Caving areas in N.S.W.
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Bungonia & Cliefden
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Bungonia State Recreation area is located about 2
hours drive south west of Sydney. Many of the caves there are vertical,
ie. they require either ladders or ropes.
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Church Creek
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Church Creek is a collection of small caves west of
Colong and 5 hours drive from Sydney.
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Colong
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Colong caves are located west and a little south of
Oberon. There is a large main cave system, with fairly extensive
formation at the back of the cave. The main disadvantage with this
area is the hill on the walk out...
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Jenolan
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Jenolan Caves are a world class network of tourist
caves, located in the Blue Mountains about 2½ hours west of Sydney.
It also has lots of wild caves and is one of the better caving areas
in NSW.
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Tuglow
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Tuglow caves are in the Kanagra-Boyd Wilderness, about
40km south of Jenolan Caves. The main cave is an impressive active
streamway cave.
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Wee Jasper
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Wee Jasper is about 55km south of Yass, about 3 1/2
to 4 hours drive from Sydney. The caves are generally large and
spacious with some decent formations.
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Wyanbene
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A magical cave south of Sydney.
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Yarrangobilly
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Colder and very pretty caves in Kosciuszko National
Park near Tumut, about 5 hours drive southwest from Sydney.
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Tasmania
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Hastings and Ida Bay
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Scenic area south of Hobart. Hastings has tourist
caves and Ida Bay has the large Exit system.
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Junee-Florentine
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West of Hobart featuring wet vertical systems.
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Mole Creek
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A caving area west of Launceston featuring caves with
extensive decoration.
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New Zealand
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Waitomo - Page 1 , Page
2 , Page 3, Page
4
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Images of caves near Waitomo on the North Island including
black water rafting.
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South Island
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Areas such as the Ellis Basin and Takaka Hill.
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West Coast, South Island
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Areas along the west coast of the South Island.
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Canyoning
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Canyoning is the sport of descending creeks and small
rivers. In the Blue Mountains, west of Sydney, there are hundreds
of deep and narrow canyons, some up to 60 metres deep and only 1
or 2 metres wide.
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A - G Canyons
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Bell Creek, Breakfast Creek, Danae and Deep Pass canyons.
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H - M Canyons
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Heart Attack, Hole in the Wall and Kalang canyons.
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N - T Canyons
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River Caves, Rocky Creek, Starlight and Tiger Snake
canyons.
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U - Z Canyons
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Whungee Wheengee, Wolgan View and Wollangambie canyons.
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Cave Diving
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Within Australia
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Speleosports
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The annual competition between clubs where people
do crazy things for questionable glory.
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1998 and 1999
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2000 and 2001
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