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SOME
NOTES ON THE BENDETHERA CAVE SURVEYS
The
following cave maps are up to date at the time of writing. However, as the
documentation of Bendethera is an ongoing project, we are constantly adding new
surveys to our collection, and will be adding new sections to existing surveys.
If up to date information is required, please contact:
The
Illawarra Speleological Society Inc
Po
Box 94
Unanderra,
NSW, 2526.
The maps
have been drawn using the ASF standards in use at the time of drawing.
Caves
designated with BD— numbers are positively identified, tagged and located by
GPS. Caves designated with BDX— numbers are not positively identified. They may
be untagged but known caves, or they may be new caves. As their status becomes
clear, they will be allocated a BD—number and the record will be revised. Surveys
of surface features are identified as such.
Caves
having an ASF survey grade of 1 were sketched on site using estimated distances
and directions. They are not orientated in plan view, as they tend to be
insignificant caves. Caves with a higher grade than 1 were surveyed using a
Sunto compass and clinometer, and a fibre tape. Plan views of these caves are
orientated to magnetic north as applicable on the date of the original survey.
As noted on
the map, BD39 was surveyed by Richard Willson and others. The map was drawn up
from notes and data contributed by Richard. All other maps were drawn up from
data gained by members of ISS since 1993.
There are
still a number of known and located caves which haven’t yet been surveyed and
drawn up. These will be surveyed in due course. To facilitate the inclusion of
these caves, the maps have been provided in PDF format. See Below.
Photographs
of the entrance of the cave have been included in .jpg format and can be
increased in size by clicking on the appropriate photograph.
Caves have
been GPS’d using Garmin GPS 12 using map datum AGD 66 prior to April 2000.
Since
October 2001 the caves are being re-GPS’d using WGS84 which equates to GDA94.
Those
re-GPS’d have the heading “map datum” above the GPS references with the prefix
55H.
Major
landmarks mentioned in the following descriptions are:
Tree on
track near creek crossing of Con creek - 55H 0745396 6020207
Kurrajong
tree on Krawaree track tagged T1 - 55H 0743858 6019359
Cairn on
Krawaree saddle - 55H 0743595 6019131
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Suggested Cave classifications for Bendethera karst 2002
From Gilleson Caves
A classification system is that used by the
National Parks and Wildlife Service of New South Wales Australia (Worhoys et
al. 1989):
Group 1 Closed
caves
Those caves in which access is not
permitted because of danger from instability or foul air or awaiting
classification
Group 2 Scientific
reference caves
Those caves which are the best
representatives of particular attributes of geology, geomorphology, biology or
archaeology. The management aim will be to preserve such caves in their natural
state so that reference sets of caves and cave life are available in
perpetuity. Access will be strictly limited by scientific research permit to
experienced cavers. Each permit will indicate the nature and value of the
research and its likely impacts on the cave. Party size and experience of users
will be specified and impacts should be monitored.
Group 3 Limited
access caves
These Caves have such a quality in their
physical or biological attributes that they warrant special protection, or have
a high level of difficulty which limits cave exploration to very experienced
cavers. The principal management aims are to preserve their high quality and/or
maintain a high safety standard. Gating is desirable where possible, standards
of party size and experience will be strictly maintained and detailed
speleological research is to be encouraged.
Group 4 Speleological
access Caves
In this group are caves where the
physical or biological attributes do not warrant special protection and the
degree of difficulty is suitable for cavers and novices with some training. The
principal management aims are to preserve the cave’s natural features and provide
recreational opportunities for cavers where this does not conflict with its
natural values. Gating is usually desirable where possible, party size may be
limited and each party must have an experienced or accredited leader.
Group 5 Adventure
caves
These are “walk in caves’ with
little or no inherent value other than their morphology, suitable for
exploration by inexperienced but properly equipped groups such as organized
youth groups, tourist groups led by experienced guides, or novice speleologists.
Group 5a
These are caves as for 5 but require
ladders or SRT equipment to assist access.
Group 6 Public
access caves
These include caves in open areas
which have been developed as public inspection caves or are suitable for that
use, and require no special equipment or clothing unless specified by the
ranger. Public access would usually be either with a ranger or as a self-guided
tour.
Unclassified
Caves (UC)
These caves are not yet classified
because they have not been “re-found” and surveyed and/or their significance is
not yet known/or been determined
NUM |
CAVE NAME |
CLASSIF-ICATION |
REASON FOR CLASSIFICATION |
BD- 1 |
BENDETHERA MAIN |
6 |
well known and destroyed |
BD- 2 |
EFFLUX |
1 |
dangerous and unstable |
BD- 3 |
WINDLASS CAVE |
3 |
70m pit require SRT |
BD- 4 |
TRICKETT'S WATER CAVE |
2 |
hydrology/scientific |
BD- 5 |
UNNAMED |
4 |
|
BD- 6 |
UNNAMED |
2 |
protection of helictites
passed the sump |
BD- 7 |
UNNAMED |
4 |
|
BD- 8 |
SMALL UNNAMED CAVE |
5 |
|
BD- 9 |
SNAKE CAVE |
3 |
formations and bat colony at
end |
BD-10 |
The Terraces |
5 |
|
BD-11 |
BAT CAVE |
UC |
|
BD-12 |
TINEE TINY FOSSIL CAVE |
5A |
small pits SRT |
BD-13 |
UNNAMED |
5 |
|
BD-14 |
FIGTREE |
5 |
hard to locate |
BD-15 |
UNNAMED CAVE |
uc |
|
BD-16 |
UNNAMED CAVE |
uc |
|
BD-17 |
SMALL UNNAMED CAVE |
uc |
|
BD-18 |
SMALL UNNAMED CAVE |
uc |
|
BD-19 |
SMALL UNNAMED CAVE |
uc |
|
BD-20 |
SMALL UNNAMED CAVE |
uc |
|
BD-21 |
SMALL UNNAMED CAVE |
uc |
|
BD-22 |
SMALL UNNAMED CAVE |
uc |
|
BD-23 |
PIPE CAVE |
3 |
SRT required |
BD-24 |
|
3 |
7M POT |
BD-25 |
|
UC |
|
BD-26 |
|
3 |
8M POT |
BD-27 |
|
UC |
7m pot |
BD-28 |
JIM'S CAVE |
3 |
7M POT |
BD-29 |
EAST POT |
3 |
20M+ |
BD-30 |
KRAWARREE SADDLE |
3 |
|
BD-31 |
|
5 |
|
BD-32 |
UNEXPLORED HOLE |
UC |
|
BD-33 |
UNEXPLORED HOLE |
UC |
|
BD-34 |
UNEXPLORED HOLE |
UC |
|
BD-35 |
GIN CAVE |
4/UC |
|
BD-36 |
WET CAVE |
3 |
wet and muddy/hydrological
study |
BD-37 |
WET CAVE EFFLUX |
4 |
|
BD-38 |
SMALL POT |
5 |
|
BD-39 |
UNNAMED |
5A |
|
BD-40 |
|
UC |
|
BD-41 |
|
5 |
|
BD-42 |
SMALL UNNAMED POT |
4 |
|
BD-43 |
|
UC |
|
BD-44 |
Bent Tree Pot |
5 |
small pot |
BD-45 |
|
5 |
|
BD-46 |
|
5 |
|
BD-47 |
|
5A |
|
BD-48 |
|
5 |
|
BD-49 |
|
5 |
|
BD-50 |
|
UC |
|
BD-51 |
|
UC |
|
BD-52 |
|
UC |
|
BD-53 |
|
UC |
|
BD-54 |
|
UC |
|
BD-55 |
ECHIDNA CAVE |
UC |
13M DEEP |
BD-56 |
possibly KB cave |
UC |
|
BD60 |
Paul's Cave |
3 |
SRT deep pot |
BD61 |
|
3 |
small pot |
BD62 |
|
UC |
LEADS INTO BD6 EFFLUX |
BD63 |
|
UC |
|
BD64 |
|
5 |
|
BD65 |
|
5 |
|
BD66 |
|
5 |
|
BD67 |
|
5 |
|
BD68 |
|
5 |
|
BD69 |
|
5 |
|
BD70 |
|
5 |
|
CAVE NAME : BENDETHRA MAIN
KARST BLOCK : Main
LOCATION OF CAVE :Above Con Creek efflux
CAVE TAG LOCATION : above entrance in yellow paint
DATE TAG PLACED :Easter Saturday 1969
TAG CONFIRMED :8/10/1994
WHEN DISCOVERED : 1880
WHO DISCOVERED :Benjamin George
LENGTH : 228m
DEPTH :
REFERENCES
: ISS Newsletter Vol 2
no 2 August 1979pp16;
ISS
Vol 3 no 1 dec 1995 p21; ISS Vol 3 No 5 Dec 1996 p10; SSS STOP PRESS
March 1965 p3
R.King
(1930) in CSS The Very Latest Vol. 3 no 9 Aug-Sept 1968 p2.
