of the marsupial lion. (Thylacoleo carnifex) This is a sandcone, a …
Jul 01 2013
Skipton Lava Cave trip July 2013
If I said something about a Saturday adventure starting at 11.15am with milky coffee, a farmer’s paddock, sheep and a man wearing pink overalls… you probably wouldn’t have thought I was speaking about a caving trip. But, that’s exactly how a day out at Mt Widderin started. Given the ‘beginner’ status of the trip …
Mar 01 2013
Thailand expedition 2013
In January, three VSA members joined cavers from the Shepton Mallet for a caving expedition in Krabi, Thailand. A few caves were surveyed, rocks were climbed and good times ensued. I’ve included some of Topaz’s photos below, but check out his Flickr stream from the trip. If you’re interested in exploring Thailand, view Martin’s website on Caves & …
Feb 25 2013
ABC Catalyst: Weebubbie Cave
ABC Catalyst TV program features VSA members and friends exploring Weebubbie Cave on the Nullabor. Check out the Catalyst website and Liz Rogers’ Photography.
Jan 17 2013
Trogalong Conference
More than 70 cavers attended the 29th conference of the Australian Speleological Federation at Galong, NSW from 6th to 11th January. VSA was represented by 9 members: Susan & Nicholas White, Daryl Carr, Margaret James, Mara Silins, Tom Porritt, Rhys Maddern Wellington, Peter Freeman & Greg Leeder. Papers were presented by Susan White on Flank …