Finally, some Tassie Caving

Posted on April 30, 2024 by marilyn

TASMANIA – 30 April 2024
So, we’re all COVID-free now, and have taken a lot of time to rest and recover, it’s about time we got into some caving!  We decided to explore a little by ourselves, see if I could find Sassafras, take a look at Cyclops and maybe find a new cave, Water Trap.  We planned an early start but then faffed around and before you know it, it was 11am! Continue reading →

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Definitely a Blog-Worthy Adventure

Posted on April 29, 2024 by marilyn

TASMANIA – 29 April 2024
We had two choices for the afternoon, two small caves or a walk to Minnow Falls.  I thought Minnow Falls would be easier so suggested to Rod and Jim that we do that.  It would take about 4 hours and we’d missed doing it on our COVID Road Trip, so seemed like a good idea.  I didn’t do any research, Jim had looked it up on the ‘net, but I didn’t bother to ask too many questions, how hard could it be? Continue reading →

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The COVID Road Trip – Part 2

Posted on April 27, 2024 by marilyn

TASMANIA – 27 April 2024
Our second day of “seeing the sights”.  We started at 7.30am to go to Burnie for Park Run.  This would be my first Park Run (well Park Walk) and I was fairly confident that I’d be able to manage a 5k walk.  The drive to Burnie was pretty average, lots of cows, farmland and haybales. Continue reading →

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The COVID Road Trip – Part 1

Posted on April 26, 2024 by marilyn

TASMANIA – 19 – 26 April 2024
Finally, after almost 12 months of planning, our day of departure has arrived.  Rod, Jim and I were going to Tassie for 2 weeks … 4 days of caving, and cleaning out a rubbish filled doline, then 6 days with the SRC cavers, helping them to do some track maintenance, and then 5 days back at Mole Creek for some recreational caving!  Doesn’t get much better than that! Continue reading →

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The opposite of Next Level Caving

Posted on March 30, 2024 by marilyn

UNDISCOSED LOCATION – March 2024
I’m not sure whether other people are as introspective as I am, but I often wonder what will I do when I can no longer do canyoning or caving?  I thought cave surveying would fill the void, but not sure I want to be belly-crawling through squeezes trying to measure to the next feature for much longer.  Nor do I want to go to the effort of keeping fit enough to do SRT caves and the type of canyons that I like.  So, what’s next you ask? Continue reading →

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