NOTABLE FEATURES : SEE WALLIS REPORT
MAP REFERENCE 6 FIGURE : 438206
MAP DATUM: WGS84
GPS EAST GRID : 743950
GPS NORTH GRID : 6020822
LATITUDE S : 35o 55' 35.4"
LONGITUDE E : 149o42'14"
GEAR REQUIRED : light and normal caving horizontal equipment
DESCRIPTION :
This
cave is the only large cave of the group in the area. The entrance is
approximately 300 feet (90m) above Con Creek in a very steep hillside. The
entrance is small compared with the size of the cave, being 12 feet (3.6m) by 6
feet (1.8m) high. In places the roof would be over 80 feet (24m) high but
averages 40 feet (12m). The width is extremely variable, ranging from narrow
passages 10 feet (3m) wide to chambers of 60 feet (18m) to 70 feet (21m)
across. The cave is basically one long one approximately 250 yards (228m) in
length with a number of constrictions and bridges across it, forming a number
of caverns of large dimension.
The decorations of the cave are
large and spectacular, rather than small and fine, as in some caves. A number
of massive columns up to 80 feet (24m) in height and 25 feet (7.6m) maximum
girth were noted. Flowstone of a white and crystalline appearance is
particularly well developed in two sections of the cave. The development of
shawls is limited to only a few fine examples.
The cave for the most part is a
dry cave, that is. one in which the majority of water movement and growth of
formations has ceased. The surface of many of the Flowstone formations has
become dry and crusty and scales off very easily.
The colour of the formations
varies between yellow and pale red with a minimum of pure white ones. No strong
colours of any consequence were noted.
Generally the ground of the
deeper parts of the cave is covered with a red brown clay, which is moderately
damp because of sub-surface seepage. Some sections are covered with bat guano.
DESECRATION
OF CAVE
The Bendethera Cave has had
numerous of the smaller formations broken and the larger ones have been dirtied
and walked across. Many names have been recorded on the walls and formations by
carbide lamp or candle.
NUMBER : BD‑ 2
BD2 Map from early ISS magazine
CAVE
NAME : EFFLUX
LOCATION OF
CAVE : BELOW BD‑1
CAVE TAG
LOCATION : Right wall of efflux
DATE TAG
PLACED :
TAG
CONFIRMED :8/10/1994
WHEN DISCOVERED :
WHO
DISCOVERED :
LENGTH :
DEPTH :
REFERENCES : ISS Newsletter V2N2 Aug 1979
-pp 2;4;12;13;14;18; 20;21;24;25;26; 27;28;29;35;41;44. Vol 4 No 3
September 1998 p10.
NOTABLE
FEATURES : LOTS EXCAVATION
MAP
REFERENCE 6 FIGURE : 441207
GPS
DATUM: WGS84
GPS EAST GRID : 744232
GPS NORTH GRID : 6020750
BEARING FROM‑TO : BD1=103o/0.285km
LATITUDE S : 35o55' 35"
LONGITUDE E : 149o42'25"
GEAR REQUIRED :
DESCRIPTION : “About 2 tons of rock was removed and we
cleared about 10 feet of passage” ISS journal Vol 4 #3
note: Vol 2#2 p4 uses “Water Cave”
NUMBER : BD‑ 3
BD 3 Surface Map
Bermagui
Cavers map of BD3
CAVE NAME : WINDLASS CAVE
LOCATION OF CAVE : ROCK OUTCROP UP SPUR but south BD 1
CAVE TAG LOCATION : TOP OF SHAFT WEST SIDE OF CAVE
DATE TAG PLACED :8/4/1972
TAG CONFIRMED :23/4/1995
WHEN DISCOVERED : 8th JUNE 1963
WHO DISCOVERED : ISS apart form earlier discoverers
LENGTH :
DEPTH : VERTICAL 210 FT HOLE
REFERENCES
: ISS Newsletter V2#2
Aug 1979p 33;
ISS
Newsletter V# N0 1 dec 1995 p 34
NOTABLE FEATURES : SURROUNDED BY WATTLE TREES
LONGITUDE E : 149o42'09"
GEAR REQUIRED : Equipment needed: SRT with a 10m rope for
the first pitch (or a 10 ladder and belay rope), a 3m handline for a second
pitch and a 3m handline or ladder for the final pitch.
Photography: excellent in the east-west rift towards the end of the cave.
DESCRIPTION :
Windlass Pit is a 61m deep cave with a series of pitches. An entrance pitch of 38m is divided by small ledges into drops of 15, 16 and 6m respectively, followed by two successive pitches of 3.5 m each lead into a small room. From this room a hole in the wall leads to a 4m chimney and on through a narrow fissure to a final drop of 4m to a small chamber with a silt covered floor. narrow fissures lead from this level but are too small to be entered.
This was reconfirmed by NEWCAVES on October 1st 1995.
“On the return trip we fixed an orange ISS
arrow to the base of a bench below BD-3 to direct future walkers upwards. Near
the corner of the track as it heads downhill to cross the creek to go BD-1 is a
slightly blackened three trunked tree (GPS reference WGS 94 55H 744212
6020710 with an ISS arrow pointing to
the BD-3 Bluff. This is a line of sight and this tree can be found by walking
36m on a bearing of 195N from the corner of the track as it heads downhill to cross the creek to
go BD-1.” ISS newsletter V3#1p34
NUMBER : BD‑ 4
BD4 Map 1 Plan
BD4
Map 2 Profile
CAVE
NAME : TRICKETT'S WATER
CAVE
KARST
BLOCK : Flagpole Flat
LOCATION OF
CAVE : BEFORE FLAGPOLE FLAT AREA
approx 100m West of BD-5
CAVE TAG
LOCATION : YELLOW PAINT ON RIGHT
WALL
DATE TAG
PLACED : painted and tagged Easter Saturday 1969
TAG
CONFIRMED : 8/71/1994
WHEN
DISCOVERED : refound EASTER
1964
WHO
DISCOVERED :
LENGTH :
DEPTH :
REFERENCES : ISS Newsletter V2N2 Aug
1979pp 3;8;16;20: vol.2 no 6 p 14; ISS Newsletter Vol 3 no 1 Dec 1995 p
19
NOTABLE
FEATURES : WATER SUMP
GEAR
REQUIRED : HELMETS AND LIGHTS
DESCRIPTION :
One is a cavern sloping at about 45odown for 50 feet (15m) and ends in a pool of water.
From SSS Journal Stop Press July 1969
page 117-122 by Peter Shiell
divers from the South Pacific Divers club
joined SSS for a dive on BD-4 16th June 1969
“The water was still and perfectly clear and we
were hopeful of a successful dive with good results. This was, unhappily, not
to be as Dick went down well but Jack managed to enter the water minus his
weight belt. This caused him to float along the surface kicking and this
stirred up the dirt that was lying on the bottom and caused the water to become
murky. As the water was not clear by this stage both divers came up without
attempting to push on any further. Bob and Peter Newton then entered the murk
and followed the walls down by touch till they reached the bottom and the
rockfall, again not trying to push on any further. Bob also tried to get
through a passage that leads off to the left. He reported that after passing
through an areas of loose rock he came our into a small air filled chamber from
which he could see a passage heading off sloping upwards. It is hoped that this
is one of the ways that the water enters the cave and that this may be one of
the main passages.”
CAVE NAME : UNNAMED
LOCATION OF CAVE : DOWNSTREAM OF BD‑4, at creek level
CAVE TAG LOCATION : ABOVE ENTRANCE
DATE TAG PLACED : 13/8/1972
TAG CONFIRMED :8/10/1994
WHEN DISCOVERED :
WHO DISCOVERED :
LENGTH : 2m
DEPTH :
REFERENCES : ISS Newsletter, Vol 2 #2 August 1979,pp 16;39;
ISS
Newsletter, Vol 2 #6 July 1994 p11
NOTABLE FEATURES :
MAP REFERENCE 6 FIGURE : 453200
GEAR REQUIRED :
DESCRIPTION :
Entrance possibly filled with silt
“ a very small cave, 1.5m wide, 1 m high and 2
m long, but may be a possible dig”
p 11 ISS newsletter, Vol 2 #6 July 1994
CAVE
NAME : River Cave
KARST
BLOCK : Flagpole Flat
LOCATION OF
CAVE : 20M DOWNSTREAM BD‑5
on Con Creek
CAVE TAG
LOCATION : I M ABOVE WATER LEVEL
DATE TAG
PLACED : 13/8/1972
TAG
CONFIRMED :8/10/1994
WHEN
DISCOVERED :
WHO
DISCOVERED :
LENGTH : approx 40m
DEPTH :
REFERENCES : ISS Newsletter, Vol 2 #2
August 1979 PAGE 39
ISS newsletter,
Vol 2 #6 July 1994 p11;SSS
STOP
PRESS March 1965 p5;
ISS Newsletter
Vol 6 #4 December 2000,p8
NOTABLE
FEATURES : EFFLUX continual stream of water
GEAR REQUIRED :
DESCRIPTION :
large efflux on Con Creek with a sizable
outflow
From SSS STOP PRESS March 1965 p5 by
Ross Ellis
A cave on the Con Creek, in
the narrow Eastern arm of the limestone was entered for about 120 feet. The
stream through this cave is well over 6 ft deep and the passages are only 3 to
5 ft wide by the same in height. Further exploration was stopped by the roof of
the cave being only 2 inches above water level. An attempt at removing the
material from the cave entrance succeeded on lowering water level 3 inches, but
only at the entrance, not further into the cave.
