Conference Proceedings
 
ASF Biennial Conference No 25 - 2005
"Cave Mania 2005 Downunder at Dover"

The 25th ASF Biennial Conference - Cave Mania - was held at the Dover District High School, Tasmania, between the 2nd and 9th of January 2005. The Proceedings were compiled by Arthur Goede and Stephen Bunton, and the Programme was put together by Arthur Goede, Arthur Clarke and Stephen Bunton. A CD was also produced, which contains the proceedings.

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Contents of Conference Proceedings:

From the Conference Convenor - Stephen Bunton – p.1

Rodney Dillon’s Welcome to Country – p.2

Opening Address - By the Honourable William Cox AC RFD ED,Governor of Tasmania -p.3

Keynote Address: Speleo Mercenaries – Caving in the Age of Globalisation - Alan Warild – p.5

Presentation: Cave Biology for Biology Teachers - Stephen Bunton – p.9

An Overview of Cave Areas and the Invertebrate Cave Fauna in Tasmania - Arthur Clarke – p.10

Bioluminescent Glow-Worms:Is there a Difference between Cave and Rainforest  Populations? - David Merritt, Niu Changying, Claire Baker and Glenn Graham  - p.11

Poster: Arthropod Ecology in a Bat Maternity Cave - Timothy Moulds – p.13

Karst and Subterranean Wetlands– Opportunities for Recognition of these Environments in Australia - Jay Anderson – p.14

Karst Management in WA – an Overview of the Current Situation - Jay Anderson –p. 20

Poster: The Destruction of the Harman Valley, Victoria - Ken Grimes and Reto Zollinger - p28

Karstcare – Cavers Looking after Caves and Karst - David Wools-Cobb – p.29

The Tsingy de Bemaraha Pinnacle Karst of Western Madagascar - Arthur Clarke – p.32

Karstic Phenomena in the Namakabroud Area of Northern Iran Hakimi Asiabar, S., Khakzad, A., Bahar Firoozi, Kh. and Tabatabaie, H., p.33

Poster: A New Hydrogeological Map of the Mole Creek Karst System - Rolan Eberhard – p.37

Tasmanian Caves and Karst – Looking Forward, Looking Back - Ian Houshold– p.38

Tasmania’s Cold Caves: an Island of Alpine Karst - Kevin Kiernan – p.40

Poster: Thermokarst at Marine Plain, East Antarctica - Kevin Kiernan, Anne McConnell and Eric Colhoun – p.49

Synthesising Stalactite Morphology - Damian P. Marrick and Julia M. James – p.50

Poster: Landscape Evolution of the Naracoorte Karst Area in the Late Cainozoic - Susan White and John Webb – p.51

A Brief History of Surveying the Bullita Cave System - Bob Kershaw – p.53

Exploration and Surveying in Lechuguilla Cave 2002 – 2004 - Jenny and Gary Whitby – p.59

Lava Caves of the Big Island, Hawaii - Jenny and Gary Whitby – p.60

Lechuguilla – an Eight Day Expedition - David Wools-Cobb – p.61

Karst in the West Kimberley – an Overview and Update - Ross and Jay Anderson – p.64

Poster: An Update on the Exploration of the Nullarbor Karst - Ken Boland – p.69

Poster and Interactive Workshop: Is It a Cave and How Long Is It? - John Dunkley – p.70

Madagascar Mystery - a documentary film featuring the Tsingy de Bemaraha Karst of Western Madagascar - Nicolas Gabriel – p.74

Early Maps of Tuglow Caves – the Bracewell Collection - John Dunkley – p.75

Poster: “Very Interesting, Very Beautiful… and Full of Curiosities”: some historical material relating to caves at Mole Creek - Rolan Eberhard & Ian Houshold – p.81

‘Fast’ Karst – an Introduction toTasmanian Cave Tourism in the years 1840 – 1950 - NicHaygarth and Arthur Clarke – p.87

Problems of Surveying the Bullita Cave System – the Longest Cave in Australia - Bob Kershaw – p.92

The ASF’s National Karst Index Database – an Overview of the Updating Features - Mike Lake – p.97

Video Seminar: Digital Photography – Its Limitations and Ways Around them in the Cave Environment - Angus R. Macoun– p.97

Workshop: Digital Imaging for Cave Photography - Phil Maynard – p.98

Workshop: Fine Tuning Your SRT Rig - Alan Warild– p.99

Fourth International Cave Art Exhibition, Dover, Tasmania - June MacLucas– p.102

Speleosports - Stephen Bunton – p.105

Cavemaniacs’ Dinner - Stephen Bunton  - p.107

ASF Awards 2005 - John Dunkley – p.108

Photo Competition Awards – p.110

Cavemania Fieldtrips - Stephen Bunton  - p.111

Cavemania Participants – p.112

 Cavemania registration form from Australian Caver 160