Selected Caves & Karst of Australia

Compiled by:
Ken G. Grimes,

Consultant Geologist,
Regolith Mapping,

PO Box 362, HAMILTON, Vic 3300, AUSTRALIA

Mailto: ken-grimes@h140.aone.net.au

This CD has been put together (in rather a hurry, I am afraid) to supply information and photos of selected caves and karst areas in Australia for distribution to my friends overseas.

It contains a number of directories which have photos, diagrams and selected papers (in .PDF format). Depending on how much time I get between now and when I leave Australia there may be an index HTML file in each subdirectory which provides information and annotated thumbnails of the photos and other files that are in that directory.

The main contents of this CD are:

  • HardRock Karst - Christmas Island (Indian Ocean)
  • Christmas Island Poster A PDF file: Caves and Karst of Christmas Island, KG Grimes, 2001.
  • Christmas Island Karst. A PDF file of an article in Helictite v37(2). KG Grimes, 2001.
  • Photos (directory)
  • Pseudokarst (Volcanic Caves)
  • A set of web pages on Volcanic caves in Victoria (KG Grimes, 1998)
  • Posters and reports on sub-crustal, and other, volcanic caves.
  • Other volcanic cave photos (in sub-directories)
  • Other (non-volcanic) pseudokarst photos (directory)

  • SoftRock Karst
  • Poster on Syngenetic Karst in Australia, in PDF form, KG Grimes 2002
  • Paper on Syngenetic Karst for the EvoKarst symposium, in PDF form, KG Grimes 2002
  • Various subdirectories with photos and maps of softrock and syngenetic karst and caves in Australia
  • Gambier Karst: A set of pages with photos and reports on the Gambier Karst of South Australia and Victoria.
  • A set of web pages on the soft-rock Gambier Karst Region (KG Grimes, 1998)

  • Miscellaneous softrock areas (directory)
  • Nullarbor Karst (directory)

  • Helictite: (This area is an image of the Helictite web site - as at 23-7-2002)
    Helictite is the Journal of Australasian Speleological Research. Published by the Australian Speleological Federation.
    Note that construction of this web site is still in progress. Please visit it online at http://home.pacific.net.au/~gnb/helictite/ for the latest version.

  • Cave Surveying Poster (.PDF file) A poster on the art of Sketching detail in Caves. Prepared by KG Grimes for the January 2001 ASF conference in Bathurst.

  • K. G. Grimes, my personal details.

  • Australian Karst and Pseudokarst Areas