From Captial Territoty Caving
Group newsletter 16/5/1978 p 3
An untagged
stream passage near BD4. The entrance to this is about 5 feet above a dry
section of Con Creek. A squeeze leads into a short narrowing tunnel off which a
cute drops 10 feet to a meandering
stream passage about 2 feet wide, 10-20 feet high and with 2-3 feet of water.
This passage ends in about an 8 feet deep pool of water.
“a small person sized hole
leading down and right. A quick look
from Geoff McDonell (SSS) and no go, a valiant effort. Kerry Sanders decided that a head and
shoulders approach was needed. A blade
separated a small squeeze from a very, very, small squeeze. Head down and toes
up again went Geoff, a flick to the right and he was through. All he had was a mini Mag light of dubious
parentage. "I shall return" called Geoff and sure enough he did. After 5 minutes or so he appeared. He found
that the squeeze opened up to a 'river' passage of about a metre wide and
nearly 2 metres high with water to about knee level. With a mini Mag light of dubious parentage about 20 metres was
sufficient for Geoff.”
ISS NewsletterVol 6 #4 December 2000,p8
KARST BLOCK : Flagpole Flat
LOCATION OF CAVE : 10M DOWNSTREAM OF BD‑6
CAVE TAG LOCATION : LEFT HAND WALL
DATE TAG PLACED : 13/8/1972
TAG CONFIRMED : 8/10/1994
WHEN DISCOVERED :
WHO DISCOVERED :
LENGTH :
DEPTH :
REFERENCES : ISS Newsletter, Vol 2 #2 August 1979,p 39: ISS
V3#1Dec 1995 p19
NOTABLE FEATURES : U‑SHAPED small unnegotiable ENTRANCE
GEAR REQUIRED :
DESCRIPTION :
One medium size rock will need careful removal
before entry can be gained. The cave seems significant by Bendethera standards,
but the political implications may need investigating.” ISS Newsletter
December 1995 p19
CAVE
NAME : SMALL UNNAMED CAVE
KARST
BLOCK : Flagpole Flat
LOCATION OF
CAVE : 5OM WEST OF BD‑4
CAVE TAG
LOCATION : Orange Aluminium tag
ABOVE ENTRANCE
DATE TAG
PLACED : 9/10/1994
TAG
CONFIRMED :9/10/1994
WHEN
DISCOVERED :
WHO
DISCOVERED :
LENGTH :
DEPTH : 4m
REFERENCES :ISS Newsletter, Vol 3#1
December 1995pp 2022
NOTABLE
FEATURES : ORANGE TAG
GEAR
REQUIRED :
DESCRIPTION :
Is now BD 8
and even if it wasn't, was now. Tagged
it with an orange tag. Graham and
Leanne did a grade 1 survey of BD 8. Is
just a hole about 4 m deep with side passages etc.” ISS Newsletter December 1995 p22
NUMBER : BD‑ 9
BD9 Map Plan
BD9 Profile
CAVE
NAME : SNAKE CAVE
LOCATION OF
CAVE : EAST SIDE OF KNOLL ABOVE
BD‑4
CAVE TAG
LOCATION : WEST SIDE NORTH END of
fissure
DATE TAG
PLACED :
TAG
CONFIRMED : 2nd October 1995
WHEN
DISCOVERED :
WHO
DISCOVERED :
LENGTH :
DEPTH : 30M
REFERENCES : ISS Newsletter, Vol 3, no1
pp 36-37; Bermagui Caver Vol 3#2pp5,6 and
Vol 3#1
NOTABLE
FEATURES : DESCENDS IN A SERIES
OF 4 PITCHES
GEAR REQUIRED : Equipment needed: SRT with a 10m rope for
the first pitch (or a 10 ladder and belay rope), a 3m handline for a second
pitch and a 3m handline or ladder for the final pitch.
Photography: excellent in the east-west rift towards the end of the cave.
DESCRIPTION :
This is a cave following a north-south rift on the side of the knoll upstream from BD-4. the entrance is via a narrow opening descending 5 m to a ledge. The cave then descends and twists around and under itself requiring two more handlines to assist in the descent and ascent. At the bottom of the last handline assist is a passage that runs perpendicular to the main cave direction.
This goes for 20m and is another fault or rift with a false floor as holes can be seen to descend. In this section of the cave is a bat colony with a lot of guano on the floor and is extremely well decorated and active. (As good as some tourist caves at Yarrongabilly Caves). The two draw backs are the small entrance to this section and the choking air when nearing the bat colony. At this point the floor ascends for several meters but is too small to enter as the formations will be damaged.
At the bottom of the main chamber
a series of shawls on the wall greet the visitor. A small fissure goes nowhere.
NUMBER : BD‑10
BD10 Map
BD 10 Surface Plot
CAVE
NAME : The Terraces
KARST
BLOCK : Flagpole Flat
LOCATION OF
CAVE : above BD8
CAVE TAG
LOCATION : on northern wall of
top rift terrace
DATE TAG
PLACED :28/4/1996
TAG
CONFIRMED :
WHEN
DISCOVERED : 1995/6
WHO
DISCOVERED : Newcaves/ISS
LENGTH :
DEPTH :
REFERENCES :ISS Newsletter, Vol 3#3 June
1996
NOTABLE
FEATURES : rift cave on terraces
GEAR REQUIRED :
DESCRIPTION :
We found at least 20 holes in the BD-10 area,
almost missed another big hole now tagged BDX-11 and placed several blue tags
in the area that are worthy of investigation in the future. Kevin and Gerrard
surveyed the cave tagged BD-10 whilst Ron and I did a rough surface survey.
ISS Newsletter, Vol 3#3 June 1996
We descended BD-10 and found that it was only
negotiable as far as the previous survey indicated. A very short cave may push
it a bit further as the cave follows a distinct fissure.
