Conference Proceedings
 
ASF Biennial Conference No 26 - 2007
"Caves, Craters & Critters"

The 26th ASF Biennial Conference - Caves, Caves & Critters - was held at Mount Gambier, South Australia from the 6th to 12th January 2007. The Proceedings were edited by Graham Pilkington and Athol Jackson, and the Field Guide to the caves of the Gambier Karst was produced for the Conference by Ken Grimes. A DVD was included with the Proceedings and it holds digital copies of the papers and powerpoint files.

Click on the image below to access the Conference Proceedings, the Conference Field Guide, the Program and Preliminary Program,
the Art Guide, photographs of the art on display (this file is 178MB, downsized from the original), and the Auction list from the conference.

                  

Contents of Conference Proceedings:

Keynote Address

1 - Looking Back: Gains and Losses - Elery Hamilton-Smith  

Speleology

2 - The Gambier Karst Province - Ken Grimes & Susan White

3 - The karst features of the SW Nullarbor - Mardabilla Plain & adjacent localities - Paul Devine

4 - Walli Cave entrance micro-organisms - Jill Rowling

5 - Sea caves or Flank margin caves: do we understand cave formation at Tantanoola and Taragal? - Susan White, John Mylroie & Joan Mylroie

6 - Travertine deposits cut by fluvial erosion at Mole Creek, Tasmania - Henry Shannon

7 - Cave Porosity & Permeability: a technique for the comparison of differing karst areas - Susan White & John Webb

8 - Lake speleothems of the Nullarbor - Jill Rowling

9 - The Glenelg River Karst: an under-explored area of karst potential - Susan White and John Webb

10 - Volcanic Caves of Western Victoria - Ken Grimes

11 - Improving karst data using Google Earth - Graham Pilkington

12 - Relict Paleo Rivers of the Nullarbor: Paul Devine - Karst Management and Documentation

13 - Forestry SA Cave Management System - Trevor Wynniat

14 - King Solomons Cave - Dave Wools-Cobb

15 - Celebrating Planet Earth: UNESCO Assisted GEOPARKS in the Australasian Pacific Region - Joanne McKnight, Susan Turner & Susan White

16 - The World Scene in Cave Conservation - Elery Hamilton-Smith                
Protection and Management of the Libo Karst
Karst and Cave Conservation – A World Perspective

17 - The ASF – some visions of the future - Jay Anderson

18 -The ASF Karst Index Database - Under the bonnet - Michael Lake

19 - Non-entry inspections to conserve tourist caves - Warren Peck

20 - The Exploration component of a cave management plan - Patricia Seiser, Ross Anderson & Jay Anderson

21 - KIDSA - Graham Pilkington  

Caving

22 - North American rescue techniques - Ross Anderson

23 - Speleo Volunteers and karst environments - Jay Anderson

24 - History of CDAA and Cave Diving - Peter Horne

25 - Cocklebiddy, old and new techniques together - Tim Payne

26 - Cave Diving on the Roe Plain - Paul Hosie

27 - Karst on Pungalina Station, Northern Territory - Nicholas White, Paul Brooker & Daryl Carr

28 - Ruteng Caves Indonesia - Garry K Smith

29 - Vanuatu Caving / Cave Diving - Richard Harris

30 - Karst of the Ningbing Range - John Cugley  

Photogenic Tours

31 - Mt Etna – Recent ASF management opportunities - Nicholas White

32 - World Rock Art - Robert Bednarik

33 - Kimberly Cave Diving - Paul Hosie & Ken Smith  

Conference Capers

34 - Convenors Comments - Marie Choi

35 - Cave Art - June MacLucas

36 - Photographic Competition - Athol Jackson

37 - Sinkhole / Cenote Field Trips – Mount Gambier to the Coast - Ian Lewis

38 - Attendees

Bonus material on the DVD (duration is in minutes:seconds)

PowerPoint slide-shows

3:30 Looking Back - Elery Hamilton-Smith (36.9 MB)
8:35 Gambier Karst Province - Ken Grimes & Susan White
8:10 Karst Features of the Mardabilla Plain - Paul Devine
4:50 Sea Caves or Flank Margin Caves - Susan White, John Mylroie and Joan Mylroie
1:55 Travertine re-solution at Mole Creek - Henry Shannon
9:15 Cave Porosity and Permeability - Susan White & John Webb
7:15 Glenelg River Karst - Susan White & John Webb
9:10 Volcanic Caves of Western Victoria - Ken Grimes (52.2 MB)
5:45 Relict Paleo Rivers of the Nullarbor - Paul Devine
6:30 Caves Craters Critters & Forests - Trevor Wynniat
3:00 King Solomons Cave - Dave Wools-Cobb
5:20 Geoparks - Kanawinka - Joanne McKnight, Susan Turner & Susan White
2:30 Traditional Management of the Libo Karst - Elery Hamilton-Smith
6:10 International Perspective - Elery Hamilton-Smith
5:10 Presidents Vision - Jay Anderson
1:45 Non-Entry to Conserve Caves - Warren Peck
3:40 Expedition Planning - Patricia Seiser, Ross Anderson & Jay Anderson
3:25 Caver rescue in the USA and Canada - Ross Anderson
5:20 Speleo Volunteers - Jay Anderson
21:20 Cave Diving History - Peter Horne (380 MB) pdf version (12.6 MB)
9:50 Pungalina Karst - Nicholas White
11.30 Large Caves Discovered, Ruteng Caves Indonesia - Garry K Smith (95 MB)
8:10 Vanuatu Caving - Richard Harris
4:55 The Ningbings - Paul Hosie & Ken Smith
1:50 Mt Etna - Nicholas White
7:00 World Rock Art - Robert Bednarik
9:10 Kija Blue Sinkhole - Paul Hosie et al
4:50 Tasmania, Mole Creek, Kubla Khan - Henry Shannon (51 MB)
5:15 Jeju - Andy Spate
14:40 Photo Competition (digital entries) by the photographers  

Movies

1:22 Ambience in amateur video
1:45 Inside Forgotten Cave
0:41 Orient walk
3:00 Pungalina 2005  

PDF Presentations

Walli micro-organisms - Jill Rowling
Nullarbor Lake Speleothems - Jill Rowling
The ASF KID – under the bonnet - Michael Lake
Mt Etna map - Nicholas White

Conference material

Field Guide - Ken Grimes Conference (included on the DVD, same as the one at the top of the page)
Registration Form - Marie Choi
Conference Photos - Various (included on DVD, same as the art display photos at top of page)