Conference Proceedings
 
ASF Biennial Conference No 30 - 2015
"Ningaloo Underground"

The 30th ASF Biennial Conference - Ningaloo Underground - was held at Exmouth, Western Australia, from the 21st to 26th June 2015. Proceedings were edited by Dr Tim Moulds from WASG. Because of the hot climate, this conference was held in winter.

Click on the image below to open the entire Conference Proceedings, or select individual papers from the list below. Where talks were accompanied by slides from the appendices, these have been added to the papers for ease of access.

Contents of Conference Proceedings:

Editorial and Introduction - Tim Moulds, Organising committee members, Speleosports Report - Greg Thomas - p.5
Papers and Abstracts from the Ningaloo Underground Conference 2015 (Introduction) - p.15
Keynote address - Cape Range caves changed understanding of Australian biogeography – rainforest and tethyan troglobionts - Dr Bill Humphreys - p.16

Papers

Recent advances in digital media and the conservation and interpretation of caves - Ross Anderson - p.17

The Ningaloo World Heritage Area – an introduction - Heather Barnes - p.18

An introduction to Cape Range caving and (very brief and very basic) geology - Darren Brooks - p.19

The Threat to Cliefden Caves - Ian Curtis and Dennis Marsh - p.53

Strain Gauges in Caves - Rob Dicker and Bob Kershaw - p.57

Getting Lucky - whilst caving” - Brian Evans - p.64

The Jenolan Show Cave Survey – an update on progress - Dr Julia James - p. 65

The Nullarbor Caves and ASF conferences – Memories from the 1970’s - Roz Hart  - p.66

Workshop - International Congress of Speleology, Sydney, July 2017 - Dennis Marsh and Cathie Plowman - p.67

A history of the Cape Range - Rogé Kemp - p.68

The biggest cave in the world – A photographic tour - Rob McCracken - p. 69

Perseverance Pays (or why being stubborn can sometimes be useful). IB-232 D’Entrecasteaux River Third Sink, (into IB-14 Exit Cave), Ida Bay Karst, Tasmania - Janine McKinnon - p.70

YTIVARG - There, and back again. Sump II, JF-4 Kazad-Dum, Junee-Florentine Karst, Tasmania - Janine McKinnon - p. 71

Speleothem climate reconstruction - Fiona McRobie - p.72

Archaeological research in the Eneabba area - Carly Monks - p.73

Workshop – Build a Disto X2 - Kevin Moore - p.84

A preliminary survey of the invertebrate fauna of the Gunung Mulu World Heritage karst area, Sarawak, Malaysia - Tim Moulds, Jay Anderson, Ross Anderson and Patrick Nykiel - p. 85

Flank Margin Cave Development and Tectonic Uplift, Cape Range, Australia - John Mylroie, Joan Mylroie, Bill Humpreys, Darren Brooks and Greg Middleton - p. 90

OzKarst Workshop (no details) - Graham Pilkington - p. 91

The Cave Animal of the Year - Tim Moulds and Cathie Plowman - p. 92

Calcite Straw Stalactites Growing From Concrete Structures - Garry K Smith - p. 93

Nullarbor Cave Diving - Kim Woodcock and Karen Woodcock - p.109

Risk – A philosophical approach - David Wools-Cobb - p.110

Appendices

Appendix A Slides from The Ningaloo World Heritage Area – an introduction

Appendix B Slides from Strain gauges in caves

Appendix C Slides from "Getting lucky whilst caving"

Appendix D Slides from A history of the Cape Range

Appendix E Slides from Perseverance Pays (or why being stubborn can sometimes be useful). IB-232 D’Entrecasteaux River Third Sink, (into IB-14 Exit Cave), Ida Bay Karst, Tasmania

Appendix F Slides from  - There, and back again. Sump II, JF-4 Kazad-Dum, Junee-Florentine Karst, Tasmania