NUMBER : BD‑11
CAVE
NAME : BAT CAVE
KARST
BLOCK : Main
LOCATION OF
CAVE :
CAVE TAG
LOCATION :
DATE TAG
PLACED :
TAG
CONFIRMED :
WHEN
DISCOVERED :
WHO
DISCOVERED :
LENGTH :
DEPTH : APPROX. 20M
REFERENCES :
NOTABLE
FEATURES : GUANO DEPOSITS
DESCRIPTION :
CAVE
NAME : TINEE TINY FOSSIL
CAVE
LOCATION OF
CAVE : BEHIND RIDGE OF BD‑13,
W or NW of BDX-6
CAVE TAG
LOCATION : NORTH SIDE OF SOUTHERN
ROCK(Sthn edge of doline)
DATE TAG
PLACED : 23/4/1995
TAG
CONFIRMED :
WHEN
DISCOVERED :
WHO
DISCOVERED : Gerrard Collins
and Bob Kershaw
LENGTH :
DEPTH : 11m
REFERENCES : ISS Newsletter Vol 3#3 June
1996 p12;Vol 3#1 December 1995 p34
NOTABLE
FEATURES : MULTIPLE POTHOLE
ENTRANCE DOLINE
GEAR
REQUIRED :
DESCRIPTION :
“extensive
doline system that we tagged BD-12. It is an extended series of potholes entrances
around a central doline. The total area is probably 100m in diameter with the
Central doline being 3m deep and 5 m across. This definitely requires further
investigation. We also discovered a large area of fossils around the central
doline. This doline is not in the central area of wattle. You break out of the
wattle and into a watercourse/depression in a sclerophyll forest.” ISS Newsletter
Vol 3#1 December 1995 p34
We returned
to the hole below the BD-12 tag and removed more rubbish and I squeeeezed into
a small hole in hope, but alas it it was only wide enough for water to continue
on its downward journey. “ ISS Newsletter Vol 3#3 June 1996 p12
CAVE NAME : UNNAMED
LOCATION OF
CAVE : 50m west of BD‑3
CAVE TAG
LOCATION : steel tag south side
of wall
DATE TAG
PLACED :8/4/1972
TAG
CONFIRMED :25/9/1994
WHEN
DISCOVERED :
WHO
DISCOVERED :
LENGTH : 3.5M
DEPTH : 3.5M
REFERENCES : ISS Newsletter Vol 2#2
August 1979 p33;
ISS Newsletter
Vol 3#1 Dec 1995 p36
NOTABLE
FEATURES : triangular entrance
GEAR
REQUIRED :
DESCRIPTION :
“They
(NHSS) found BD-13 and did a quick survey for us and we have to add moonmilk to
the end of our survey”
ISS Newsletter
Vol 3#1 Dec 1995 p36
CAVE
NAME : FIGTREE
KARST
BLOCK : Krawarree
LOCATION OF
CAVE : ENTRANCE COVERED BY TREE
ROOTS
CAVE TAG
LOCATION : INSIDE ON THE LHS
DATE TAG
PLACED : 5/5/1973
TAG
CONFIRMED : 25/9/1994 by NUCC
WHEN
DISCOVERED : 8/6/1963
WHO
DISCOVERED : ISS
LENGTH : 37m
DEPTH : 9m
REFERENCES : ISS Newsletter Vol 2#2
August 1979 pp 6, 42
ISS Newsletter
Vol 4#3p9
NOTABLE
FEATURES : DRY, DUSTY,
INEXTENSIVE, VERTICAL; TREE ROOT MARKED
GEAR
REQUIRED :
DESCRIPTION :
Of the other caves in the area the Fig Tree Cave is confined to a small cavern about 50 feet (15m) in diameter.
NUMBER : BD‑15
CAVE
NAME : UNNAMED CAVE
KARST
BLOCK : Krawarree
LOCATION OF
CAVE : NEAR BD‑14
CAVE TAG
LOCATION :
DATE TAG
PLACED :
TAG
CONFIRMED :
WHEN
DISCOVERED :
WHO
DISCOVERED :
LENGTH :
DEPTH :
REFERENCES :
NOTABLE
FEATURES :
DESCRIPTION :
NUMBER : BD‑16
CAVE
NAME : UNNAMED CAVE
KARST
BLOCK : Krawarree
LOCATION OF
CAVE : NEAR BD‑14
CAVE TAG
LOCATION :
DATE TAG
PLACED :
TAG
CONFIRMED :
WHEN
DISCOVERED :
WHO
DISCOVERED :
LENGTH :
DEPTH :
REFERENCES :
NOTABLE
FEATURES :
DESCRIPTION :
NUMBER : BD‑17
CAVE NAME : SMALL UNNAMED CAVE
KARST
BLOCK : Krawarree
LOCATION OF
CAVE : NEAR BD‑14
CAVE TAG
LOCATION :
DATE TAG
PLACED :
TAG
CONFIRMED :
WHEN
DISCOVERED :
WHO
DISCOVERED :
LENGTH :
DEPTH :
REFERENCES :
NOTABLE
FEATURES :
DESCRIPTION :
NUMBER : BD‑18
CAVE
NAME : SMALL UNNAMED CAVE
KARST
BLOCK : Krawarree
LOCATION OF
CAVE : NEAR BD‑14
CAVE TAG
LOCATION :
DATE TAG
PLACED :
TAG
CONFIRMED :
WHEN
DISCOVERED :
WHO
DISCOVERED :
LENGTH :
DEPTH :
REFERENCES :
NOTABLE
FEATURES :
DESCRIPTION :
NUMBER : BD‑19
CAVE
NAME : SMALL UNNAMED CAVE
KARST
BLOCK : Krawarree
LOCATION OF
CAVE : NEAR BD‑14
CAVE TAG
LOCATION :
DATE TAG
PLACED :
TAG
CONFIRMED :
WHEN
DISCOVERED :
WHO
DISCOVERED :
LENGTH :
DEPTH :
REFERENCES :
NOTABLE
FEATURES :
DESCRIPTION :
NUMBER : BD‑20
CAVE
NAME : SMALL UNNAMED CAVE
KARST
BLOCK : Krawarree
LOCATION OF
CAVE : NEAR BD‑14
CAVE TAG
LOCATION :
DATE TAG
PLACED :
TAG
CONFIRMED :
WHEN
DISCOVERED :
WHO
DISCOVERED :
LENGTH :
DEPTH :
REFERENCES :
NOTABLE
FEATURES :
DESCRIPTION :
NUMBER : BD‑21
CAVE
NAME : SMALL UNNAMED CAVE
KARST
BLOCK : Krawarree
LOCATION OF
CAVE : NEAR BD‑14
CAVE TAG
LOCATION :
DATE TAG
PLACED :
TAG
CONFIRMED :
WHEN
DISCOVERED :
WHO
DISCOVERED :
LENGTH :
DEPTH :
REFERENCES :
NOTABLE
FEATURES :
DESCRIPTION :
NUMBER : BD‑22
CAVE
NAME : SMALL UNNAMED CAVE
KARST
BLOCK : Krawarree
LOCATION OF
CAVE : NEAR BD‑14
CAVE TAG
LOCATION :
DATE TAG
PLACED :
TAG
CONFIRMED :
WHEN DISCOVERED :
WHO
DISCOVERED :
LENGTH :
DEPTH :
REFERENCES :
NOTABLE
FEATURES :
DESCRIPTION :
CAVE
NAME : PIPE CAVE
KARST
BLOCK : Krawarree
LOCATION OF
CAVE : NEAR CAIRN Krawarree
Saddle north of BD29
CAVE TAG
LOCATION : SOUTH SIDE OF HOLE
DATE TAG
PLACED :12/8/1972
TAG
CONFIRMED :25/9/1994
WHEN
DISCOVERED :
WHO
DISCOVERED :
LENGTH :
DEPTH : VERTICAL 90 FT POT
REFERENCES : ISS Newsletter Vol 2#2
August 1979p 38
ISS Newsletter
Vol 4#2
NOTABLE
FEATURES : TRICKETS POT
GEAR
REQUIRED :
DESCRIPTION :
CAVE
NAME :
KARST
BLOCK : Krawarree
LOCATION OF
CAVE : SOUTH OF AND CLOSE NEAR
BD‑23 nth of BD29
CAVE TAG
LOCATION : NORTH SIDE OF HOLE
DATE TAG
PLACED :12/8/1972
TAG
CONFIRMED :25/9/1994
WHEN
DISCOVERED :
WHO
DISCOVERED :
LENGTH :
DEPTH : POT 20 FT
REFERENCES : ISS Newsletter Vol 2#2
August 1979p 38
ISS Newsletter Vol 4#2 July 1998 p9
NOTABLE
FEATURES : 2ND OF TWO ENTRANCES
TO BD‑25
GEAR
REQUIRED :
DESCRIPTION
:
pot type
cave
CAVE
NAME :
KARST
BLOCK : Krawarree
LOCATION OF
CAVE : NEAR Cairn Ksouth of and
close to BD23
CAVE TAG
LOCATION : NORTH SIDE OF HOLE
DATE TAG PLACED :12/8/1972
TAG
CONFIRMED :25/9/1994
WHEN
DISCOVERED :
WHO
DISCOVERED :
LENGTH :
DEPTH :
REFERENCES : ISS Newsletter Vol 2#2
August 1979p 38
ISS Newsletter
Vol 4#2 July 1998 p9
NOTABLE
FEATURES :
GEAR
REQUIRED :
DESCRIPTION :
pot type
cave
NUMBER : BD‑26
CAVE
NAME :
KARST
BLOCK : Krawarree
LOCATION OF
CAVE : SOUTH OF BD‑23
CAVE TAG
LOCATION :
DATE TAG
PLACED :12/8/1972
TAG
CONFIRMED :
WHEN
DISCOVERED :
WHO
DISCOVERED :
LENGTH :
DEPTH : 26FT
REFERENCES : ISS Newsletter Vol 2#2 August
1979p 38
NOTABLE
FEATURES : FLUTED POT
DESCRIPTION :
NUMBER : BD‑27
CAVE
NAME :
KARST
BLOCK : Krawarree
LOCATION OF
CAVE : Krawarree Saddle
CAVE TAG
LOCATION : NORTH RIM OF DOLINE
DATE TAG
PLACED :12/8/1972
TAG
CONFIRMED :
WHEN
DISCOVERED :
WHO
DISCOVERED :
LENGTH :
DEPTH : SMALL CAVE
REFERENCES : ISS Newsletter Vol 2#2
August 1979p 38
NOTABLE
FEATURES : 50FT DOLINE
