Next level caving!

Posted on April 27, 2023 by marilyn

OLD HOMESTEAD CAVE, NULLARBOR – 27 April 2023
One of the activities during the 2023 ASF Post Conference Caving Week was a rescue scenario, so that some of the participants could practise the skills needed to rescue an injured person from a remote cave.  It’s important to note that in a place such as the Nullarbor, if there was an injury and the person couldn’t physically get themselves out, it might be days that they’d be waiting for the cavalry (a specially trained Cave Rescue Team) to turn up! Continue reading →

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The Nullarbor – Take #2

Posted on April 27, 2023 by marilyn

NULLARBOR, SA & WA – 22 – 27 April 2023
Last time I visited the Nullarbor caves was 2013.  I, like many in the caving community have been waiting for this ASF Conference and its post-conference caving trips for three years now.  And here we are, finally.   So, Nullarbor Caves here we come!  Continue reading →

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I’m baaaack!

Posted on April 9, 2023 by marilyn

GLOUCESTER TOPS – 7-9 April 2023
Yes, I’ve not posted for quite some time, too many other distractions.  But now that all those other distractions are out of the way, Easter was fast approaching and I felt the need to get out and do something new and adventurous.  But, what to do? Continue reading →

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More sea caves

Posted on February 18, 2023 by marilyn

CATHERINE HILL BAY – 18 February 2023
Beth L had asked if I would put on a day walk to the sea caves, the tides have to be “just right” so I wasn’t sure I could, but on sussing out the tide charts, I determined that the weekend of the 18th February would be a good low tide, .07m at around 2.30pm. You wouldn’t credit how hard it is to get a really, really low tide on a weekend in daylight hours, it’s either full low tide at 6am or sometime after sunset.  I checked the swell for the day a few days beforehand and it looked like a 1m swell.  So, we’re good to go! Continue reading →

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“We might be walking out in the dark”

Posted on January 27, 2023 by marilyn

CARRAI NATIONAL PARK – 27 January 2023
There are benefits to not researching something before you go, and this trip was a case in point.  I knew we’d be driving up “Kempsey way”, about 338k – a 3.5 hour trip.  I’d driven to Kempsey before, and yes, this time I was by myself in the car, but how bad would it be?  Well, Kempsey was just the start of the trip, another 1.5 hours west of Kempsey on fire trail, in my little AWD Mazda CX5, and finally we were at the campsite.  If I’d known it was a 5 hour trip, I might not have gone and I would have missed one of the best trips I’ve been on in quite some time! Continue reading →

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