DESCRIPTION :
a small cave
CAVE
NAME : JIM'S CAVE
KARST
BLOCK : Krawarree
LOCATION OF
CAVE : Krawarree Saddle nth of
BD29
CAVE TAG
LOCATION
DATE TAG
PLACED :12/8/1972
TAG
CONFIRMED :25/9/1994
WHEN
DISCOVERED : 12 AUGUST 1972
WHO
DISCOVERED : Jim Farnworth,
from a British caving group
LENGTH : 40FT
DEPTH : 20FT
REFERENCES : ISS Newsletter Vol 2#2
August 1979p 38
ISS Newsletter Vol 4#2
NOTABLE
FEATURES : FISSURE INTO RIFT
GEAR
REQUIRED :
DESCRIPTION :
KARST
BLOCK : Krawarree
LOCATION OF
CAVE : south side of Krawarree saddle
down from BD28, near limestone point
CAVE TAG
LOCATION :
DATE TAG
PLACED : 5/5/1973
TAG
CONFIRMED :16/5/1998
WHEN
DISCOVERED : 22/SEPT 1972
WHO
DISCOVERED :
LENGTH : 20M
DEPTH : 20M+
REFERENCES : ISS Newsletter Vol 2#2
August 1979 P 38;40;42
ISS Newsletter Vol 24#2 July 1998 p9
NOTABLE
FEATURES : 10M W OF LIMESTONE
LOOKOUT
GEAR
REQUIRED :
DESCRIPTION :
a 55 ft
ladder only just reached the bottom. It was found that the 2 pipes went into
the same fissure
there was
some formation and a fresh skeleton of a small animal
“Antoher
untagged cave is licated some 6m West of BD29. This was given a red tag 8 . A
grade 1 survey was conducted. The cave is rift developed and BD29 and Red 8 are
connected”ISS Newsletter Vol 4#2 July 1998 p9
BD Red 8 is
infact BD30 - ISS Newsletter Vol 2#2 August 1979 p42
NUMBER : BD‑30
CAVE
NAME : KRAWARREE SADDLE
KARST
BLOCK : Krawarree
LOCATION OF
CAVE : NEAR BD‑29 TOP SE END ON FLAT LIMESTONE
CAVE TAG
LOCATION :
DATE TAG
PLACED : 5/5/1973
TAG
CONFIRMED : Red BD8 June 1998
WHEN
DISCOVERED :
WHO
DISCOVERED :
LENGTH :
DEPTH : 20M+
REFERENCES : ISS Newsletter Vol 2#2
August 1979 p 42
ISS Newsletter
Vol 4#2 July 1998 p9
NOTABLE
FEATURES : joins to BD29
DESCRIPTION :
“Another
untagged cave is located some 6m West of BD29. This was given a red tag 8 . A
grade 1 survey was conducted. The cave is rift developed and BD29 and Red 8 are
connected” ISS Newsletter Vol 4#2 July 1998 p9
BD Red 8 is
infact BD30 - ISS Newsletter Vol 2#2 August 1979 p42
NUMBER : BD‑31
KARST
BLOCK : Krawarree
LOCATION OF
CAVE : NEAR CairnK north of BD29
CAVE TAG
LOCATION :
DATE TAG
PLACED : 5-5-1973
TAG
CONFIRMED :16/5/1998
WHEN
DISCOVERED :
WHO
DISCOVERED :
LENGTH : 2M
DEPTH : 2M
REFERENCES : ISS Newsletter Vol 2#2p42
ISS Newsletter Vol 4#2 July 1998 p9
NOTABLE
FEATURES : SOLUTION PIPE
GEAR
REQUIRED :
DESCRIPTION :
NUMBER : BD‑32
CAVE
NAME : UNEXPLORED HOLE
KARST
BLOCK : Krawarree
LOCATION OF
CAVE :
CAVE TAG
LOCATION :
DATE TAG
PLACED :
TAG
CONFIRMED :
WHEN
DISCOVERED :
WHO
DISCOVERED :
LENGTH :
DEPTH :
REFERENCES :
NOTABLE
FEATURES :
DESCRIPTION :
NUMBER : BD‑33
CAVE
NAME : UNEXPLORED HOLE
KARST
BLOCK : Krawarree
LOCATION OF
CAVE :
CAVE TAG
LOCATION :
DATE TAG
PLACED :
TAG
CONFIRMED :
WHEN
DISCOVERED :
WHO
DISCOVERED :
LENGTH :
DEPTH :
REFERENCES :
NOTABLE
FEATURES :
DESCRIPTION :
NUMBER : BD‑34
CAVE
NAME : UNEXPLORED HOLE
KARST
BLOCK : Krawarree
LOCATION OF
CAVE :
CAVE TAG
LOCATION :
DATE TAG
PLACED :
TAG
CONFIRMED :
WHEN
DISCOVERED :
WHO
DISCOVERED :
LENGTH :
DEPTH :
REFERENCES :
NOTABLE
FEATURES :
DESCRIPTION :
NUMBER : BD‑35
CAVE
NAME : GIN CAVE
KARST
BLOCK : Gin Outcrop
LOCATION OF
CAVE : GIN OUTCROP N SIDE OF LITTLE CON CREEK W END
CAVE TAG
LOCATION :
DATE TAG
PLACED : 2/6/1973
TAG
CONFIRMED :
WHEN
DISCOVERED : Before OCTOBER
1965
WHO
DISCOVERED : Aborigines used it
see CSS the very latest for article
LENGTH :
DEPTH :
REFERENCES :ISS Newsletter Vol 2#2 August
1979pp 9;10;11;43
NOTABLE
FEATURES : REPORTED TO BE
BLOCKED BY WATER
DESCRIPTION :
from SSS
STOP PRESS march 1965 p 5 by Ross Ellis
It is
situated on the southern limestone mass, at the 1550 ft above sea level mark.
From
extract from “The Shoalhaven” Newspaper 14th June 1930 by R. King
reprinted
in CSS “The Very Latest” Vol 3, no9
‘It was to
the Gins Cave that all native couples were condemed to spend their honeymoon,
and when the time expired the lord of the manor, with his gin, came down to
earth, and they were admitted to the “San Hedrin” of the tribe.’
CAVE
NAME : WET CAVE
LOCATION OF
CAVE : GIN CAVE
CAVE TAG
LOCATION : inside on LHS wall
about 1.5m high
DATE TAG
PLACED : 2-6-1973
TAG
CONFIRMED :June 1999
WHEN
DISCOVERED :
WHO
DISCOVERED :
LENGTH :
DEPTH :
REFERENCES :ISS Newsletter Vol 2#2 August
1979 p 43,
ISS Newsletter
Vol 5 no 3 September p 13
Journal
of SSS 1995 volume 39 no 6
NOTABLE
FEATURES : SMALL WATER BLOCKED
CAVE
a report from the Journal of SSS
1995 volume 39 no 6 page 125/126 by Bruce Steweart
trip
report 2 October 1993
I ... had
been given a good description of what
the sump looked like, I decided that it was a marginal prospect for
anything amazing. So, I only packed a 12cu foot pony bottle, a lightweight 3mm
wetsuit, a helmet, shoves and dive reel. The Iittle sump was the usual clear
turquoise blue, with a silty bottom and what had been described to me as a
slight squeeze hole, was the way on. So, I geared up and put my head through
the hole and realised there was definitely a way on, but water having
magnifying properties, this little hole was a bit of a concern. Anyway, going
through feet first and trailing dive line, my positive buoyancy was a bit of a problem (as carrying
a weight belt down here would have been
awful), so I came back through the hole and surfaced with thoughts of what
could I use as a weight belt. Unfortunately there was nothing that I could use
and I didn't want to wear a pack full of rocks, so I went back through the hole
again for a
further
look. The water now had zero visibility in the squeeze and it was back to
diving by feel.
Atter
coming out of the silt cloud, I noticed a lead on the left hand side and a
passage
going off
in front of me. Diving into the passage, I found my positive buoyancy made
it very
difficult, so I stopped and gathered my dive line and looked at the air
remaining
and decided
to turn back, with a mudbank rising in front of me.
ISS
Newsletter vol 5 no 3 September 1999 p13
We found
BD36 and had lunch among the leeches and Blanket-leaf Trees (Bedfordia
arborescens), a slender-trunked small tree with dark green leaves on the top
side and woolly white underneath, with dead leaves often hanging beneath. The leaves only grow in bundles on the end
of the branches - a quite distinctive tree. The bright yellow small flowers
(Nov to Jan) are in loose woolly clusters. After this respite we surveyed and explored
it for about ½ hour.
There is a
black PVC pipe running from the water in the sump to outside the cave. Placed
there by Bruce Stewart
NUMBER : BD‑37
KARST
BLOCK : Gin Outcrop
LOCATION OF
CAVE : BELOW WET CAVE BD‑36
CAVE TAG
LOCATION :
DATE TAG
PLACED : 2-6-1973
TAG CONFIRMED :11/9/1999
WHEN
DISCOVERED :
WHO
DISCOVERED :
LENGTH :
DEPTH :
REFERENCES :ISS Newsletter Vol 2#2 August
1979 P43
NOTABLE
FEATURES :
DESCRIPTION :
A small cave efflux
KARST
BLOCK : Gin Outcrop
LOCATION OF
CAVE : NEAR GIN CAVE
CAVE TAG
LOCATION :
DATE TAG
PLACED : 2-6-1973
TAG
CONFIRMED : 11/9/1999
WHEN DISCOVERED :
WHO
DISCOVERED :
LENGTH : 1M
DEPTH : 2M
REFERENCES : ISS Newsletter Vol 2#2
August 1979 P 43
ISS Newsletter
Vol 5#3 Sept 1999 p 13
NOTABLE
FEATURES : TOP OF OUTCROP E END
OF LIMESTONE OUTCROP
KARST
BLOCK : Gin Outcrop
LOCATION OF
CAVE : ABOVE GIN CAVE
CAVE TAG
LOCATION :
DATE TAG
PLACED : 2/6/1973
TAG
CONFIRMED :11/9/1999
WHEN
DISCOVERED :
WHO
DISCOVERED :
LENGTH : 20M
DEPTH : 20M
REFERENCES : ISS Newsletter Vol 2#2
August 1979 p 43
NOTABLE
FEATURES : SHAFT IN RIFT ‑GOOD
FORMATION 2 LEVELS CAN BE SEEN
GEAR
REQUIRED :
DESCRIPTION :
CAVE
NAME :
KARST
BLOCK : Gin Outcrop
LOCATION OF
CAVE : GIN CAVE AREA south of
Gin ridge, sth side of gully
CAVE TAG
LOCATION :
DATE TAG
PLACED : 2-6-1973
TAG
CONFIRMED :
WHEN
DISCOVERED :
WHO
DISCOVERED :
LENGTH :
DEPTH :
REFERENCES : ISS Newsletter Vol 2#2 August
1979 PAGE 43
NOTABLE
FEATURES :
CAVE
NAME : Phantom Cave
KARST
BLOCK : Gin Outcrop
LOCATION OF
CAVE : Gin Outcrop
CAVE TAG
LOCATION : RHS
DATE TAG
PLACED : 20/4/2000
TAG
CONFIRMED :20/4/2000
WHEN DISCOVERED : Bermaguii Vol 12 #6 p3
WHO
DISCOVERED :
LENGTH : 3m
DEPTH :
REFERENCES : Bermaguii Caver Vol 12 #6 p3
NOTABLE
FEATURES : cave entrance closing
off
GEAR
REQUIRED :
DESCRIPTION :
sloping dirt floor to a small hole
CAVE
NAME :
KARST
BLOCK : Gin
LOCATION OF
CAVE : above BD 39 near BD 44
CAVE TAG
LOCATION :
DATE TAG
PLACED : 11-9-1999
TAG
CONFIRMED :
WHEN
DISCOVERED : 11-9-1999 could
have been in 1968
WHO
DISCOVERED : Gerrard Collins
LENGTH :
DEPTH :
REFERENCES : ISS Newsletter vol 5 no 3
p13
NOTABLE
FEATURES :
KARST
BLOCK : Gin
LOCATION OF
CAVE : Below BD 39
CAVE TAG
LOCATION : north side of hole
DATE TAG
PLACED :20/4/2000
TAG
CONFIRMED :20/4/2000
WHEN
DISCOVERED :20/4/2000
WHO
DISCOVERED :Jason Bond and Bob
Kershaw
LENGTH :
DEPTH :
REFERENCES :
NOTABLE
FEATURES :
GEAR
REQUIRED :
CAVE
NAME : Bent Tree Pot
KARST
BLOCK : Gin Outcrop
LOCATION OF
CAVE : Top Gin Outcrop
CAVE TAG
LOCATION :
DATE TAG
PLACED :11/9/1999
TAG
CONFIRMED :11/9/1999
WHEN
DISCOVERED : 1994
WHO
DISCOVERED : NUCC
LENGTH :
DEPTH :
REFERENCES :ISS Newsletter vol 5 no 3, sept 1999
p 13
NOTABLE
FEATURES :
GEAR
REQUIRED :
DESCRIPTION :
KARST
BLOCK : Flagpole Flat
LOCATION OF
CAVE : below kurrajong at base
of knoll adjacent to flagpole flat
CAVE TAG
LOCATION :LHS
DATE TAG
PLACED :23/4/2000
TAG
CONFIRMED :23/4/200
WHEN
DISCOVERED :
WHO
DISCOVERED :
LENGTH :2m
DEPTH :1m
REFERENCES :
NOTABLE
FEATURES : small hole under
Kurrajong tree
:
GEAR
REQUIRED :
DESCRIPTION :
KARST
BLOCK : Main
LOCATION OF
CAVE : near BD1
CAVE TAG
LOCATION :on right wall of the
entrance, head height just within the drip line
DATE TAG
PLACED : 12-9-1999
TAG
CONFIRMED :12-9-1999
WHEN DISCOVERED :12-9-1999
WHO
DISCOVERED :Kemister,
Collins,Sanders
LENGTH :
DEPTH : 3m
REFERENCES : ISS Newsletter vol 5, no 3
September 1999 p 14
NOTABLE
FEATURES :
GEAR
REQUIRED :
DESCRIPTION :
The
entrance is a 3m wide by 1.5m high solution hole in solid limestone, facing
North East, and angling into the hillside at 450. It was found just within a vegetation change
from close Bendethera Wattle to an interspersed Tea tree looking shrub when
coming from the direction of BD1. A
bearing was taken to a prominent peak to the North, bearing 100. The entrance is approximately at the same
elevation as BD1. Growing within the
entrance is a coppiced trunk of a non eucalupt tree. Two Kurrajongs are growing to the South East and one to the North
east of the entrance. The cave is about
3m deep, terminating in a clean rubble filled floor. It is interesting that any silt washed into the cave appears to
have washed through the rubble floor, and because of this is possibly worth
digging. No airflow was noticed. There is old flowstone/formation evident on
the roof and walls, with a large chunk having fallen from the roof.
|
CAVE NAME : BD Carved Tree Cave
KARST BLOCK : Flagpole Flat
LOCATION OF CAVE : top of knoll adjacent to Flagpole Flat
CAVE TAG LOCATION :Top LHS of entrance
DATE TAG PLACED : 2/4/2000
TAG CONFIRMED : 2/4/2000
WHEN DISCOVERED : late 1960/early 1970
WHO DISCOVERED :Gordon Sykes/Rick Kelly
LENGTH :12m
REFERENCES :ISS Newsletter Vol 2#2 August 1979 p16
NOTABLE FEATURES :adjacent to Kurrajong tree carved with “BD”
MAP REFERENCE 6 FIGURE :
GEAR REQUIRED : SRT and 25m
rope
DESCRIPTION :
sloping entrance requiring ladder or rope to
descend
KARST
BLOCK : Flagpole Flat
LOCATION OF
CAVE : below kurrajong at base
of knoll adjacent to flagpole flat
CAVE TAG
LOCATION : LHS
DATE TAG
PLACED : 23/4/2000
TAG
CONFIRMED :23/4/2000
WHEN
DISCOVERED :
WHO
DISCOVERED :
LENGTH : 2m
DEPTH :2m
REFERENCES :
NOTABLE
FEATURES :
GEAR
REQUIRED :
DESCRIPTION :
KARST
BLOCK : Flagpole Flat
LOCATION OF
CAVE : KNOLL FACING ROAD TO
FLAGPOLE FLAT
CAVE TAG
LOCATION : Top LHS of entrance
DATE TAG
PLACED : 24/4/2000
TAG
CONFIRMED :24/4/2000
WHEN
DISCOVERED :
WHO
DISCOVERED :
LENGTH :3m
DEPTH :1m
REFERENCES : ISS Newsletter Vol 2#2
August 1979 PAGE 16
NOTABLE
FEATURES : 5 CAVES IN THIS
LOCATION
GEAR
REQUIRED :
DESCRIPTION :
NUMBER : BD‑50
CAVE
NAME :
KARST
BLOCK : Main
LOCATION OF
CAVE : IN GULLY BEHIND RIDGE SW
OF BD‑1
CAVE TAG
LOCATION :
DATE TAG
PLACED :
TAG
CONFIRMED :
WHEN
DISCOVERED : EASTER 1969
WHO
DISCOVERED :
LENGTH : 10 FT
DEPTH : 18FT
REFERENCES : ISS Newsletter Vol 2#2
August 1979 PAGE 17
NOTABLE
FEATURES : VERTICAL ENTRANCE
PASSAGE BLOCKED BY SOIL
DESCRIPTION :
NUMBER : BD‑51
CAVE
NAME :
KARST BLOCK : Main
LOCATION OF
CAVE : IN GULLY BEHIND RIDGE SW
OF BD‑1
CAVE TAG
LOCATION :
DATE TAG
PLACED :
TAG
CONFIRMED :
WHEN
DISCOVERED :
WHO
DISCOVERED :
LENGTH :
DEPTH : 20FT
REFERENCES : ISS Newsletter Vol 2#2
August 1979 PAGE 17
NOTABLE
FEATURES : SOLUTION DOLINE
BLOCKED BY TIMBER AND SOIL
DESCRIPTION :
NUMBER : BD‑52
CAVE
NAME :
KARST
BLOCK : Main
LOCATION OF
CAVE : IN GULLY BEHIND RIDGE SW
OF BD‑1
CAVE TAG
LOCATION :
DATE TAG
PLACED :
TAG
CONFIRMED :
WHEN
DISCOVERED : EASTER 1969
WHO
DISCOVERED :
LENGTH :
DEPTH : 30FT
REFERENCES : ISS Newsletter Vol 2#2
August 1979 PAGE 17
NOTABLE
FEATURES : PIPE SOLUTION BLOCKED
BY SOIL
DESCRIPTION :
NUMBER : BD‑53
CAVE
NAME :
KARST
BLOCK : Main
LOCATION OF
CAVE : IN GULLY BEHIND RIDGE SW
OF BD‑1
CAVE TAG
LOCATION :
DATE TAG
PLACED :
TAG
CONFIRMED :
WHEN
DISCOVERED : EASTER 1969
WHO
DISCOVERED :
LENGTH :
DEPTH : 12 FT
REFERENCES : ISS Newsletter Vol 2#2
August 1979 PAGE 17
NOTABLE
FEATURES : SINK HOLE BLOCKED BY
SOIL
DESCRIPTION :
NUMBER : BD‑54
CAVE
NAME :
KARST
BLOCK : Main
LOCATION OF
CAVE : IN GULLY BEHIND RIDGE SW
OF BD‑1
CAVE TAG
LOCATION :
DATE TAG
PLACED :
TAG
CONFIRMED :
WHEN
DISCOVERED : EASTER 1969
WHO
DISCOVERED :
LENGTH :
DEPTH : 8 FT
REFERENCES : ISS Newsletter Vol 2#2
August 1979 PAGE 17
NOTABLE
FEATURES : small verticcal
holeBLOCKED BY SOIL AND ROCK
DESCRIPTION :
NUMBER : BD‑55
CAVE
NAME : ECHIDNA CAVE
KARST
BLOCK : Main
LOCATION OF
CAVE : IN GULLY BEHIND RIDGE SW
OF BD‑1
CAVE TAG
LOCATION : painted
DATE TAG
PLACED : 6-4-1969 in yellow
paint
TAG
CONFIRMED : 10/8/1994
WHEN
DISCOVERED : EASTER 1969
WHO
DISCOVERED : BONWICK AND
STENGAL
LENGTH :
DEPTH : 50FT
REFERENCES : ISS Newsletter Vol 2#2
August 1979 p 17;
NOTABLE
FEATURES : 70o SLOPE
SILTED AT BOTTOM
DESCRIPTION :
from SSS
Journal Stop Press June 1969 page 93 report by Peter Shiell
Wolfgang
Stengal and John Bonwick entered a fifth hole [in the area behind BD-1] that
was discovered and descended 35ft into a cave, the floor of which was littered
with animal bones and helictites. The walls of this cavern were also decorated
with shalls and other good formations. A tunnel lead further into the main
ridge but ended in a small cavern 20 ft further on, the way being blocked by
soft soil. This cave was named ECHIDNA CAVE (BD-55) by ISS...
NUMBER : BD‑56 (was BD-A1)
CAVE
NAME :KB Cave (after the
KB Beer drunk by Bermagui Cavers)
KARST
BLOCK : south of the Main
Block
LOCATION OF
CAVE : 100m bearing 200 degrees
from BD1 on same elevation
CAVE TAG
LOCATION : 1 m on RHS of hole
DATE TAG
PLACED : Oct 8, 1994 - BDA1 ,
BD 56 Placed 14th September by Kemister and Kershaw
TAG
CONFIRMED : kershaw 14th
September 2002
WHO
DISCOVERED : possibly KB cave
- bermagui
LENGTH :
DEPTH :
REFERENCES :
NOTABLE
FEATURES : entrance is on north
face of rock outcrop
GEAR
REQUIRED : ladders and tapes
to enter the cave
DESCRIPTION :
The
entrance is surrounded by a series of small figs growing - coppiced -above the
rock outcrop above the entrance.
A brief description of BD56 is that there is an entrance pitch of 6m to a ledge followed by a 3m pitch to another ledge and then 8m into a chamber below.
but the other group endeavour did
not go beyond this.
NUMBER : BD RED 8
CAVE
NAME : is infact BD30
KARST
BLOCK : Krawarree
LOCATION OF
CAVE : ADJACENT TO BUT WEST OF
BD‑29
CAVE TAG
LOCATION : NORTH SIDE OF HOLE
DATE TAG
PLACED : May 16, 1998
TAG
CONFIRMED :
WHEN
DISCOVERED :
WHO
DISCOVERED :
LENGTH :
DEPTH :
REFERENCES :
NOTABLE
FEATURES :
DESCRIPTION :
CAVE
NAME : Paul's Cave
KARST BLOCK : Krawarree
LOCATION OF
CAVE : SW of Krawarree Saddle
CAVE TAG
LOCATION : north side of hole
DATE TAG
PLACED : 19/6/1999
TAG
CONFIRMED :
WHEN
DISCOVERED : April 1981
WHO
DISCOVERED : MUCC
LENGTH :
DEPTH : 30m+
REFERENCES : MUCC Sept 1982
NOTABLE
FEATURES :
GEAR
REQUIRED :
DESCRIPTION
formerly
known as M24 from perkinss 1984 trip to Bendethera
CAVE
NAME :
KARST
BLOCK : Krawarree
LOCATION OF
CAVE : 10m east of BD60
CAVE TAG
LOCATION : north side of hole
DATE TAG
PLACED : 19/6/ 1999
TAG
CONFIRMED :
WHEN
DISCOVERED : April 1982
WHO
DISCOVERED : MUCC
LENGTH :
DEPTH :
REFERENCES :
NOTABLE
FEATURES :
GEAR
REQUIRED :
DESCRIPTION :formerly known as M25 from
perkinss 1984 trip to Bendethera
KARST BLOCK : east of BD4
LOCATION OF CAVE :above BD5
CAVE TAG LOCATION :south side of hole
DATE TAG PLACED : 13th October 2001
TAG CONFIRMED :RGK
WHEN DISCOVERED : 13th October 2001
WHO DISCOVERED : Bob Kershaw
LENGTH : approx 25m
DEPTH :4m
REFERENCES :
NOTABLE FEATURES : very narrow entrance squeeze
GEAR REQUIRED : long tape to use as a hand line
at entrance
DESCRIPTION :
narrow fissure at entrance with
numerous leads to explore.
Runs parallel to Con Creek towards
BD6
NUMBER : BD 63
KARST
BLOCK : Krawarree
LOCATION OF
CAVE : near cairn
CAVE TAG
LOCATION : Krawarree Saddle
DATE TAG
PLACED : Jun 19, 1999
TAG
CONFIRMED :
WHEN
DISCOVERED :
WHO
DISCOVERED :
LENGTH :
DEPTH :
REFERENCES :
NOTABLE
FEATURES : could be BD26 ???
GEAR REQUIRED :
DESCRIPTION :
CAVE
NAME :
KARST
BLOCK : Opposite to
Flagpole Flat
LOCATION OF
CAVE : west of BD10
CAVE TAG
LOCATION :north side of hole with
a blue background
DATE TAG
PLACED : 18 November 2001
TAG
CONFIRMED :RGK
WHEN
DISCOVERED :
WHO
DISCOVERED :
LENGTH :
DEPTH :
REFERENCES :
NOTABLE
FEATURES :
GEAR REQUIRED :
DESCRIPTION :
CAVE
NAME :
KARST
BLOCK : Krawarree
LOCATION OF
CAVE : NORTH OF HORSE TRACK near
CairnK
CAVE TAG
LOCATION :
DATE TAG
PLACED : 13TH
October 2001
TAG
CONFIRMED : RGK
WHEN
DISCOVERED :
WHO
DISCOVERED :
LENGTH :
DEPTH : POTHOLE TYPE
REFERENCES :
NOTABLE
FEATURES :
GEAR
REQUIRED :
DESCRIPTION :
NUMBER : BD 66
KARST
BLOCK : Krawarree
LOCATION OF
CAVE : KRAWREE SADDLE AREA 15m
NW of TAG T1 on Large Kurrajong tree at saddle
CAVE TAG
LOCATION :
DATE TAG
PLACED : 13th October 2001
TAG
CONFIRMED : RGK
WHEN
DISCOVERED :
WHO
DISCOVERED :
LENGTH :
DEPTH :
REFERENCES :ISS Newsletter Vol4 #2 July
1998 p9
NOTABLE
FEATURES :small solution pipe
GEAR
REQUIRED :
DESCRIPTION :
CAVE
NAME :
KARST
BLOCK : Opposite to
Flagpole Flat
LOCATION OF
CAVE : west of BD10
CAVE TAG
LOCATION :west side of hole with
DATE TAG
PLACED : 18 November 2001
TAG
CONFIRMED :RGK
WHEN
DISCOVERED :
WHO
DISCOVERED :
LENGTH :
DEPTH :
REFERENCES :
NOTABLE
FEATURES :
GEAR REQUIRED :
DESCRIPTION :
CAVE
NAME :
KARST BLOCK : Main
LOCATION OF
CAVE : SE of BD1
CAVE TAG
LOCATION : above hole
DATE TAG
PLACED :
TAG
CONFIRMED :RGK
WHEN
DISCOVERED :
WHO
DISCOVERED :
LENGTH :
DEPTH :
REFERENCES :
NOTABLE
FEATURES :
GEAR REQUIRED :
DESCRIPTION
CAVE
NAME :
KARST
BLOCK :
LOCATION OF
CAVE :
CAVE TAG
LOCATION :
DATE TAG
PLACED :
TAG
CONFIRMED :
WHEN
DISCOVERED :
WHO
DISCOVERED :
LENGTH :
DEPTH :
REFERENCES :
NOTABLE
FEATURES :
GEAR REQUIRED :
DESCRIPTION
CAVE
NAME :
KARST
BLOCK :
LOCATION OF
CAVE :
CAVE TAG
LOCATION :
DATE TAG
PLACED :
TAG
CONFIRMED :
WHEN
DISCOVERED :
WHO
DISCOVERED :
LENGTH :
DEPTH :
REFERENCES :
NOTABLE
FEATURES :
GEAR REQUIRED :
DESCRIPTION
NUMBER : BDX‑ 1
CAVE
NAME :
KARST
BLOCK : Krawarree
LOCATION OF
CAVE : Krawarree Saddle
CAVE TAG
LOCATION :
DATE TAG
PLACED : Oct 8, 1994
TAG
CONFIRMED :
WHEN
DISCOVERED :
WHO
DISCOVERED :
LENGTH :
DEPTH :
REFERENCES :
NOTABLE
FEATURES :
DESCRIPTION :
NUMBER : BDX‑ 3
CAVE
NAME :
KARST
BLOCK : Krawarree
LOCATION OF
CAVE : BD15‑22
CAVE TAG
LOCATION :
DATE TAG
PLACED : Oct 8, 1994
TAG
CONFIRMED :
WHEN
DISCOVERED :
WHO
DISCOVERED :
LENGTH :
DEPTH :
REFERENCES :
NOTABLE
FEATURES :
DESCRIPTION :
CAVE
NAME :
KARST
BLOCK : Main
LOCATION OF
CAVE : ON SPUR LEADING TO BD‑3
CAVE TAG
LOCATION : SOUTH SIDE
DATE TAG
PLACED : Apr 23, 1995
TAG
CONFIRMED :
WHEN DISCOVERED :
WHO
DISCOVERED :
LENGTH : 9 FEET
DEPTH : 10 FEET
REFERENCES :
NOTABLE
FEATURES :
GEAR
REQUIRED :
DESCRIPTION :
NUMBER : BDX‑ 5
CAVE
NAME :
KARST
BLOCK : Main
LOCATION OF
CAVE : ON SPUR TO BD‑3
CAVE TAG
LOCATION : SOUTH SIDE
DATE TAG
PLACED : Apr 23, 1995
TAG
CONFIRMED :
WHEN
DISCOVERED :
WHO
DISCOVERED :
LENGTH :
DEPTH :
REFERENCES :
NOTABLE
FEATURES :
GEAR
REQUIRED :
DESCRIPTION :
NUMBER : BDX‑ 6
CAVE
NAME :
KARST
BLOCK : Main
LOCATION OF
CAVE : ENROUTE TO BD‑370m
from BD13
CAVE TAG
LOCATION :
DATE TAG
PLACED : Apr 23, 1995
TAG
CONFIRMED :
WHEN
DISCOVERED :
WHO
DISCOVERED :
LENGTH :
DEPTH :
REFERENCES : ISS Newsletter Vol3 #1
December 1995 p 34
NOTABLE
FEATURES : ROOFED RIFT TYPE
PASSAGE
GEAR
REQUIRED :
DESCRIPTION :
NUMBER : BDX‑ 7
CAVE
NAME :
KARST
BLOCK : Main
LOCATION OF
CAVE : 5M NE BD‑12
CAVE TAG
LOCATION :
DATE TAG
PLACED : Apr 26, 1996
TAG
CONFIRMED :
WHEN
DISCOVERED :
WHO
DISCOVERED :
LENGTH :
DEPTH : 3M PIT
REFERENCES :
NOTABLE
FEATURES :
MAP
REFERENCE 6 FIGURE :
GEAR
REQUIRED :
DESCRIPTION :
NUMBER : BDX‑ 8
CAVE
NAME :
KARST
BLOCK : Main
LOCATION OF
CAVE : NEXT TO BD‑12
CAVE TAG
LOCATION :
DATE TAG
PLACED : Apr 26, 1996
TAG
CONFIRMED :
WHEN
DISCOVERED : 26.4.96
WHO
DISCOVERED :
LENGTH :
DEPTH : 11M
REFERENCES : ISS Newsletter Vol3 #3 June 1996
P12
NOTABLE
FEATURES :
GEAR
REQUIRED :
DESCRIPTION :
11m hole
that dosen’t go anywhere
NUMBER : BDX‑ 9
CAVE
NAME :
KARST
BLOCK : Main
LOCATION OF
CAVE : 40M SE BD12 ON BENCH
CAVE TAG
LOCATION :
DATE TAG
PLACED : Apr 26, 1996
TAG
CONFIRMED :
WHEN
DISCOVERED :
WHO
DISCOVERED :
LENGTH :
DEPTH : PIT 3M
REFERENCES :
NOTABLE
FEATURES : PIT
GEAR
REQUIRED :
DESCRIPTION :
NUMBER : BDX‑10
CAVE
NAME :
KARST
BLOCK : Main
LOCATION OF
CAVE : DOLINE NEAR BD12
CAVE TAG
LOCATION :
DATE TAG
PLACED : Apr 26, 1996
TAG
CONFIRMED :
WHEN
DISCOVERED :
WHO
DISCOVERED :
LENGTH :
DEPTH :
REFERENCES :
NOTABLE
FEATURES :
GEAR
REQUIRED :
DESCRIPTION :
NUMBER : BDX‑11
CAVE
NAME : The Terraces
KARST
BLOCK : Opposite Flagpole
Flat
LOCATION OF
CAVE :
CAVE TAG
LOCATION : 43m south east of BD‑10
DATE TAG
PLACED : Apr 28, 1996
TAG
CONFIRMED :
WHEN
DISCOVERED : 1996
WHO
DISCOVERED : ISS
LENGTH :
DEPTH :
REFERENCES :
NOTABLE
FEATURES :
GEAR REQUIRED :
DESCRIPTION :
NUMBER : BDX‑12
CAVE
NAME :
KARST
BLOCK : opposite Flagpole
Flat
LOCATION OF
CAVE : NEAR BD10
CAVE TAG
LOCATION :
DATE TAG
PLACED : Aug 9, 1997
TAG
CONFIRMED :
WHEN
DISCOVERED :
WHO
DISCOVERED :
LENGTH :
DEPTH :
REFERENCES :
NOTABLE
FEATURES : SMALL ENTRANCE 30M
RIFT SYSTEM
GEAR REQUIRED :
DESCRIPTION :